Makerua railway station | |||||||||||
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 1961 one inch map | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Makerua, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°30′46″S175°27′13″E / 40.512653°S 175.453649°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 111.32 km (69.17 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 August 1886 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 23 October 1966 [1] | ||||||||||
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Makerua railway station was a station in Horowhenua District on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. [2] [3] Only a single track now passes through the station site. [4]
Makerua was opened as a flag station [5] by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company on Monday 2 August 1886, when trains started to run between Longburn and Ōtaki, [6] though a special train had run from Longburn to Ohau in April 1886. [7] The first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886. [8] Makerua didn't appear in timetables until 1888. [9] Palmerston to Wellington trains started to call at the station from 1910. [10]
In 1889 a new siding and platform were built at Makerua. By 1911 it had a shelter shed, platform and a loop for 16 wagons. From 1929 a tablet was used. A new station was built in 1946. [11]
The Makerua Swamp was to the north west of the railway, where 11 mi (18 km) of tramway had been laid by 1903. [12] There were also many other flax mills in the area. [13]
Trains were blown off the lines at Makerua in 1916 [14] and in 1936, [15] when the shelter shed was also blown over. [16] An anemometer installed at Shannon in 1937 [11] now checks wind speeds. [17]
On 23 October 1966, [18] or 1967 Makaroa closed to all traffic. [11]
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