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Methven Branch
The Methven Branch was a branch line railway that was part of New Zealand's national rail network in Canterbury. It opened in 1880 and operated until 1976.
==Construction==
In 1877, the District Railways Act was passed to enable districts to construct railway lines whose construction would not be financed by the government, and in May 1878, the Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Railway Company Ltd was established to construct a line inland from the Main South Line in Rakaia to the township of Methven.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18780119.2.25&srpos=1&e=-------100--1-byDA----- )〕 The first sod was turned on 19 November 1878〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18781120.2.13&srpos=83&e=-------100--1-byDA-on---- )〕 in Rakaia, and as the railway did not have to pass through any difficult terrain, it was built swiftly and the full 35.6 kilometre line was opened on 26 February 1880. Originally, the line was planned to connect to Mount Somers however this did not eventuate. Settlers began petitioning the government to acquire the line in 1884, and negotiations resulted in the line being incorporated into the national network in April 1885,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=GRA18850410.2.19&srpos=56&e=-03-1884-----50--51-byDA---2-- )〕 though formal permission from the shareholders did not come until May.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18850630.2.23&srpos=66&e=-03-1884-----50--51-byDA---2-- )〕
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