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Press Release – KiwiRail Trains running between Picton and Christchurch are now using a new stretch of rail track that bypasses the oldest tunnel on the line, bringing greater resilience to the key freight and tourism corridor. ....
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 2:24 pm Trains running between Picton and Christchurch are now using a new stretch of rail track that bypasses the oldest tunnel on the line, bringing greater resilience to the key freight and tourism corridor. Rail track and sleepers are removed from Tar Barrel Tunnel, before it is filled with mudstone and permanently sealed off KiwiRail, working with Waka Kotahi NZTA, has built one kilometre of new track and a new road overpass for State Highway One just south of Ward in Marlborough to bypass the 108-year-old Tar Barrel Tunnel. KiwiRail’s Group Chief Executive Greg Miller says the work has strengthened the key freight route used to ....