Main South Line

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The Main South Line is a major railway line in New Zealand’s South Island that runs south from Christchurch through key regional centers, historically serving as an important freight and passenger route.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Main South Line canonical 14
Main South Line railway 2
Main South Line at Christchurch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail transport infrastructure ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connectsWith Main North Line ⓘ
Midland Line ⓘ
Taieri Gorge Railway (via Dunedin) ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
gauge 1067 mm ⓘ
narrow gauge ⓘ
hasSection Christchurch–Timaru section ⓘ
Dunedin–Invercargill section ⓘ
Oamaru–Dunedin section ⓘ
Timaru–Oamaru section ⓘ
hasTerminus Christchurch railway station ⓘ
Invercargill railway station ⓘ
historicalSignificance major trunk route in South Island ⓘ
historicalUse freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
infrastructureType single-track main line (with passing loops) ⓘ
locatedIn South Island ⓘ
opened 19th century ⓘ
operator KiwiRail ⓘ
owner New Zealand Government ⓘ
partOf New Zealand national rail network ⓘ
passesThrough Canterbury region ⓘ
linked to: Canterbury Region

Dunedin ⓘ
Invercargill ⓘ
Oamaru ⓘ
linked to: Oamaru, New Zealand

Otago region ⓘ
linked to: Otago Region

Southland region ⓘ
linked to: Southland

Timaru ⓘ
primaryUse freight ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (oversight of rail safety framework) ⓘ
startPoint Christchurch ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
trackType heavy rail ⓘ
traverses Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Otago coast ⓘ
Southland plains ⓘ
linked to: Southland Plains
usedFor bulk commodity transport ⓘ
container freight ⓘ
regional passenger services (historically) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christchurch, New Zealand → railConnection → Main South Line ⓘ
Timaru → hasRailwayLine → Main South Line ⓘ
Main North Line → linkedTo → Main South Line at Christchurch ⓘ
linked to: Main South Line
Ashburton → isOnRailwayLine → Main South Line ⓘ
Ashburton District → hasTransport → Main South Line railway ⓘ
linked to: Main South Line
Timaru District → hasMainRailLine → Main South Line ⓘ
Endeavour railcar → operatesOn → Main South line ⓘ
linked to: Main South Line
Dunedin Railway Station → railLine → Main South Line ⓘ
KiwiRail → operatesRoute → Main South Line ⓘ
Gore → hasRailwayLine → Main South Line ⓘ
Washdyke → hasTransport → Main South Line railway ⓘ
linked to: Main South Line
New Zealand rail network → hasPart → Main South Line ⓘ
Christchurch–Timaru section → partOf → Main South Line ⓘ
Invercargill railway station → railwayLine → Main South Line ⓘ
Invercargill railway station → terminusFor → Main South Line ⓘ
Timaru–Oamaru section → partOf → Main South Line ⓘ
Dunedin–Invercargill section → partOf → Main South Line ⓘ