Terrace_End_railway_station

Terrace End railway station

Terrace End railway station

Defunct railway station in New Zealand

Terrace End railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3] The station served the northern suburb of Terrace End in Palmerston North. The station was located adjacent to a gravel pit owned by the Railways Department for ballast production.

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The station was opened in 1879, and closed on 21 October 1960.[4] The station was demolished and railway removed in the early 1960s.

The station was damaged when a large storm blew through the city in 1936.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Aerial photograph of Memorial Park, Terrace End".
  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]
    Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 133.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. [5]
    "Storm Damaged Terrace End Railway Station".


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