Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company

Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company

W&MR No.9 locomotive (later reclassified as an N class) in service at Paekākāriki c. 1900.
Overview
Headquarters	Wellington
Reporting mark	W&MR
Locale	Wellington,  New Zealand
Dates of operation	1881–1908
Successor	New Zealand Railways Department
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Length	135 km (84 mi)

v t e Wellington and Manawatu Railway
Legend
former North Island Main Trunk to Palmerston North Longburn North Island Main Trunk Foxton Branch Manawatu River Linton Tokomaru Makerua Shannon Kereru (Koputaroa) Levin Ohau Ohau River Manakau Otaki Otaki River Te Horo Hadfield Waikanae Waikanae River Otaihanga Paraparaumu Wainui Paekakariki Tunnels 8–13 Pukerua (Pukerua Bay) Plimmerton Pauatahanui inlet Paremata Porirua Tawa Flat (Tawa) North Island Main Trunk Belmont Viaduct Johnsonville Tunnels 6 & 7 Khandallah Crofton (Ngaio) Tunnels 1–5 North Island Main Trunk and Wairarapa Line Wellington Thorndon (Wellington)

The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR or W&MR) was a private railway company that built, owned and operated the Wellington-Manawatu railway line between Thorndon in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and Longburn, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, between 1881 and 1908, when it was acquired by the New Zealand Government Railways. Its successful operation in private ownership was unusual for early railways in New Zealand.