| Whangamarino Railway Station | |
| Address: | Whangamarino |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Owned: | KiwiRail Network |
| Line: | North Island Main Trunk |
| Tracks: | single[1] |
| Opened: | 13 August 1877 |
| Closed: | 2 February 1969 to passengers 25 June 1978 to goods |
Whangamarino was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waikato District of New Zealand, 49miles south of Auckland.[2] It was 598.24km (371.73miles) north of Wellington, 6.19km (03.85miles) south of Amokura, 6.72km (04.18miles) north of Te Kauwhata and 7m (23feet) above sea level.[3]
The station opened on 13 August 1877.[4] The early service averaged about 13mph, taking some 4hrs to Auckland.[5]
Track doubling to ease congestion was authorised in 1914,[6] but work was delayed by the war and the line remains single. A scheme to use spoil from the Auckland City Rail Link to double the track has been considered.[7]
Three passengers in a sleeping car died in May 1914, when an express from Wellington passed a broken signal in fog and crashed into a goods train.[8] A porter was charged with manslaughter, but acquitted.[9]