Ten years on from Kaikōura quake, rail bosses reflect on historic recovery effort

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Nearly one million cubic metres of rock blocked a key coastal freight corridor following the Kaikōura earthquake. Rail officials are reflecting on the recovery efforts ten years after the event. Engineers worked around the clock to clear the path. The operation is described as a feat that defied the odds.

Close to a million cubic metres of rock severed the vital coastal freight corridor, sparking a round-the-clock engineering feat that defied the odds.

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