Te Kawa railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand,[2][3] located at Te Kawa.
Te Kawa railway station | |||||||||||
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 Te Kawa railway station in 1934 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°05′35″S 175°17′01″E / 38.093093°S 175.283518°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 506.88 km (314.96 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 9 March 1887 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 17 October 1971[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kawa until 13 September 1913 | ||||||||||
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The railway crossed 5,000 acres (2,000 ha)[4] (or 8,000) Te Kawa Swamp[5] to the north of the station on a 60 chains (4,000 ft; 1,200 m) embankment. Culverts were included to maintain the effectiveness of eel weirs in the swamp[6] and provide for the flow of water.[7] A post office was open by 1909 and a drainage board set up,[8] which was extended in 1915, by which time the station was handling traffic for Waikeria Prison.[9]
In 1908 the station was being considered as a junction for a line to Kawhia and Raglan[10] and by 1920 as a junction on a railway from Kawhia to Rotorua.[11] On 14 September 1913 the name of the station was changed from Kawa to Te Kawa. In 1917 a telephone was reported as connected,[12] though another report put the date as 1929.[13] By 1980 there was a passing loop for 123 wagons.[12]
The line to the south of Te Kawa falls on a 1 in 183 gradient.[14] There was a private siding for grain at the station in the 1970s and 80s.[15]
The station site was sold in 2000.[6]
References
edit- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ "Cadastral map of the Te Kawa Swamp". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "The Kawa Swamp, NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 January 1908. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b Philip Cleaver, ]onathan Sarich (November 2009). "Turongo: The North Island Main Trunk Railway and the Rohe Potae, 1870–2008" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal.
- ^ "THE MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 January 1887. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "RECLAIMING THE SWAMPS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 September 1909. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Te Kawa deputations, WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 February 1915. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "RAILWAY FOR RAGLAN, WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 August 1908. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "RAIL TO KAWHIA. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 November 1920. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b Scoble, Juliet. "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ "TE KAWA. Waikato Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 June 1929. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Express freight train 234, derailment, Te Kawa, 2 March 2001" (PDF). TAIC.
- ^ "Te Kawa Private Siding – Te Kawa Grain Driers Ltd". archway.archives.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
External links
edit- 1934 photo (top left) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 2 (1 May).
- Video of steam train passing through Te Kawa in 2008
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