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One of
Appleby's few claims to fame is that it was located beside one of only two road overbridges on the entire Nelson Section which carried State Highway 60 over the railway line. These overbridges were built at the behest of the Highways Board, NZR, and the local council to improve the safety of
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The first section of the Nelson
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In 1949, the parlous state of the goods shed came to the attention of the
Progress League in its ongoing campaign to encourage government investment in the railway. This problem was resolved shortly after being brought to the attention of the government by having the goods shed demolished.
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This station was closed for three days in June 1954 until the Nelson
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1354:Transport in the Tasman District
251:List of Nelson railway stations
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885:Tokangawhā / Split Apple Rock
226:traffic accident blackspots.
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1063:Brightwater railway station
996:Rotomairewhenua / Blue Lake
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991:Pourangahau / Mount Robert
958:Nelson Lakes National Park
93:41.3438111°S 173.1660222°E
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900:Kahurangi National Park
880:Moturoa / Rabbit Island
180:Appleby railway station
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1175:Stoke railway station
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140:1 main line, 1 siding
1272:Richmond Athletic FC
1083:Hope railway station
1313:Waimea Intermediate
1303:Motueka High School
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1068:Cobb Power Station
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699:Golden Bay / Mohua
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222:secondary school.
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971:Lake Rotoiti
928:Mount Arthur
890:Waimea Inlet
845:Wainui River
830:Tonga Island
820:Tata Islands
785:Awaroa River
742:Tata Islands
732:Rawhiti Cave
712:Druggans Dam
684:Tākaka River
679:Ngārua Caves
659:Buller River
624:Saint Arnaud
450:Upper Tākaka
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875:Best Island
870:Bell Island
825:Tinline Bay
815:Torrent Bay
795:Falls River
790:Ballon Rock
737:Tākaka Hill
669:Hope Saddle
654:Brown River
517:Brightwater
481:Kaiteriteri
405:Patons Rock
370:East Tākaka
365:Collingwood
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72:Coordinates
1328:Categories
1229:Government
1123:Mussel Inn
938:Mount Owen
862:Tasman Bay
752:Wainui Bay
445:Tata Beach
257:References
840:Tōtaranui
614:Murchison
567:Woodstock
562:Wakefield
542:Ngātīmoti
425:Rockville
380:Ligar Bay
129:Platforms
1195:Tophouse
1051:Monument
634:Tophouse
629:Tapawera
598:Richmond
576:Richmond
547:Ruby Bay
527:Dovedale
476:Brooklyn
440:Tarakohe
400:Parapara
385:Motupipi
375:Ferntown
327:Richmond
245:See also
184:Richmond
109:Owned by
61:Location
1286:Schools
1236:Council
619:Rotoroa
588:Appleby
496:Motueka
491:Mārahau
469:Motueka
460:Waitapu
455:Waikato
430:Seaford
420:Pūponga
395:Pākawau
390:Onekaka
360:Clifton
355:Bainham
213:History
200:Appleby
190:in the
145:History
119:Line(s)
38:Appleby
552:Tasman
532:Mahana
522:Bronte
501:Riwaka
435:Tākaka
410:Pōhara
350:Aorere
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158:Closed
150:Opened
137:Tracks
1241:Mayor
850:Falls
537:Māpua
237:Today
593:Hope
323:Seat
269:ISBN
188:Hope
186:and
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