Makerua railway station
Makerua railway station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°30′46″S 175°27′13″E / 40.512653°S 175.453649°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 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]
History
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ "State Hwy 56". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED. TIME TABLE. EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 July 1886. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 July 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Wellington- ManaWatu Railway. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 April 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Railways. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 October 1888. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "NEW RAILWAY TIME-TABLE. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 March 1910. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "NEW ZEALAND MAIL". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 December 1903. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Flaxmills of Makerua Swamp by Ian Matheson, 1978, retrieved 12 April 2021
- ^ "TERRIFIC GALE. TAIHAPE DAILY TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 August 1916. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "DEVASTATING GALE SWEEPS MANAWATU. MANAWATU HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 February 1936. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "THE STORM. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 February 1936. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Report 06-108, passenger Train 9328, derailed after running into landslide debris, 2.474 km Johnsonville Line, between Wellington and Wadestown" (PDF). 26 August 2006.
- ^ Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)
External links
[edit]- Auckland Weekly News photos - 1936 Railway carriages blown off the line by the force of the wind at Makerua and Miranui Flaxmill in 1909
- Miranui Tramway
- 1:50,000 map
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