322:. The rise of private car ownership in the 1920s caused the quantity of passengers to slip to levels unsustainable for even mixed trains, and accordingly passenger provisions were cancelled from 9 February 1931. Freight quantities also steadily declined, and in the early 1950s, the decision was taken to close over half the branch. On 24 December 1953, the branch was truncated to
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505:Reed, A. W.
438:, 0.3% had
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312:branch line
282:Springhills
119:Electorates
73:New Zealand
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45:168°32′49″E
1450:Government
1406:SS Tararua
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1114:Mabel Bush
1094:Grove Bush
1089:Gorge Road
971:Wreys Bush
900:Blackmount
822:Riversdale
745:Eyre Creek
655:31 January
580:25 October
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462:References
270:Mabel Bush
246:region of
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1268:Hedgehope
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454:Education
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240:Hedgehope
232:Ngāi Tahu
214:UTC+12:00
209:Time zone
176:Rob Scott
111:Community
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424:, 6.4%
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133:(Māori)
70:Country
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390:+1.21%
379:+0.88%
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225:Local
86:region
79:Region
1462:Mayor
1084:Dacre
869:Pahia
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