Amokura railway station
Defunct railway station in New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amokura railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in the Waikato region of New Zealand, 604.62 km (375.69 mi) from Wellington. It is at the north end of a 13 km (8.1 mi) single line section extending to Te Kauwhata.[1] Doubling of that section is being investigated in a business case from July 2021.[2]
Amokura railway station | |||||||||||
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 1961 Amokura railway station on Sheet N52 one inch map | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37.309°S 175.076°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 604.43 km (375.58 mi) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | double to north single to south | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1929 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1980 | ||||||||||
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Sources differ as to the opening date. One says opening was on 20 October 1929 for goods and 11 November 1929 for passengers.[3] Another says 13 August 1877 and that the line was doubled from 1 July 1956.[4] A siding[5] was gazetted with the name Amokura in January 1929[6] and a 1930 article implied it was new.[7] It was also known c.1929 as Ngatikoi or Raumoa. A crossing loop was closed on 13 May 1963. at that time there was a proposal to combine it with Meremere station,[3] as they were only a chain (22 yd (20 m)) apart and Meremere was larger and better known.[8]
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