Glen Afton Branch

The Glen Afton Branch was a branch railway line of 7.9 km (originally 14.1 km) in the Waikato in New Zealand, built to serve coal mines in the Awaroa district west of Huntly at Rotowaro, Pukemiro and Glen Afton. Rotowaro is Māori for "coal lake".

Glen Afton Branch
1955 Glen Afton, showing coal mining area, view to Pukemiro Collieries coal processing plant with railway in valley. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-38779-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Overview
Other name(s)Rotowaro Branch,
Rotowaro Industrial Line,
Awaroa Branch
StatusOpen
OwnerKiwiRail
Termini
Stations7
Service
Operator(s)KiwiRail
Rolling stockNone
History
Opened1911
Extended to Pukemiro1915
Extended to Glen Afton1924
Closed beyond Rotowaro1973
Technical
Line length7.97 km (4.95 mi)
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterRural
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
km
0.00
 Huntly
 Huntly Town
Waikato River
 Huntly West
Lake Puketirini
Lake Waahi
 Weavers Crossing
 Mahuta
7.97
 Rotowaro
 Rotowaro
(original)
 Pukemiro
Bush Tramway Club
14.10
 Glen Afton

When handed over from Public Works to NZR in 1915 it was called the Awaroa Branch, but was also known as the Glen Afton Branch to about 1974, then as the Rotowaro Branch to 3 November 1988, then as the Rotowaro Industrial Line. By 2014 it was again named the Rotowaro Branch.

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