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Ōtira tunnel

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Ōtira tunnel

A train enters the Ōtira tunnel in the Southern Alps in winter, shortly after the tunnel was completed in 1923.

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Jock Phillips, Bridges and tunnels – Rail tunnels, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23653/otira-tunnel (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 10 March 2010, updated 1 August 2024.