Kiokio railway station | |
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | -38.1533°N 175.2397°W |
Line: | North Island Main Trunk |
Distance: | Wellington 498.86km (309.98miles) |
Opened: | 9 March 1887 |
Closed: | 28 November 1971 goods, 9 June 1969 passenger[1] |
Electrified: | June 1988 |
Elevation: | 36m (118feet) |
Kiokio railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2] [3]
By December 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach and a crossing loop for 4 wagons. By December 1911 a loading bank had been added and the loop extended for 7 wagons.[4] In 1913 traffic at the station was described as, "rapidly increasing" and the Minister for Railways approved a goods shed 30feet by 20feet with a verandah over a new siding.[5] A 1963 report said the station building was built in 1887 and last painted in 1960. It closed to passengers on Monday, 9 June 1969 and to all traffic on Sunday, 28 November 1971.[6] There is now just a single track through the station site and, apart from the name of the road, little sign that there was ever a station.[7]