Wellington's Surprising Suburban Network!

New Zealand's capital city Wellington is home to a fascinating and attractive suburban railway network, which has an interesting history and provides amazingly good coverage, for what is actually a rather small city. The 1067mm (3'6") gauge system consists of four electrified lines (1500v DC), as well as some longer distance diesel hauled commuter routes. In this video I talk about some of the interesting features of the network, as well as pointing out some of the scenic highlights. This video is illustrated by my own photos taken on visits in 2010 and 2015, and also features three pictures by Alexander Jamieson (aka ‪@melbournesparks3828‬ ) who took the shot of the red English Electric set at 06:57, the EE interior at 10:27 and the tram shot (Wellington No.257 at MOTAT) at 10:55.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro (Wellington is small)
02:42 - The Kapiti Line
04:40 - The Hutt Valley Line
05:01 - The Wairarapa Line
05:37 - The Johnsonville Line
06:12 - The Melling Line
06:47 - The Trains!
09:30 - Creative rollingstock solutions
10:33 - The bit with no railways
11:24 - The end bit

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