Hukanui railway station explained

Hukanui railway station
Address:Hamua Hukanui Road
Eketāhuna 4995
Country:New Zealand
Elevation:195m (640feet)
Distance: from
Line:Wairarapa Line
Structure:at-grade
Platform:Single side
Parking:No
Opened:9 October 1896
Closed:1 August 1988
Footnotes:Previous Station: Newman Station
Next Station: Mangamaire Station

The Hukanui railway station on the Wairarapa Line was located in the Tararua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand’s North Island.

The station served the settlement of Hukanui, which was established in 1894, and was briefly called Brownston.[1] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "heavy snow" for Hukanui.[2]

The station opened on 9 October 1896 and closed on 1 August 1988.[3]

The 162m (531feet) bridge across Mangatainoka River, to the south of Hukanui, is the longest on the line.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brownston the town its residents wanted to rename (with photo of station site) . Stuff (Fairfax) . 9 February 2019.
  2. Web site: 1000 Māori place names. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand . 16 February 2019 . 24 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032358/http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf . dead .
  4. Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst, The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History (Auckland: HarperCollins, 1991), pg. 160.