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Country railway stations

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Country railway stations

In the 1960s, horticulturists loaded their crops for transport to market at the White Cragg siding on this railway line in Canterbury. Railway lines were important for farm development, and people often campaigned vigorously for a line to be built through their district.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Rural services – Railways, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18551/country-railway-stations (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.