Amokura railway station explained

Amokura railway station
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates:-37.309°N 175.076°W
Elevation:7m (23feet)
Line:North Island Main Trunk
Distance:Wellington 604.43km (375.58miles)
Tracks:double to north
single to south
Opened:1929
Closed:1980

Amokura railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in the Waikato region of New Zealand, 604.62km (375.69miles) from Wellington. It is at the north end of a 13km (08miles) single line section extending to Te Kauwhata.[1] Doubling of that section is being investigated in a business case from July 2021.[2]

Sources differ as to the opening date. One says opening was on 20 October 1929 for goods and 11 November 1929 for passengers. Another says 13 August 1877 and that the line was doubled from 1 July 1956.[3] A siding[4] was gazetted with the name Amokura in January 1929[5] and a 1930 article implied it was new.[6] It was also known 1929 as Ngatikoi or Raumoa. A crossing loop was closed on 13 May 1963. at that time there was a proposal to combine it with Meremere station,[7] as they were only a chain (22yd) apart and Meremere was larger and better known.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report 08-110 train control operating irregularity leading to potential low-speed, head-on collision Amokura. 23 September 2008. Train Accident Investigation Commission.
  2. Web site: Inaugural rail programme creates certainty and jobs. 2021-07-08. KiwiRail. 8 July 2021 . en-US.
  3. Web site: Stations. NZR Rolling Stock Lists. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150010/http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com/stations.html. en. 2020-03-15. 20 October 2020.
  4. News: Geographical Board, New Zealand Herald. 22 June 1929. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-14.
  5. Web site: Amokura. gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. 2020-03-14.
  6. News: STATE RAILWAYS. WAIKATO TIMES. 9 June 1930. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-14.
  7. Book: Scoble, Juliet . Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012 . 2012 . Wellington . 6 .
  8. Web site: Stations. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130208074304/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf . 8 February 2013 . 2020-08-10. NZR Rolling Stock Lists. en.