Mangapehi railway station explained

Mangapehi railway station
Country:New Zealand
Elevation:285m (935feet)
Line:North Island Main Trunk
Distance:Wellington 449.47km (279.29miles)
Opened:1 April 1901
Closed:Passenger after Sep 1980
Goods 31 March 1987
Rebuilt:8 January 1950
Electrified:June 1988

Mangapehi[1] (or Mangapeehi)[2] was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand. It was 5.89km (03.66miles) north of Poro-O-Tarao and 5.15km (03.2miles) south of Kopaki.[3]

Ellis & Burnand had a sawmill at Mangapehi from 1901[4] until 1968.

Station move

In 1950 the station was moved almost a kilometre north, away from the sawmill,[5] at a cost of £13,405.[6] In that year it had 23,636 passengers, 4 staff and railed 148093board feet of timber and 28,633 sheep and pigs, earning £3,256 from passengers and £85,473 from freight.[7]

Tramway

A tramway was built into the bush to the east by Ellis and Burnand, initially with 11miles in 1903,[8] and extended further in 1904.[9] By 1909 it was over 14miles, which had cost an average of over £1,000 per mile.[10] At 15miles it was slightly longer in 1922.[11] and by 1939 there were over 26miles of tramway[12] and 58km (36miles) when trucks took over in the 1950s.

Gradients were up to 1 in 15, requiring the use of geared Climax locos from 1905,[13] which replaced horses[14] on wooden rails. It also linked the station to the coal mines at Maniaiti / Benneydale.[15] The 1904 Climax is now in the Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum,[16] after ending service in 1954 and being briefly joined by another E & B Climax from their Manunui tramway.[17]

Coal from the Mangapehi mine used the line between 1936 and 1952.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NZGB Gazetteer. gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. 2020-03-28.
  2. Web site: Stations. NZR Rolling Stock Lists. en. 2020-03-28.
  3. Book: New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. Quail Map Co.. 1993. 0-900609-92-3. Fourth.
  4. Web site: Maori and the Forestry, Mining, Fishing, and Tourism Industries of the Rohe Potae Inquiry District 1880–2000. Cleaver. Philip. February 2011. Waitangi Tribunal.
  5. Web site: Ongarue one inch map, sheet N92. 1974. www.mapspast.org.nz. 2020-03-28.
  6. Web site: DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT. 31 March 1951. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-28.
  7. Web site: STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1950.
  8. News: The Main Trunk Line.. 6 May 1903. The New Zealand Herald. 23 March 2018. 3.
  9. Web site: Local and General. WAIKATO TIMES. 23 March 1904. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-29.
  10. Web site: REPORT of Commission on the Timber and Timber-Building Industries; together with Minutes of Proceedings and of Evidence.. 1909.
  11. Web site: A Great Industry! Ellis & Burnand Ltd. WAIKATO TIMES. 2 May 1922. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-29.
  12. Web site: Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE. 2 June 1939. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-29.
  13. Web site: Local and General. WAIKATO TIMES. 14 January 1905. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2020-03-29.
  14. News: Waikato Argus. 18 April 1905. 17 February 2018. 2.
  15. Web site: Ongarue one inch map, sheet N92. 1 November 1956. www.mapspast.org.nz. 2020-03-28.
  16. Web site: THE MUSEUM. Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum. 2020-03-29.
  17. Web site: Climax Locomotives. www.trainweb.org. 2020-03-29.
  18. Book: King. Carolyn M.. The Drama of Conservation: The History of Pureora Forest, New Zealand. Gaukrodger. D. John. Ritchie. Neville A.. 2015-11-07. Springer. 978-3-319-18410-4. en.

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