A restored railway bridge on the Remutaka Incline. Photo: Dave Mitchell

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August 2020

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The Remutaka Rail Trail is an easy mountain bike ride along a feat of railway engineering.

For Wellingtonians, the 22,000ha Remutaka Forest Park makes for an easily-accessed outdoor playground with dozens of tracks and family-friendly huts. Among the park’s many attractions is the historic Remutaka Incline. The railway line between Wellington and Upper Hutt was completed in 1874. The big engineering challenge was to get over the Remutaka Range and into […]
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