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of bags of cement had to be used to stabilise the railway's route alongside the river. The line opened to Upper Hutt on 1 February 1876.

On 28 December 1877 the line to Kaitoke was officially opened by the Governor. On 1 January 1878 the line to Kaitoke was opened to the public; Kaitoke becoming the railhead for the Wairarapa for nearly ten months (to 16 October).

The section into the Wairarapa opened on 12 August 1878 to Featherston.

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