Heritage route
Kingston Flyer
Kingston → Fairlight · New Zealand
A vintage steam service on the old Southland line by Lake Wakatipu, its 1920s Ab Pacific and wooden cars a survivor of New Zealand’s golden age of rail.
- Distance
- 14 km
- Fastest time
- 45 min
- Average speed
- 19 km/h
- Top speed
- 50 km/h
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 14024103: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 1 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Kingston Flyer?
The Kingston Flyer runs 14 km from Kingston to Fairlight.
How long does the Kingston Flyer take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 45 min for the 14 km. That is an average of 19 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Kingston Flyer?
Kingston Flyer, with 1920s Ab-class steam, wooden carriages.
How old is the Kingston Flyer?
The line has been in service since 1878. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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