{"id":3611,"date":"2023-12-29T02:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T02:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/post-festive-pot-pourri-3\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T02:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T02:29:19","slug":"post-festive-pot-pourri-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/post-festive-pot-pourri-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Festive Pot Pourri (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The sign on the red shed is Moana<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n But the footbridge Moana is a community on South Island, New Zealand and a station on the “Midland Line”\u00a0 (ORANGE<\/span>).<\/p>\n The line runs from Greymouth to Christchurch and is one of only two routes still open to passengers on the south Island. On the map below only the BLUE<\/span> lines have a passenger service; GREEN<\/span> is for freight only.<\/p>\n Moana lies between Greymouth and Arthurs Pass …<\/p>\n … the station building is seen above, viewed from the Station House Cafe …<\/p>\n … which looks a good place for grub!<\/p>\n The line is predominantly for freight as in the nighttime train above …<\/p>\n … but there is one tourist passenger service each way called the TranzAlpine.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n Called the Otira Tunnel …<\/p>\n … it celebrated its 100th birthday this year.<\/p>\n And all the antipodean adventuring twosome could do was stand on a rickety footbridge in the dark!<\/p><\/div>\n