Tuakau railway station

Railway yard at Tuakau about 1920 (21499065595)

Tuakau railway station was a railway station (now closed) in the town of Tuakau in the Waikato District of New Zealand.

The station was on the North Island Main Trunk line, and opened on 20 May 1875. Originally it was called Tuakau Road.

The station was rebuilt in 1910, and closed to passengers on 14 March 1983. The station closed on 2 March 1986.[1]

In 2018 the District Council allocated money for reopening the station as part of a revived Hamilton-Auckland service.[2]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Buckland
Line open, station closed		   North Island Main Trunk
New Zealand Railways Department		   Whangarata
Line open, station closed
tickets sales 1881-1950 - derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"

References

  1. ↑ Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 137.
  2. ↑ "New train station in the pipeline for North Waikato? | The Post Newspaper - Franklin & North Waikato , New Zealand". 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-06-01.


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