About: Waikaia Branch

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dbo:abstract	The Waikaia Branch, also known as the Switzers Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. Proposed as early as the 1870s, it was not opened until 1909 and was operated by the New Zealand Railways Department for half a century until its closure in 1959. (en)
dbo:closingYear	1959-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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dbo:lineLength	22190.000000 (xsd:double)
dbo:location	dbr:Southland,_New_Zealand dbr:New_Zealand
dbo:numberOfStations	6 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
dbo:openingYear	1909-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
dbo:operator	dbr:New_Zealand_Railways_Department
dbo:owner	dbr:New_Zealand_Railways_Department
dbo:routeEnd	dbr:Waikaia
dbo:routeStart	dbr:Riversdale,_New_Zealand
dbo:status	Closed
dbo:type	dbr:Heavy_rail
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dbo:wikiPageRevisionID	1087372733 (xsd:integer)
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dbp:close	1959 (xsd:integer)
dbp:color	6699 (xsd:integer)
dbp:end	dbr:Waikaia
dbp:frame	yes (en)
dbp:linelengthKm	22.190000 (xsd:double)
dbp:locale	dbr:Southland,_New_Zealand dbr:New_Zealand
dbp:mapState	expanded (en)
dbp:name	Waikaka Branch (en)
dbp:open	1909 (xsd:integer)
dbp:operator	dbr:New_Zealand_Railways_Department
dbp:otherName	Switzers Branch (en)
dbp:owner	dbr:New_Zealand_Railways_Department
dbp:start	dbr:Riversdale,_New_Zealand
dbp:stations	6 (xsd:integer)
dbp:status	Closed (en)
dbp:system	dbr:New_Zealand_Railways_Department
dbp:tracks	Single (en)
dbp:type	dbr:Heavy_rail line (en)
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gold:hypernym	dbr:Railway
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rdfs:comment	The Waikaia Branch, also known as the Switzers Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. Proposed as early as the 1870s, it was not opened until 1909 and was operated by the New Zealand Railways Department for half a century until its closure in 1959. (en)
rdfs:label	Waikaia Branch (en)
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foaf:name	Waikaka Branch (en)
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