Hangatiki railway station

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Hangatiki railway station
Hangatiki 1920.jpg
Waitomo Caves Royal Mail coach at Hangatiki in 1920
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates 38°15′38″S175°10′53″E / 38.260559°S 175.181379°E / -38.260559; 175.181379
Elevation40 m (130 ft)
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
Distance Wellington 485.2 km (301.5 mi)
History
Opened2 December 1887
Closed31 January 1982 passenger,
13 October 1986 goods [1]
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ōtorohanga
Line open, station open
9.21 km (5.72 mi)		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Te Kumi
Line open, station closed
6.2 km (3.9 mi)
1955 (north), 1971 (south) one inch to one mile map (Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence) 1955 (north), 1971 (south) one inch to one mile map Hangatiki - Waitomo.jpg
1955 (north), 1971 (south)
one inch to one mile map
(Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

Hangatiki railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. [2] [3]

Contents

In 1915 Hangatiki was described as a small township with a post and telegraph office, where passengers for "the famous Waitomo and Ruakuri caves alight". The guidebook said Waitomo was 6 mi (9.7 km) away, "by good metalled road, a conveyance meeting the express trains and conveying passengers to the excellent Government Accommodation House at Waitomo." The fare was 2/6 each way (about $18 [4] in 2015 money). [5]

History

Coates & Metcalfe were the contractors for the 11 mi 41 ch (18.5 km) extension of this section of the NIMT, from Ōtorohanga to Te Kuiti. [6] The station area had been levelled by May 1886. [7] Until August 1887, the contractors provided goods trains. [8] By October 1887 goods trains ran on Mondays and Fridays. [9] New Zealand Railways Department took over from the contractors, adding a passenger service was added on those days from 2 December 1887. [10] By 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, 31 ft (9.4 m) by 21 ft (6.4 m) goods shed and a passing loop for 35 wagons. In 1901 there was a petition for cattle yards and by 1911 there were cattle and sheep yards. A tablet porter started in 1912. A note in 1963 said the station was built in 1888 and last painted in 1953, but in 1980 the station building was noted as a concrete block and the loop as taking 75 wagons. On 31 January 1982 Hangatiki closed to all traffic except in wagon lots. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. ↑ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. ↑ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN   0589013165.
  4. ↑ "Inflation Calculator". www.rbnz.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Bradbury, E E (1915). The Raglan and Kawhia Districts. Waikato University library: Bradbury. p. 85.
  6. ↑ "THE MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 January 1887. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 May 1886. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 August 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "THE KING COUNTRY. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 October 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 28 November 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.


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