| Hangatiki railway station | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | -38.2606°N 175.1814°W |
| Line: | North Island Main Trunk |
| Distance: | Wellington 485.2km (301.5miles) |
| Opened: | 2 December 1887 |
| Closed: | 31 January 1982 passenger, 13 October 1986 goods[1] |
| Electrified: | June 1988 |
| Elevation: | 40m (130feet) |
Hangatiki railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2] [3]
In 1915 Hangatiki was described as a small township with a post and telegraph office, where passengers for "the famous Waitomo and Ruakuri caves alight". The guidebook said Waitomo was 6miles away, "by good metalled road, a conveyance meeting the express trains and conveying passengers to the excellent Government Accommodation House at Waitomo." The fare was 2/6 each way (about $18[4] in 2015 money).[5]
Coates & Metcalfe were the contractors for the 11ch41ch extension of this section of the NIMT, from Ōtorohanga to Te Kuiti.[6] The station area had been levelled by May 1886.[7] Until August 1887, the contractors provided goods trains.[8] By October 1887 goods trains ran on Mondays and Fridays.[9] New Zealand Railways Department took over from the contractors, adding a passenger service was added on those days from 2 December 1887.[10] By 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, 31feet by 21feet goods shed and a passing loop for 35 wagons. In 1901 there was a petition for cattle yards and by 1911 there were cattle and sheep yards. A tablet porter started in 1912. A note in 1963 said the station was built in 1888 and last painted in 1953, but in 1980 the station building was noted as a concrete block and the loop as taking 75 wagons. On 31 January 1982 Hangatiki closed to all traffic except in wagon lots.[11]