Taumarunui railway station
Taumarunui railway station | |
|---|---|
 1916 view of station and yards | |
| Location | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 38°52′58″S 175°15′53″E / 38.8828°S 175.2648°ECoordinates: 38°52′58″S 175°15′53″E / 38.8828°S 175.2648°E |
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 December 1903[1] |
| Closed | 25 June 2012[1] |
| Electrified | 25 kV 50 Hz AC June 1988 |
Taumarunui railway station in Taumarunui, New Zealand was the main railway station in Taumarunui. Formerly it was an important intermediate stop with a refreshment room on the North Island Main Trunk line; the subject of a ballad by Peter Cape.
The NIMT was opened to through Auckland to Wellington trains from 9 November 1908, with the first NIMT express trains from 14 February 1909. Trains also ran to Stratford from 1933.[2]
The building was opened on 1 December 1903, including cattle-yard, engine-shed, and railway workers' cottages,[3] and closed on 25 June 2012 when the passenger stop was dropped from the Northern Explorer's schedule, except for pre-booked groups of 10+.[4]
tickets sales 1904-1950 - derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"
External links
- Picture of a scene outside the station
- Picture of transhipping passengers
- Picture of passengers awaiting transhipping to buses
- Early 20th century views of station - north, south
References
- 1 2 Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)
- ↑ "Page 3 Advertisements Column 2". Patea Mail. 1933-08-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ↑ "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1903 Session I — D-01 Page 47". atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ↑ KiwiRail list of stations
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