Waro railway station | |||||||||||
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 Waro in 1902 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°35′20″S174°17′14″E / 35.588787°S 174.287112°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line | North Auckland Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | Westfield Junction 233.56 km (145.13 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 July 1894 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 31 October 1960 passenger, 12 March 1972 goods [1] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Limestone Rocks until 30 June 1894 | ||||||||||
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Waro railway station was a flag station [2] on the North Auckland Line in New Zealand. [3]
The station was part of the Whangārei and Kamo section, opened on 2 July 1894. [4] The extension of the line north to Whakapara opened in 1896. [5]
A stationmaster's house was designed in 1895, though there seems to be no mention of it being built. From 1897 to 1899 there was a caretaker at Waro. Railway houses were built in 1894 and 1898. By 1897 the station had a shelter shed, passenger platform and sidings to several coal mines and limestone quarries. [6] Hikurangi Coal and Northern Coal had sidings between Waro and Otonga in 1911. [7] In 1916 there was concern about the danger to the railway from blasting at the Dominion Cement quarry, [6] had 20acres at Waro to extract white limestone. [8] and had been further enlarged by Wilsons Portland Cement by 1926. [9] Waro Mine produced 681,905 tons of coal, mainly for Wilson's Portland Cement, [10] but flooding brought about closure of the mines in the 1930s. [11] The sidings to the limestone quarries were still in use in 1964. [6] Waro station closed on 12 March 1972. [12]
Only a single track now runs through the station site. [13]
