Lake Road railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°57′05″S175°18′10″E / 37.951304°S 175.302916°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Distance | Wellington 523.48 km (325.28 mi) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 March 1881 | ||||||||||
Closed | 7 July 1940 [1] | ||||||||||
Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
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Lake Road railway station was a flag station in the Waikato Region and on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. [2] [3]
By February 1880 the contractor, Mr Fallon, had laid the rails from Ōhaupō to a point south of Lake Road. [4] The line opened to Te Awamutu on Thursday 1 July 1880. [5] Lake Road wasn't shown in the original timetable, [6] but, in 1880, there was pressure from local farmers for a station between Ōhaupō and Ngaroto. [7]
In October 1880 it was decided to open a 7th class station at Wrights Road, mid-way between Ōhaupō and Ngaroto. [8] David Henderson won the contract for the station buildings in November 1880. [9] The station first appeared in the 1 March 1881 timetable. [10] By 1884 Lake Road had a shelter shed, platform and cart approach. [9] Toilets were added in 1908, [11] but there was also a complaint that the platform was only long enough for two coaches. [12]
By 1911 it also had a loading bank. That year a man died when he'd not informed the guard that he wanted to get off at the flag station and fell from the moving train. [13] In 1914 the 1 in 43 gradient at Lake Road was eased to 1 in 100, allowing train tonnages to be increased from a maximum of 209 to 494 tons. [14]
On Sunday 7 July 1940 Lake Road closed to all traffic. [9]
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