Edievale is a small settlement in West Otago, in

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. It lies equidistant between

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, which lies to the west, and Raes Junction, which lies to the east, on . Though the settlement is now home to only a few residents, it was formerly larger, and between 1905 and the 1970s served as the terminus of the

Tapanui Branch The Tapanui Branch was a railway line located near the border of the regions of Southland and Otago, New Zealand. Although the name suggests that it terminated in Tapanui, its furthest terminus was actually in Edievale. Construction of the ...

railway. With the closure of that line due to repeated flooding, the settlement dwindled to its current size. Edievale was named after pioneering settler John Edie.Edievale
, ''nzhistory.govt.nz''. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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