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The proposed Paeroa-Pokeno railway line or deviation in the North Island of New Zealand between Paeroa and Pokeno was a favorite scheme in the 1920s and 1930s. But it "never quite got off the ground", although some 13 km of formation was carried out from 1938 after Bob Semple turned the first sod on 27 January. Very little is now visible. The Kaimai Tunnel relegated this section to ghost status; in August 1962 a deviation from Wahora to Apata passing under the Kaimai Range in a long (8.85 km) tunnel was approved . Work on the tunnel did not commence until 1969. With the opening of the tunnel in 1978, the Paeroa - Katikati section of the East Coast Main Trunk was closed Originally the line was to be the first part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway crossing the Bay of Plenty to Opotiki and then inland to Gisborne via the Taneatua Branch and the Moutohora Branch. ==External links== *(【引用サイトリンク】title= 1938 map of proposed line ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title= 1938, Bob Semple to turn first sod ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title= 1938, photo of Bob Semple ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title= 1938, presentation to Bob Semple ) ==See also== *Paeroa Railway Station *Pokeno Railway Station ==References== * 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paeroa–Pokeno Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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