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New Plymouth Express
: ''This article is about the former express train between New Plymouth and Wellington. For the former express train between New Plymouth and Auckland, see New Plymouth Night Express.''
The ''New Plymouth Express'' was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) between Wellington and New Plymouth. It ran from 1886 until 1955 and was sometimes known as the ''New Plymouth Mail'' due to the Railway Travelling Post Office carriages included in its consist. The ''Express'' was notable amongst NZR's provincial expresses as being both the first and, until the commencement of the ''Gisborne Express'' in 1942, the longest in distance travelled.〔J. D. Mahoney, ''Kings of the Iron Road'' (Palmerston North: Dominion Press, 1982), pg. 71.〕
== Introduction ==
On 23 March 1885, NZR opened the railway line between Palmerston North and New Plymouth, with a short branch from Aramoho to Wanganui.〔Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst, ''The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History'' (Wellington: Grantham House, 1991), pp. 132, 136.〕 A year and a half later, on 3 November 1886, the privately owned Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company opened from Wellington to Longburn, a small village just south of Palmerston North, where it interchanged with NZR.〔Churchman and Hurst, ''The Railways of New Zealand'', pg. 165.〕 This allowed a direct train to be run between Wellington and New Plymouth; this also formed part of a newer, quicker route to Auckland through connections with steamers between New Plymouth and Auckland's Onehunga Wharf.〔
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