LATEST NEWS FOR SUMMER!
BBQ facility now available at Taumarere - why not bring
a picnic and enjoy a family day out this summer?
Passengers may alight at Taumarere Station, enjoy a
tasty BBQ and then catch a later train back to Kawakawa.
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
is a National Award winner.
The railway is a great day out for
all the family.
One of the school teams taking part in this years
Puff 'N' Pull Carnival.
Click the links below to visit other sites of interest
Kawakawa Hundertwasser Park Trust
Destination NorthlandWelcome to the
Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Trust (BOIVRT) is a heritage railway in Kawakawa, in Northland in New Zealand. The railway operates on part of the former Opua Branch railway.
A current Trust was formed and Mike Bradshaw on his return from Argentina was persuaded to join the railway and get it back on track. As trains had not been running for six years so there was a large amount of work to be done to get trains running again. Two coaches and ‘Fredrick the Diesel Engine’ were the first to be refurbished and painted.
As every bridge had to be re-surveyed it meant that initially we only ran trains through Kawakawa to the first bridge out of town. As each bridge has been signed off and the track been brought up to running standard we now over bridge eight. There are fourteen bridges and one tunnel on the fourteen kilometers of track to Opua – so lots of work still required to achieve our goal of returning to Opua.
Now that we have reached Taumarere our next major goal is get over the ‘long bridge’ and on to Opua.
We hope you enjoy your visit to The Bay of Isands Vintage Railway. If you would like to know more about how you can help us to keep these beautiful trains running please click here.