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Melling branch

The Melling branch is a railway branch line in the Hutt Valley, north of Wellington, New Zealand. It is part of the national rail network and formerly part of the Wairarapa line. Until 2010 it was one of only two passenger-only lines in the country (the second one being the Johnsonville line), since that year the two being joined by the Onehunga branch…

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Owner
KiwiRail (track) · Greater Wellington Regional Council (stations)
Character
Suburban
Electrification
1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Line length
2.99 km (1.86 mi)
Locale
Wellington, New Zealand
Opened
15 December 1875 (as Wairarapa line) · 1 March 1954 (as Melling branch)

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Melling branch

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples63
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Melling branch

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related to Deviation · 26
Melling branch → All Hutt Valley, As, December, February, Hutt River, Hutt Valley, Hutt Valley Junction, Hutt Valley Line, It, July, Lower Hutt, Manor Park, March, Melling, Melling Link Road, Petone, Silverstream, Taita Gorge, The, The Hutt Valley
related to Future · 12
Melling branch → December, Hutt River, It, Lack, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt Central, Melling, NZTA, The Hutt Corridor Plan, The Melling, Wairarapa Line, Waterloo Station
Route map · 3
Melling branch → edit⟂, talk⟂, view⟂
Opened · 2
Melling branch → 1 March 1954 (as Melling branch), 15 December 1875 (as Wairarapa line)
Owner · 2
Melling branch → Greater Wellington Regional Council (stations), KiwiRail (track)
Termini · 2
Melling branch → Melling, Petone
is a · 2
Melling branch → railway branch line in the Hutt Valley, SH2 Melling to Haywards upgrade
Character · 1
Melling branch → Suburban
Coordinates · 1
Melling branch → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Electrification · 1
Melling branch → 1,500 V DC overhead catenary

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line melling hutt wellington branch lower services new station valley following petone wairarapa trains section road rail railway first north

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Melling branchCharacterSuburban1.00infobox
Melling branchCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Melling branchElectrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary1.00infobox
Melling branchLine length2.99 km (1.86 mi)1.00infobox
Melling branchLocaleWellington, New Zealand1.00infobox
Melling branchOpened15 December 1875 (as Wairarapa line)1.00infobox
Melling branchOpened1 March 1954 (as Melling branch)1.00infobox
Melling branchOperating speed50 km/h (31 mph)1.00infobox
Melling branchOperatorTransdev Wellington1.00infobox
Melling branchOwnerKiwiRail (track)1.00infobox
Melling branchOwnerGreater Wellington Regional Council (stations)1.00infobox
Melling branchRolling stockMatangi class EMUs1.00infobox
Melling branchRoute mapview⟂1.00infobox
Melling branchRoute maptalk⟂1.00infobox
Melling branchRoute mapedit⟂1.00infobox
Melling branchRoute numberMEL1.00infobox
Melling branchStations21.00infobox
Melling branchStatusOpen, passenger only1.00infobox
Melling branchSystemMetlink1.00infobox
Melling branchTerminiPetone1.00infobox
Melling branchTerminiMelling1.00infobox
Melling branchTrack gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)1.00infobox
Melling branchTypeCommuter rail1.00infobox
Melling branchis arailway branch line in the Hutt Valley0.90text
Melling branchis aSH2 Melling to Haywards upgrade0.90text

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