Thames Small Gauge Railway, New Zealand. Thames Small Gauge Railway Track. The track has recently been completed and is found on the foreshore of the Thames estuary, just north of the Goldfields complex in Brown Street. The track is 900 metres in length in a dog bone form with a crossover 50 mtrs south of departing from the station.
Traffic travelling south gives way at the crossover.
On the southern section grades are gradual. After travelling 600m the track returns past the station where it encounters a steep 1-50 rise of about 35 metres to travel along the top of the bund into Victoria Park where a steep sharp decent is made onto the northern loop. The track crosses two bridges on the return to the station, passing the tennis courts, meandering beside the trees. A gentle rise and slow descent returns you to the drop off point at the northern end of the station. This may become a problem with a lot of visitors with trailers.