Otorohanga railway station

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Otorohanga
1921 Otorohanga railway station.jpg
Otorohanga railway station in 1921
Godber, Albert Percy, 1875–1949 -Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref- APG-0815-1-2-G.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates 38°11′12″S175°12′44″E / 38.1867°S 175.2123°E / -38.1867; 175.2123
Elevation37 m (121 ft)
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
Distance Wellington 494.41 km (307.21 mi)
History
Opened9 March 1887 [1]
Closed2012 [2]
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station Great Journeys New Zealand Following station
Hamilton
towards Auckland Strand
Northern Explorer Taumarunui
towards Wellington
Other services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kiokio
Line open, station closed
4.45 km (2.77 mi)		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Hangatiki
Line open, station closed
5.72 km (3.55 mi)
Designated5 September 1985
Reference no.4263
Otorohanga railway station Otorohanga railway station.jpg
Otorohanga railway station

Otorohanga railway station serves the town of Ōtorohanga, on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. The current station dates from 1924. [3]

Contents

Trains calling at Ōtorohanga included The Overlander, Blue Streak, Scenic Daylight, Daylight Limited, Northerner, Northern Explorer, and Night Limited. By 2012, passenger numbers had dropped to an average of two per train, [4] which brought about a brief closure from 24 June. [5] Initially the reinstatement was for summer only [6] from 10 December. [7] Scheduled services to Otorohanga were suspended from December 2021 [8] to 25 September 2022. [9] Currently passengers need to pre-book services to and from the station [10]

History

Surveying to extend the railway 14 mi 20 ch (22.9 km) from Te Awamutu to Ōtorohanga was started in 1883 by Charles Wilson Hursthouse. [11] The first sod ceremony was performed at the Puniu River on 15 April 1885. [12] Trains were working through to Ōtorohanga by January 1887, [13] and the extension opened on 6, or 8 March 1887, though the line wasn't handed over from the Public Works Department to the Railways Department (NZR) until Wednesday 9 March. [14] [15] [16] Initially trains only ran on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [17]

Coates & Metcalfe were the contractors for the 11 mi 41 ch (18.5 km) extension of the NIMT, from Ōtorohanga to Te Kuiti. [18] Until August 1887, the contractors provided goods trains on the extension. [19] By October 1887 goods trains ran on Mondays and Fridays. [20] NZR took over from the contractors, adding a passenger service on those days from Friday 2 December 1887. [21]

By April 1887, there was a 4th class station building and by 1896 a platform, cart approach, 40 ft (12 m) x 30 ft (9.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards, urinals and a passing loop for 31 wagons. There was a Post Office at the station from 1893 to 1908. In 1910 a station on the town side of the line replaced the old station and the goods shed was moved near the old station site. A stationmaster's house was added in 1912 and a crane in 1913. On 17 December 1923 the station burnt down. [15] The current station opened in 1924. [3] Electric light was added in 1927. [22] Three railway houses were added in 1953. In 1980 there was a station building, platform, goods shed, gantry, stockyards and a loop for 81 wagons. [15] The station was given a New Zealand Historic Places Trust Category 2 listing in 1985. [23]

Services

The station is managed by KiwiRail who operate the Northern Explorer three times a week in each direction between Wellington and The Strand. Hamilton is 48.11 km (29.89 mi) to the north, timetabled in 2015, departure to departure, in 39 minutes, and National Park, 147.58 km (91.70 mi) [24] to the south, in 139 minutes, both southbound. [25] Scheduled passenger services were suspended in December 2021. [26] Then reinstated later in 2022. [27]

tickets sales 1913-1950 - derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended" Chart of Otorohanga railway station ticket sales 1913-1950.jpg
tickets sales 1913–1950 – derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"

