Kiokio railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°09′12″S175°14′23″E / 38.153255°S 175.239658°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Distance | Wellington 498.86 km (309.98 mi) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 9 March 1887 | ||||||||||
Closed | 28 November 1971 goods, 9 June 1969 passenger [1] | ||||||||||
Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kiokio railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. [2] [3]
By December 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach and a crossing loop for 4 wagons. By December 1911 a loading bank had been added and the loop extended for 7 wagons. [4] In 1913 traffic at the station was described as, "rapidly increasing" and the Minister for Railways approved a goods shed 30 ft (9.1 m) by 20 ft (6.1 m) with a verandah over a new siding. [5] A 1963 report said the station building was built in 1887 and last painted in 1960. It closed to passengers on Monday, 9 June 1969 and to all traffic on Sunday, 28 November 1971. [6] There is now just a single track through the station site and, apart from the name of the road, little sign that there was ever a station. [7]
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