Ongarue_railway_station

Ongarue railway station

Ongarue railway station

Defunct railway station in New Zealand


Ongarue railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the sawmill town of Ongarue.[2][3]

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In 1900 the station was known as Kawakawa and then Ongaruhe.[4]

From 1922 to 1958 most of the timber freight at the station came from the connected Ellis and Burnand Tramway.[citation needed]

It was the scene of the Ongarue railway disaster in 1923, up to then, the worst rail crash in the country.[citation needed]

In 1941 the station employed a stationmaster and two clerks.[5]

Ongarue 1902

Patronage

Passenger numbers at Ongarue railway station, based on Statements of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Years ending 31 March

Passenger numbers peaked in 1944, as shown in the graph and table below -

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References

  1. Scoble, Juliet (April 2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
  2. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. "LIST OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE RAILWAYS· DEPARTMENT" (PDF). NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1 April 1941.

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