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Railway carriage café, Taumarunui, 2011

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Railway carriage café, Taumarunui, 2011

This old railway carriage has been turned into a café in Taumarunui. It sits next to the railway line it would have once travelled.

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by Kerryn Pollock

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country places – Taumarunui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34808/railway-carriage-cafe-taumarunui-2011 (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.