The Stillwater Ngākawau Line (SNL), formerly the Stillwater–Westport Line (SWL) and the Ngakawau Branch, is a secondary main line, part of New Zealand's...

closed past Ngākawau and effectively became an extension of the Stillwater–Westport Line, since formalised as the Stillwater–Ngākawau Line. The branch...

of the gorge as exceptional. The river is only bridged by the Stillwater–Ngākawau Line and SH7. A punt operated across the river from 1871 to 1879, when...

division of KiwiRail in the South Island of New Zealand over the Midland Line; often regarded to be one of the world's great train journeys for the scenery...

Maimai plain and the Ikamatua plain. Both State Highway 7 and the Stillwater–Ngākawau Line railway travel down the lower half of the river valley, crossing...

(82 mi), SH63, upstream from SH6, for 23 km (14 mi) and the Stillwater–Ngākawau railway line runs through the Lower Gorge to Westport. State Highway 6 follows...

Hicks Bay Haywards–Plimmerton Line between the Hutt Valley Line and the Kapiti Line. Kakahi – Pūkawa (Lake Taupō) line Kennington – Waikiwi deviation...

is a deep, rocky gorge. The only bridges over the river are the Stillwater–Ngākawau railway and SH69. Railway bridge 74 was a 325 ft (99 m) road-rail...

at Ngakawau, north of Westport. Trains to and from Ngakawau use the Midland line as far as the junction with the Stillwater - Westport Line. The line was...

Ahaura River flows into the Grey River. State Highway 7 and the Stillwater–Ngākawau railway line pass through the town. Greymouth is 34 kilometres (21 mi) to...