Ngaroto railway station

Ngaroto railway station
Location New Zealand
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
History
Opened 1 July 1880
Closed 15 December 1957[1]
Electrified June 1988
Te Awamutu dairy factory trip train climbing north to Ngaroto station site over the bank raised in 1928. Mt Kakepuku in background. August 2014
1946 one inch to one mile map (Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

Ngaroto railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south of Lake Rd,[2][3] 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Te Awamutu,[4] beside the entrance to Yarndley's Bush.

The station opened in 1880 at the same time the NIMT was extended to Te Awamutu, though it wasn't mentioned in the press until postal contracts were being let in 1881.[5] In the early years it was a vital part of local farm transport.[6] Apart from electrification, the only significant work since then seems to have been in 1926, when a lengthy embankment and raised bridge over the Mangapiko Stream lifted the line about 5 ft (1.5 m), to ease the climb from Te Awamutu to Ngaroto.[7]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Te Awamutu
Line open, station closed		   North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail		   Lake Rd
Line open, station closed

External links

Ngaroto on 1:50,000 map

References

  1. ↑ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in 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. ↑ Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1926, Page 8 - Main Trunk Blocked. Goods Train Derailed. Leaves Rails at Ngaroto
  5. ↑ Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3163, 8 September 1880, Page 1
  6. ↑ New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13357, 11 December 1906, Page 5 Shortage of Railway Trucks
  7. ↑ New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 10 Main Trunk Line. Improvement to Gradient. Te Awamutu to Ngaroto


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