Kopaki railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°28′42″S175°16′24″E / 38.478387°S 175.273304°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Distance | Wellington 454.62 km (282.49 mi) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 April 1901 | ||||||||||
Closed | passengers before 12/1975 goods 31 January 1982 | ||||||||||
Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Paritikona until 8 December 1912 | ||||||||||
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Kopaki was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand. [1]
It was part of the Puketutu to Poro-O-Tarao contract, which began in September 1892. [2] From 18 January 1897 a weekly goods train ran to Poro-O-Tarao. [3]
A cattle yard was built in 1920. [4] The passing loop was lengthened in 1939, [5] to hold 219 rather than 97 wagons. [6] The work was done at the same time the loop at Waiteti was installed, the total cost for both being £19,000. [7]
The gradient to the north of the station is 1 in 70. [8]
There was a Farmers Union store at Kopaki in 1920 [9] and a sawmill in 1952. [10]
Kopaki post office was 30 ch (2,000 ft; 600 m) from the railway station. [11]
A 1980 report said there was a concrete block shelter shed and a loop for 121 wagons. [12]
The 1925 [13] -26 [14] timber bridge carrying SH30 over the railway was rebuilt between 2021 and 2023 to carry high productivity vehicles. [15] It opened on 26 May 2023 [16] and is skewed, with a length of 68 m (223 ft) and a cost of $12.4m. [17]
Only the shelter shed and passing loop remain. [18]
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