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|title1=Trans-Tasman Link | |title1=Trans-Tasman Link | ||
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|image1= [[File:New Zealand TTL Map.png|260px]] | |||
|type=Oceanic | |type=Oceanic | ||
|completion_date=27 June 2026 | |completion_date=27 June 2026 | ||
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'''Trans-Tasman Link''' is an international | '''Trans-Tasman Link''' is an international iceway linking [[Nostra:New Zealand|New Zealand]] and [[Nostra:Australia|Australia]] together. The iceway was finished on 27 June 2026, seventeen days after its announcement. Operations on the iceway prove somewhat peculiar because the iceway systems of Australia and New Zealand are not strictly compatible; the former operates like a métro system — focusing on minecarts — whereas the latter identifies more like a freeway system — focusing in boating, though allowing carting on hybrid iceways. Therefore, while there is continuous minecart support, the line is only boatable from the route origin at Whitewater West Junction, New Zealand, until the maintainer boundary at kilometre 8,151. | ||
== Route == | == Route == | ||
[[File:trans-tasman-link-ad.png|thumb|Kiwi poster advertising the line.]] | [[File:trans-tasman-link-ad.png|thumb|left|Kiwi poster advertising the line.]] | ||
The route begins at Whitewater West Junction, North Island, [[Nostra:New Zealand|New Zealand]], where it connects to the [[Nostra:North–South Main Line|North–South Main]] and [[Nostra:Napier Line|Napier]] lines. Thence, it runs westbound via a southward chicane, reaching the town of [[Nostra:New Plymouth|New Plymouth]], New Zealand, after 410 metres. Immediately west of New Plymouth, an elevator brings the line down from y-level 7 to the oceanic level −62, whereafter it continues due west for around 8 kilometres. From kilometre 8,151 onward, where a small service station has been constructed, the iceway is maintained by [[Nostra:Australia|Australia]]. 127 metres west of the boundary, the line makes a 45° turn to the right and continues diagonally to the northeast until kilometre 9. There, it makes another 45° right turn to the north, reaching [[Nostra:South Coast|South Coast]], Australia, where it connects to other Australian iceway lines. | The route begins at Whitewater West Junction, North Island, [[Nostra:New Zealand|New Zealand]], where it connects to the [[Nostra:North–South Main Line|North–South Main]] and [[Nostra:Napier Line|Napier]] lines. Thence, it runs westbound via a southward chicane, reaching the town of [[Nostra:New Plymouth|New Plymouth]], New Zealand, after 410 metres. Immediately west of New Plymouth, an elevator brings the line down from y-level 7 to the oceanic level −62, whereafter it continues due west for around 8 kilometres. From kilometre 8,151 onward, where a small service station has been constructed, the iceway is maintained by [[Nostra:Australia|Australia]]. 127 metres west of the boundary, the line makes a 45° turn to the right and continues diagonally to the northeast until kilometre 9. There, it makes another 45° right turn to the north, reaching [[Nostra:South Coast|South Coast]], Australia, where it connects to other Australian iceway lines. | ||
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! Town !! km !! Station !! Connection | ! Town !! km !! Station !! Connection | ||
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| | | rowspan="5" | ''Wilderness'' || 0,000 || [[File:NZ-Flag.png|25px]] ⟨1⟩ Whitewater West Junction || {{NzIcewayInline|NZML}}, {{NzIcewayInline|NL}} | ||
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| 0,411 || [[File:NZ-Flag.png|25px]] '''[[Nostra:New Plymouth|New Plymouth]] International''' <small>(Plm)</small> || | |||
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| 0,423 || ''Elevator'' — ⬆+7⬆ • ⬇−62⬇ || | |||
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| rowspan="2" | 8,151 || [[File:NZ-Flag.png|25px]] [[File:AustFlagNostra.png|25px]] Border Checkpoint || | |||
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| ''Maintainer Boundary'' — ⬆[[Nostra:New Zealand Ministry of Infrastructure|NMOI]]⬆ • ⬇[[Nostra:Opal Iceways|Opal Iceways]]⬇ || | | ''Maintainer Boundary'' — ⬆[[Nostra:New Zealand Ministry of Infrastructure|NMOI]]⬆ • ⬇[[Nostra:Opal Iceways|Opal Iceways]]⬇ || | ||
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== Construction == | == Construction == | ||
[[File:nz-moi-gazette3.jpg|thumb|Issue No. 3 of the Official Gazette of the [[Nostra:New Zealand Ministry of Infrastructure|New Zealand Ministry of Infrastructure]] announcing the construction of the line.]] | [[File:nz-moi-gazette3.jpg|thumb|left|Issue No. 3 of the Official Gazette of the [[Nostra:New Zealand Ministry of Infrastructure|New Zealand Ministry of Infrastructure]] announcing the construction of the line.]] | ||
The two mining crews from [[Nostra:New Zealand|New Zealand]] and [[Nostra:Australia|Australia]], respectively, made their breakthrough at kilometre 7,662 on 27 June 2026. | The two mining crews from [[Nostra:New Zealand|New Zealand]] and [[Nostra:Australia|Australia]], respectively, made their breakthrough at kilometre 7,662 on 27 June 2026. | ||