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Kōrero: Rural services

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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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAVK W3493 B13680

by John LeCren

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.