A Dunedin Railways train makes what could be one if its last journeys back to Dunedin from Middlemarch yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIENThe Crown owns the rail corridor (the land), 39 bridges and 10 tunnels, which are leased to Dunedin Railways. Maintenance of the corridor, bridges and tunnels is Dunedin Railways’ responsibility. It was considered unlikely Dunedin Railways would have sufficient tourist activity to operate for at least the next 18 to 24 months, it said. The call for expressions of interests opened as a Dunedin Railways train chugged its way from Dunedin to Middlemarch and back yesterday.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 30, 2020 16:30 UTC