Amokura railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in the Waikato region of New Zealand, 604.62 km (375.69 mi) from Wellington. It is at the north end of a 13 km (8.1 mi) single line section extending to Te Kauwhata.[1] Doubling of that section is being investigated in a business case from July 2021.[2]
Amokura railway station | |||||||||||
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 1961 Amokura railway station on Sheet N52 one inch map | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°18′32″S 175°04′34″E / 37.309°S 175.076°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 604.43 km (375.58 mi) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | double to north single to south | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1929 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1980 | ||||||||||
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Sources differ as to the opening date. One says opening was on 20 October 1929 for goods and 11 November 1929 for passengers.[3] Another says 13 August 1877 and that the line was doubled from 1 July 1956.[4] A siding[5] was gazetted with the name Amokura in January 1929[6] and a 1930 article implied it was new.[7] It was also known c.1929 as Ngatikoi or Raumoa. A crossing loop was closed on 13 May 1963. at that time there was a proposal to combine it with Meremere station,[3] as they were only a chain (22 yd (20 m)) apart and Meremere was larger and better known.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Report 08-110 train control operating irregularity leading to potential low-speed, head-on collision Amokura" (PDF). Train Accident Investigation Commission. 23 September 2008.
- ^ "Inaugural rail programme creates certainty and jobs". KiwiRail. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Stations". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Geographical Board, New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 June 1929. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Amokura". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "STATE RAILWAYS. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 June 1930. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
External links
edit- 1960 photo of sidings at power station
- 2014 photo of the start of the single track section at Amokura
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