# Railway Drain, a waterway of Christchurch

A drain, 1.4 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/casebrook)


## The reports along it
640 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069713), [8B Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/8b-cavendish-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069697), [8A Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/8a-cavendish-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069684), [22 Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/22-cavendish-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069674), [28A Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/28a-cavendish-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069668), [38 Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/38-cavendish-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069661), [38 Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/38-cavendish-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9059784), [8 Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/8-cavendish-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9058688), [83 Tuckers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/83-tuckers-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9053324), [16 Primrose Hill Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/16-primrose-hill-lane)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9052713), [16 Primrose Hill Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/16-primrose-hill-lane)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9052398), [41 Marlene Street, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/41-marlene-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9052362), [16 Primrose Hill Lane, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/casebrook/16-primrose-hill-lane)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Railway Drain?**

1.4 km as mapped, 7 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

**Which suburbs does Railway Drain pass through?**

Casebrook.

**Is the line on the map the whole waterway?**

It’s the centreline, the middle of the water as mapped on OpenStreetMap, not its banks. A line says where it runs, not how wide it is or whether it carries water today.


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The line is OpenStreetMap’s, named ways tagged river, stream, drain or canal inside the city boundary, merged by name (ODbL). Centrelines, not banks; the live gauges are instruments, kept at https://www.chch.live/rivers.
The page: https://www.chch.live/river/railway-drain
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river