Hautere railway station explained

Hautere railway station
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates:-40.7836°N 175.1363°W
Elevation:30m (100feet)
Line:North Island Main Trunk
Distance:Wellington 67.6km (42miles)
Opened:by 1887
Closed:3 February 1900[1]

Hautere railway station was a flag station[2] on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[3] [4]

The Wellington-Manawatu Line was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) when the first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[5] Hautere was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[6] The station wasn't in the February 1887 timetable,[7] but had opened by December 1887, when WMR was selling nearby land[8] [9] and was in an 1888 timetable.[10] By 1895 it was only a siding for goods traffic, with a sawmill. On 3 February 1900 it was reported as closed.[11]

Only a single track now passes through the station site.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand . 14 April 2021 . 24 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032358/http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: 24 Oct 1889. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-14. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  3. Book: New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. 1965. Quail Map Co.. 3 & 4. First.
  4. Book: Pierre, Bill. North Island Main Trunk. 1981. A.H&A.W Reed. Wellington. 0589013165. 289–290.
  5. Web site: 30 Nov 1886. WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-10. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  6. Web site: 8 Oct 1886. WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-14. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  7. Web site: 29 Jul 1887. WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-14. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  8. Web site: 14 Dec 1887. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-14. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  9. Web site: 14 Dec 1887. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-14. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  10. Web site: 30 Oct 1888. Railways. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. 2021-04-14. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  11. Web site: Stations. https://web.archive.org/web/20210209105947/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf. 9 February 2021. 2020-08-10. NZR Rolling Stock Lists. en. dead.
  12. Web site: 9 Old Hautere Rd. 2021-04-14. Google Maps. en.

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