The Rimutaka Tunnel (officially Tunnel 2 Wairarapa Line) is a railway tunnel through New Zealand’s Rimutaka Ranges between Maymorn near Upper Hutt and Featherston on the Wairarapa Line.The tunnel which was opened to traffic on 3 November 1955 is 8.798 kilometres (5.467 mi) long. It was the longest tunnel in New Zealand superseding the Otira Tunnel in the South Island until the completion of the Kaimai Tunnel (8.88 km 5.55 miles) near Tauranga in 1978.
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