Hangatiki_railway_station

Hangatiki railway station

Hangatiki railway station

Defunct railway station in New Zealand

Hangatiki railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3]

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In 1915 Hangatiki was described as a small township with a post and telegraph office, where passengers for "the famous Waitomo and Ruakuri caves alight". The guidebook said Waitomo was 6 mi (9.7 km) away, "by good metalled road, a conveyance meeting the express trains and conveying passengers to the excellent Government Accommodation House at Waitomo." The fare was 2/6 each way (about $18[4] in 2015 money).[5]

History

Coates & Metcalfe were the contractors for the 11 mi 41 ch (18.5 km) extension of this section of the NIMT, from Ōtorohanga to Te Kuiti.[6] The station area had been levelled by May 1886.[7] Until August 1887, the contractors provided goods trains.[8] By October 1887 goods trains ran on Mondays and Fridays.[9] New Zealand Railways Department took over from the contractors, adding a passenger service was added on those days from 2 December 1887.[10] By 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, 31 ft (9.4 m) by 21 ft (6.4 m) goods shed and a passing loop for 35 wagons. In 1901 there was a petition for cattle yards and by 1911 there were cattle and sheep yards. A tablet porter started in 1912. A note in 1963 said the station was built in 1888 and last painted in 1953, but in 1980 the station building was noted as a concrete block and the loop as taking 75 wagons. On 31 January 1982 Hangatiki closed to all traffic except in wagon lots.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. [2]
    New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. [3]
    Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. [4]
    "Inflation Calculator". www.rbnz.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. [5]
    Bradbury, E E (1915). The Raglan and Kawhia Districts. Waikato University library: Bradbury. p. 85.
  6. [6]
    "THE MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 January 1887. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  7. [7]
    "WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 May 1886. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. [8]
    "NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 August 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. [9]
    "THE KING COUNTRY. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 October 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. [10]
    "NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 28 November 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  11. [11]
    "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  • Auckland Weekly News photos sheep ready for loading 27 MAY 1909 p6 (AWNS-19090527-6-1) and rear of station during a flood 29 July 1915 p43 (AWNS-19150729-43-3)


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