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'''Springhills''' is a locality in the central [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]] region of New Zealand's [[South Island]].<ref>{{LINZ|4641||3 November 2007}}</ref> Situated in a gap between [[Forest Hill Scenic Reserve|Forest Hill]] and the [[Hokonui Hills]], it is located on {{NZlSH|96}} 29 kilometres west of {{NZlSH|1}} near [[Mataura]] and 15 kilometres east of {{NZlSH|6}} at [[Winton, New Zealand|Winton]].

From 1899 until 1953, Springhills was also served by a [[branch line]] [[railway]].  The railway grew from a private [[tramway (industrial)|bush tramway]] built in 1883 that ran from a junction with the [[Kingston Branch (New Zealand)|Kingston Branch]] in Winton into the Browns Gap area.  In the 1890s, the tramway was upgraded to railway standards, extended to Hedgehope, and handed over to the [[New Zealand Railways Department]]. This line was known as the [[Hedgehope Branch]] and it opened on 17 July 1899 with a station near Springhills known as Springhills Siding. Passenger services ceased on 9 February 1931, and due to declining freight tonnages, the [[Browns, New Zealand|Browns]]-[[Hedgehope, New Zealand|Hedgehope]] section that passed through Springhills was closed on 24 December 1953.  Little evidence remains of Springhills' railway heritage, though the former line's [[track bed|formation]] can sometimes be discerned.<ref>David Leitch and Brian Scott, ''Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways'', revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 [1995]), 122.</ref>

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