Patronage

As shown in the table and graph below, passenger numbers peaked during World War 2 -

yearticketsseason ticketsstaffsourcetitle
191312,306145https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1913/I/3693RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1913
191411,26335https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1914/I/2031RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1914
191513,67223https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1915/I/1638RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1915
191615,43542https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1916/I/1053RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1916
191716,14293https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1917/I/1123RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1917
191815,343166https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1918/I-II/1159RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1918
191914,754117https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1919/I/1231RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1919
192017,188251https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1920/I/1349RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1920
192117,787164https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1921/I-II/1452RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1921
192215,901129https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1922/I/1409RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1922
192314,675280https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1923/I-II/1321RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1923
192413,689270https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1924/I/2458RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1924
192513,513246https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1925/I/1804RETURN No. 12. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1925
192614,094304https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1926/I/1930STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1926
192714,41195https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1927/I/2230STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1927
192812,34586https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1928/I/2628STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1928
192913,07752https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1929/I/2090STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1929
193012,26122https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1930/I/2212STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1930
193114,21645https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1931/I-II/1778STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1931
193211,51157https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1932/I-II/1934STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1932
193312,14452https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1933/I/1388STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1933
193414,05543https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1934/I/2278STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1934
193516,79517https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1935/I/1326STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1935
193617,70425https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1936/I/1552STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1936
193720,15026https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1937/I/1896STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1937
193819,04316https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1938/I/1652STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1938
193918,62624https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1939/I/1970STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1939
194017,43334https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1940/I/1314STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1940
194118,47955https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1941/I/1203STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1941
194223,56667https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1942/I/651STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1942
194330,89795https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1943/I/679STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1943
194432,97482https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1944/I/895STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1944
194526,63463https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1945/I/969STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1945
194627,92318https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1946/I/1548STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1946
194726,30513https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1947/I/2495STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1947
194820,46931https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1948/I/2521STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1948
194918,0719https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1949/I/2104STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1949
195018,9568https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1950/I/2366STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1950

Rangitoto Colliery Co. branch

Circa 1910 Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 - New Zealand post card negatives. Ref- 1-2-006465-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. Circa 1910 Otorohanga station.jpg
Circa 1910 Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863–1923 – New Zealand post card negatives. Ref- 1-2-006465-G.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Circa 1921 Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 -Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref- APG-1839-1-2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. Circa 1921 Otorohanga railway station.jpg
Circa 1921 Godber, Albert Percy, 1875–1949 -Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref- APG-1839-1-2-G.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
April 1947 Whites Aviation Ltd -Photographs. Ref- WA-07359-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. April 1947 Otorohanga railway station.jpg
April 1947 Whites Aviation Ltd -Photographs. Ref- WA-07359-F.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
May 1947 Whites Aviation Ltd -Photographs. Ref- WA-07358-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. May 1947 Otorohanga railway station.jpg
May 1947 Whites Aviation Ltd -Photographs. Ref- WA-07358-F.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.

In 1890 Ellis & Burnand had sought tenders for a tramway to bring timber to their mill [28] and it was mentioned as flooded in 1892. [29] The 1919 Railways Authorisation Bill included a, "branch line from Otorohanga, along right bank of the Waipa River, to the south boundary of Block VI, Mangaoronga survey district. Length about 7½ miles." [30] The Railway Atlas indicates the line was horse worked, [24] served the Ellis and Burnand Mill (open 1889–1912), [31] as well as the colliery, and existed by 1921. [24] The 1921 photograph (left) appears to show a horse worked tramway, but only remnants of the line appear in the 1947 photos.

The mine closed in 1937, after 11 years of working, "as the coal was of inferior quality and the expenses of mining and marketing the output were unduly high." [32] However, a 1944 Parliamentary report indicates that production recommenced, but a road was built, rather than using the tramway. The report said, "Rangitoto Opencast.—Stripping of this area, adjacent to the old Rangitoto Colliery, some eight miles from Otorohanga, commenced, in July. An access road was also constructed. Coal-production started in September, Output for 1944 was 1,797 tons." [33]

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