page_title: Port Chalmers Branch
hierarchical_section_title: Port Chalmers Branch
caption_attribution_description: English: NZR DSG class 3251 pulling freight carriages northeast along the Main South Line / former section of the Port Chalmers Branch line. Harbour Cone on the Otago Peninsula visible in the background. Own photo from Blanket Bay, after chasing the train from Dunedin Railway Station.
context_page_description: The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the region's major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers. The line is still operational today.
context_section_description: The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the region's major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers. The line is still operational today.
caption: DSG class shunting locomotive hauling freight towards Port Chalmers in 2008.
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