from 1977 the section to rotowaro, pukemiro and glen afton was handed over to the bush tramway club who operate over about 5 km of former nzr line, though the last 2.5 km to glen afton is no longer usable. the section to rotowaro was renamed from rotowaro industrial line to rotowaro branch in 2011. rotowaro station has been moved to the bush tramway.