A Coromandel tourist attraction must change the way it operates after a 19-month-old boy fell from a moving train, plunging nine metres down a mountain. Driving Creek Railway in the Coromandel. With an average gradient of 1-in-24.1 (1 vertical metre for every 24.1 metre of length) the Driving Creek Railway is New Zealand’s steepest railway. The Driving Creek Railway climbs 2.7km from the Base Station at 55 metres above sea level to EyeFull Tower at 167 metres above sea level, a total climb of 115 metres. • The child required surgery for a fractured jaw, lost several teeth and was left with bruising and grazes.

as it travelled across the Double Decker Bridge at Driving Creek Railway (DCR) on the Coromandel in June 2015. • The Transport Agency conducted an investigation into the accident and worked with DCR to ensure the required safety