Bush tramway

[1] In some cases, such as the Kinleith Branch, bush tramways were converted to heavy rail and incorporated into the New Zealand Government Railways network.

In modern parlance, both urban trams and bush tramways are known as light rail.

[3] The line used horses to haul mineral wagons from Dun Mountain the port of Nelson.

"Bush tram" was first used to describe the horse-drawn tramway from Greymouth to the banks of the Taramakau River, which opened in 1867.

[4] Bush tramways initially made use of horses and in some cases log haulers (stationary steam engines pulling wagons by chain or rope) alongside tramway tracks for motive power.