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Rotorua Express
The ''Rotorua Express'' was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department between Auckland and Rotorua. It operated from 1894 until 1959 and was known as the ''Rotorua Limited'' between 1930 and 1937. This train was one of the very first expresses in the world to use Pacific (4-6-2) type locomotives.
== Introduction ==
The ''Rotorua Express'' was introduced when the Rotorua Branch line was opened through to its Rotorua terminus. The first train to use the new line was an express from Auckland on 8 December 1894 led by two original J class steam locomotives;〔Geoffrey Churchman and Tony Hurst, ''The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History'' (Auckland: HarperCollins, 1991), 118.〕 the trip had taken 8 hours and 40 minutes to reach Rotorua and travelled at an average speed of less than . Later in December 1894, a regular express commenced but ran only once a week, departing Rotorua at 9am Monday for Auckland, and returning from Auckland at 9am Tuesday. These trains were typically hauled by members of the J and L classes.〔J. D. Mahoney, ''Kings of the Iron Road: Steam Trains of New Zealand'' (Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1982), 41.〕
For the winter months of 1895, the ''Rotorua Express'' did not operate; passengers had to travel on thrice weekly mixed trains, which were slow freight trains with a passenger carriage attached. The ''Rotorua Express'' returned for the peak Christmas, summer, and Easter period and now operated thrice weekly in each direction. This arrangement continued until 1899, when the ''Rotorua Express'' began operating every week of the entire year.
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