The Culverden Express was a passenger train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department between Christchurch and Culverden. It ran from 1886 until...

Culverden is a small town in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It lies at the centre of the Amuri Plain. Culverden has traditionally...

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Culverden Express. As of the mid-1920s, the Culverden Express began to terminate at the coastal Parnassus terminus rather than the inland Culverden terminus...

its terminus in Culverden, even when the coastal route reached Parnassus. The most important passenger train was the Culverden Express, with carriages...

Death's Corner a sharp curve near Sefton, the Christchurch-Culverden Express from Culverden had two front loco bogie wheels leave the rails on the incline...

and replaced. Early long-distance services included the Culverden Express; the South Express, a Christchurch – Invercargill service inaugurated following...

in 1886 and plays in the Southern Counties East Football League at the Culverden Stadium, and has a history that stretches back to 1886. The team were...

Branch extension before Otago Central Railway route chosen. Culverden – Reefton line Culverden to Tophouse, with branches from there to Nelson and Blenheim...

lines. The Culverden Express began not long after the line was opened and was the most important train in North Canterbury at the time. The express was supplemented...