Te Rapa railway station

Te Rapa railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand serving Te Rapa.[2] It was a 'flag station', originally 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Horotiu (then named Pukete) and 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Hamilton.[3]

The station was near the corner of what is now Tasman Rd and Te Kowhai Rd East. The wartime NZRAF stores base (now The Base) is at the foot of the picture. A locomotive appears to be shunting in the sidings.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Horotiu
Line open, station closed		   North Island Main Trunk
New Zealand Railways Department		   Te Rapa Racecourse
Line open, station closed

Te Rapa railway station
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates37.745950°S 175.226539°E / -37.745950; 175.226539
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
History
Opened19 December 1877
Closed10 January 1971[1]

Layout

It was equipped with distant signals in 1916,[4] and was part of the extension of automatic signalling from Mercer to Frankton in 1929, when the sidings were switch-locked and automatically controlled[5] and the former single track doubled.[6] The sidings were extended into the RNZAF stores depot, to the south east, when it was built during the war.[7] There were also bulk cement and Apple & Pear Board sidings.[6]

Rotokauri Public Transport Hub

Rotokauri Public Transport Hub is planned to open on Monday 3 August 2020, at a cost of $29m,[8] as a park and ride station for north Hamilton and for The Base, which is adjacent. The cost rose from an earlier estimate of $21m,[9] $18.5m of it from NZTA.[8] It will be served by the revived Hamilton-Auckland train,[9] Te Huia, and will be close to the south end of the original Te Rapa station.[10][11] The Hub will have a platform, park and ride carpark, bus interchange, roading upgrades, passenger bridge and stairs. Lifts have been delayed "due to international supply chain issues".[8]

Accidents

In a fog in 1934, a southbound train from Auckland collided with a goods train. The only casualty was a pig,[12] but the AB locomotive was thrown on its side.[13]

References
  1. Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0 900609 92 3.
  3. "Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (New Zealand Herald, 1879-04-03)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. "1916 New Zealand Railways Statement by the Minister of Railways, The Hon. W. H. Herries". atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. "1930 New Zealand Railways Statement by the Minister of Railways, The Hon. W. A. Veitch". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. p. 4.
  7. "Sheet N56". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1944. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  8. "Rail service opening date proof of partnership". Our Hamilton. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  9. "Hamilton Public Transport Joint Committee agenda" (PDF). 26 November 2018.
  10. "Retrolens aerial image of Te Rapa". 3 December 1948.
  11. "3.6 Rotokauri – Hamilton City Council". www.hamilton.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  12. "New Zealand Herald Page 10 TRAINS COLLIDE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 November 1934. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  13. "Auckland Weekly News – photo of collision at Te Rapa station last week: newspaper train crashes into goods train". www.aucklandcity.govt.nz. 7 November 1934. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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