Pokeno railway station explained

Pokeno
Country:	Pōkeno, New Zealand
Coordinates:	-37.2475°N 175.0207°W
Line:	North Island Main Trunk
Platform:	2
Tracks:	doubled from 11 November 1951
Opened:	20 May 1875
Closed:	passengers 24 June 1973 goods 30 March 1980

Pokeno railway station is a former railway station in Pōkeno, New Zealand on the North Island Main Trunk line. It opened for passengers on 20 May 1875, and for goods on 6 April 1879. It was 39ch36ch south of Auckland (via Newmarket) and 41ch52ch (via Ōrākei).^[1]

The station closed to passengers on 24 June 1973, and to goods on 30 March 1980.^[2]

Work on the proposed Paeroa–Pōkeno Line commenced in 1938, and whilst approximately 13 km of earthworks were completed at each end, the proposal was halted due to the Second World War. Work was still making slow progress in 1950.^[3] The line was to be the first part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.

History

A 4th class stationmasters house and 5th class Class B station were built in 1878. From 1 December 1879 to 31 October 1924 there was a Post Office at the station. By 1884 there was also a platform, cart approach, 40feet by 30feet goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards, urinals and a 21 wagon passing loop. In 1914 the goods shed was moved to the other side of the line and in 1939 Marlborough Street level crossing was closed and the station yard was altered. About 1969 $2,600 was spent on half-arm barriers and alarms at the Cameron Street crossing. In 1974 a hand crane was donated to the Museum of Transport & Technology, which also took kauri planks from the closed station at about the same time.^[4] After closure in 1980, the goods shed was used as a workshop and storage area for a railway bridge gang, until vandalism and burglary brought about its demolition in 1981. Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.

year	tickets	season tickets	staff	ref.
1881	668		1	^[5]
1882	1,700		1	^[6]
1883	1,766		1	^[7]
1884	1,908		1	^[8]
1885	1,802	1	1	^[9]
1886	1,629	4	1	^[10]
1887	1,687	3	1	^[11]
1888	1,560	1	1
1889	1,753	2	1	^[12]
1890				^[13]
1891	1,717	2	1	^[14]
1892	1,870	1	1	^[15]
1893	1,743	2	1	^[16]
1894	1,855	1	1	^[17]
1895	1,848	1	1	^[18]
1896	1,846		1	^[19]
1897	1,945	2	1	^[20]
1898	2,074	3	1	^[21]
1899	2,317	2	1	^[22]
1900	2,449	2	1	^[23]
1901
1902	3,223	50	1	^[24]
1903	3,781	33	1	^[25]
1904	4,234	26	1	^[26]
1905	4,096	33	1	^[27]
1906	4,079	21	2	^[28]
1907	4,868	36	2	^[29]
1908	4,059	40	3	^[30]
1909	4,238	16	3	^[31]
1910	4,129	20	3	^[32]
1911	4,918	28	3	^[33]
1912	4,912	21	3	^[34]
1913	6,204	29	4	^[35]
1914	8,718	129		^[36]
1915	7,873	120		^[37]
1916	7,727	117		^[38]
1917	7,651	48		^[39]
1918	6,965	52		^[40]
1919	7,315	76		^[41]
1920	7,951	96		^[42]
1921	8,352	92		^[43]
1922	7,853	113		^[44]
1923	9,025	193		^[45]
1924	8,714	167		^[46]
1925	8,091	104		^[47]
1926	8,640	97		^[48]
1927	9,195	136		^[49]
1928	6,979	99		^[50]
1929	3,742	104		^[51]
1930	3,980	126		^[52]
1931	4,456	117		^[53]
1932	4,371	93		^[54]
1933	6,337	87		^[55]
1934	8,361	75		^[56]
1935	8,207	71		^[57]
1936	7,180	74		^[58]
1937	6,919	91		^[59]
1938	7,440	59		^[60]
1939	10,052	58		^[61]
1940	10,649	98		^[62]
1941	11,521	104		^[63]
1942	12,987	184		^[64]
1943	19,285	183		^[65]
1944	19,810	186		^[66]
1945	15,269	211		^[67]
1946	16,021	266		^[68]
1947	12,900	82		^[69]
1948	8,290	109		^[70]
1949	7,438	188		^[71]
1950	7,000	131		^[72]

Proposed reopening

In 2020, reopening of the station was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, at an estimated cost of $10m.^[73] In 2022 it was said to be at least 10 years away and planned to be on the old station site, between High and Market Streets.^[74]

See also

• • Paeroa-Pokeno Line Paeroa railway station
• Taneatua Express

External links

• 1930s photo of station
• MOTAT photos of station and goods shed about 1973

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stations . 2020-08-10 . NZR Rolling Stock Lists . en.
2. http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
3. Web site: AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1950 Session I — D-01 MINISTRY OF WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. W. S. GOOSMAN, MINISTER OF WORKS). atojs.natlib.govt.nz. 2016-05-18.
4. Web site: Photograph of MOTAT volunteers . 2022-05-06 . MOTAT Collection Online . en.
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