Waione_Siding_railway_station

Waione Siding railway station

Waione Siding railway station

Railway station in New Zealand

Waione Siding was very briefly a stop on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand in the Ōngarue valley.[1] It was also known as Ninia.[2]

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It served a Marton Sash & Door Company tramway[3] and was also a stop for occasional excursion trains.[4][5] From 1928 the tramway was operated by a Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive.[3] In 1927 a shelter shed was built. It was damaged by fire in 1950. In 1929 the siding became a tablet station, at a cost of about £4430.[2]

The siding served a small settlement, where 23 people voted in 1928[6] and 22 in 1935.[7] In 2013 meshblock 1042000, which includes the area west of the railway, had a population of 30 in 6 houses.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
  2. [2]
    "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive". National Library of New Zealand. 1916. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 February 1927. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 February 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. [6]
    "THE CONTEST IN RAGLAN. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 November 1928. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. [7]
    "WAITOMO ELECTORATE WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 November 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  8. [8]
    "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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