site. A new gold mine is planned to open in 2024, it is expected to employ 100 people. Other industries in the town are coal mining, forestry, tourism and servicing the farming industry. Transport Reefton is located at the intersection of State Highway 7 and State Highway 69. Rail Reefton is located on the Stillwater–Westport Line railway, which diverges from the Midland Line in Stillwater. On 29 February 1892, the line was opened to Reefton, but it terminated on the southern bank of the Inangahua River opposite the town. Early in the 20th century, a bridge was built across the river and the present-day station established in Reefton. The line was opened beyond Reefton to Cronadun in 1908, but it was not until 5 December 1943 that the line officially became a through route to Westport, though trains had been operating the length of the line since July 1942. On 3 August 1936, a railcar passenger service began operating in the morning between Hokitika and Reefton utilising small Leyland diesel railcars, but low patronage meant this service ceased to operate all the way to Reefton in August 1938. In the early 1940s, much larger Vulcan railcars were introduced to New Zealand and they provided two services to Reefton: one local service from Greymouth that terminated in Reefton, and a service that ran between Westport and Stillwater to connect with the West Coast Express. In 1967, all passenger services through Reefton ceased. Today, the primary traffic on the railway is coal, with multiple coal trains operating daily. Education The first state school in Reefton was founded in 1878, and there were once 24 schools in the area. Reefton Area School is a composite (years 1–13) school with a roll of as of It was formed by the merger of Reefton School and Inangahua College (earlier called Reefton District High School) in 2004. Sacred Heart School is a full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of . It is a state integrated Catholic school. Both schools are coeducational. Broadcast and print media The first newspaper to be printed in Reefton was the Inangahua Herald and New Zealand Miner, which began as a twice-weekly paper in February 1872, its joint owner being Joseph Ivess, who went on to found many other newspapers. It was appearing three times a week by 1874 and became a daily in 1894. Its owner and editor from