Ngāruawāhia railway station explained

Ngāruawāhia railway station
Address:	Ngāruawāhia
Country:	New Zealand
Elevation:	21m (69feet)
Distance:	Wellington 559.06km (347.38miles)
Owned:	KiwiRail
Tracks:	double track from 4 December 1938^[1]
Opened:	13 August 1877
Closed:	29 July 1978 (goods), 1975 (passengers)
Former:	Newcastle until 1878

Ngāruawāhia railway station was at the junction of the North Island Main Trunk line and its Glen Massey branch, serving Ngāruawāhia in the Waikato District of New Zealand, 74miles south of Auckland and 10miles north of Hamilton.^[2] It was opened with a special train from Auckland on Monday 13 August 1877.^[3] The next stations were Taupiri 6.5km (04miles) to the north and Horotiu 5.5km (03.4miles) to the south.^[4]

In 2020 reopening of the remaining platform was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, estimated to cost $15m.^[5]

History

The station opened on 13 August 1877,^[6] as Newcastle,^[7] when the line was extended 31miles from the previous terminus at Mercer,^[8] though the stationmaster's house was added later.^[9] It ceased to be the terminus when the line was extended to Te Awamutu on 1 July 1880. The name was changed in 1878.^[10] Two months after opening, a platform was built opposite the Delta Hotel in the town centre, though the goods shed remained to the south.^[11]

The 1902 edition of The Cyclopedia of New Zealand described the station as wooden, with an asphalt platform, goods shed, lamp and luggage rooms, a ladies' room, public waiting room, stationmaster's office and a post office.^[12] A new station was reported as open in 1915,^[13] though in 1916 the station was reported as "rearranged considerably",^[14] which seems to have been when it was moved to about halfway between the hotel and the goods shed. Electric lights were installed in 1921.^[15]

Traffic grew steadily (see graph and table below). The greatest increase was at the start of World War 2, presumably consisting largely of soldiers and relatives^[16] travelling to and from Hopuhopu camp.^[17]

year	tickets	season tickets	staff
1881	3,535		2^[18]
1882	2,321		2^[19]
1883	1,960		2^[20]
1884	2,787		2^[21]
1885	2,783		2^[22]
1886	2,745	2	2^[23]
1887	3,093	2	2^[24]
1888	2,131	2	3^[25]
1889	2,165	2	2^[26]
1890
1891	2,142		3^[27]
1892	2,654		3^[28]
1893	2,309		4^[29]
1894	2,450		3^[30]
1895	2,574		3^[31]
1896	2,653		3^[32]
1897	2,274		3^[33]
1898	3,273		3^[34]
1899	3,158		3^[35]
1900	3,210		3^[36]
1901
1902	5,442		3^[37]
1903	6,951	1	3^[38]
1904	8,230	4	3^[39]
1905	8,487	16	3^[40]
1906	9,469	30	4^[41]
1907	9,542	18	3^[42]
1908	11,146	9	4^[43]
1909	12,053	24	5^[44]
1910	15,239	45	4^[45]
1911	16,705	52	5^[46]
1912	17,697	31	6^[47]
1913	20,164	37	8^[48]
1914	18,354	33	^[49]
1915	19,620	36	^[50]
1916	22,270	327	^[51]
1917	21,029	296	^[52]
1918	20,608	254	^[53]
1919	22,606	300	^[54]
1920	20,266	118	^[55]
1921	22,535	106	^[56]
1922	21,032	83	^[57]
1923	20,909	76	^[58]
1924	19,737	165	^[59]
1925	17,197	147	^[60]
1926	15,504	229	^[61]
1927	13,143	184	^[62]
1928	11,113	141	^[63]
1929	11,061	115	^[64]
1930	9,346	117	^[65]
1931	10,731	147	^[66]
1932	10,742	151	^[67]
1933	11,579	102	^[68]
1934	13,171	129	^[69]
1935	13,137	132	^[70]
1936	13,927	156	^[71]
1937	14,581	199	^[72]
1938	14,576	1,252	^[73]
1939	15,879	3,016	^[74]
1940	34,839	2,469	^[75]
1941	58,643	3,131	^[76]
1942	68,419	3,039	^[77]
1943	48,246	3,010	^[78]
1944	37,802	3,032	^[79]
1945	23,207	2,120	^[80]
1946	23,252	1,481	^[81]
1947	15,198	1,304	^[82]
1948	10,675	1,021	^[83]
1949	10,471	877	^[84]
1950	10,844	574	^[85]

Waikato River Bridges

1877 road-rail bridge

Work started on a road rail bridge over the Waikato River, with three 120feet spans^[86] late in 1874,^[87] with pile driving started on 18 January 1875.^[88] Cylinders for the piers were delivered in 1875^[89] and the first was put in place on 24 June 1875.^[90] The bridge was said to be near completion in April 1876,^[91] and a test train was run over it and it opened for road traffic in December 1876.^[92] However, it wasn't reported as finished until 1877, the year of a permanent way contract for the 30 miles from Mercer for £16,832.^[93] The bridge, like the station, opened for rail traffic on 13 August 1877.^[94]

Gates, controlled from the bridgekeeper's house, kept road traffic off the bridge when trains were due.^[95] Although it was planned to demolish the house in 1929, it survived until the bridge was demolished in 1968.

1931 rail bridge

In 1928 it was decided to replace the 1877 bridge, as it needed repair.^[96] The new bridge was 35feet downstream,^[97] had 6 spans, 3 x 117feet steel Pratt trusses, 2 x 38feet and 1 x 24feet plate girders, a total of 451feet. It rests on concrete piers up to 70feet deep. It was designed by NZR, using over 253 tons of steel^[98] (or 255 tons).^[99] It was made in Britain,^[100] fabricated by A & G Price^[101] and cost £25,000.^[102] The last rivet was driven in February,^[103] the first train crossed the bridge on 13 March^[104] and by November 1931 the old bridge was being used for northbound road traffic.^[105] At that time it was expected that the old bridge would be refurbished for rail use when the track was doubled, so it was leased to the Main Highways Board.^[106]

1974 crash

21 wagons of a southbound train derailed and piled up on the northernmost truss of the bridge after an axle broke^[107] on 14 July 1974.^[108]

2002 repair

On 14 March 1998 part of train 235 hit the 1931 bridge,^[109] requiring the replacement of 2 of the trusses with 2 x 36m (118feet) beams^[110] in 2001/2^[111] by McConnell Smith.^[112]

External links

• 1944 one inch map of location

Timetables

• 1877, 1879, 1880, Feb 1882, Mar 1882, Sep 1882, Jan 1883, Mar 1883

Photos

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries photos –

• 1901 regatta crowds at station
• Hamilton Libraries - 1910 view of station and Delta Hotel
• National Library – Railway Bridge c1910, 1900s train at station opposite Delta Hotel, c1905 station and Delta Hotel, steam train at station c 1927, aerial photos -1959, 1972
• 1930s views of the railway bridge construction 8 Feb,^[113] 23 Apr,^[114] 9 August 1930^[115] and 14 Feb1931.^[116]
• Google Street View of station site

Notes and References

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