Wingatui railway station

Wingatui railway station
Wingatui Railway Station, 2009
General information
Location	Crossan Terrace, Mosgiel New Zealand
Line	Main South Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	1
Train operators	Dunedin Railways
Heritage New Zealand – Category 2
Designated	2 July 1982
Reference no.	2360
Location

The Wingatui railway station, sometimes known as the Wingatui Junction railway station, is a former station between Dunedin and Mosgiel in Otago, New Zealand. On the Main South Line, it is the junction for the Otago Central Railway (now the Taieri Gorge Railway run by Dunedin Railways )

History

The signal box at the railway station, 2009

The station served the settlement of Wingatui, opening on 1 September 1875, with the present building erected in 1914 was designed by the notable architect George Troup. It closed on 13 August 1983.

It has an island platform, and used to have a platform for the racecourse at Wingatui. This platform was opened in February 1898. ^[1]

Heritage listing

The station ^[2] and signal box ^[3] are listed by the Rail Heritage Trust, as well as Heritage New Zealand, Category II (No. 2360 & No. 2359) ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
2. "Rail Heritage Trust - Wingatui". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
3. Rail Heritage Trust - Wingatui Signal Box
4. "NZHPT: Wingatui Signal Box". NZHPT.
5. "NZHPT: Wingatui Railway Station". NZHPT.

45°52′38.94″S170°23′16.02″E / 45.8774833°S 170.3877833°E / -45.8774833; 170.3877833