Hangatiki railway station

Hangatiki railway station
Location New Zealand
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
History
Opened 2 December 1887
Closed 31 January 1982 passenger,
13 October 1986 goods[1]
Electrified June 1988
1955 (north), 1971 (south)
one inch to one mile map
(Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

Hangatiki railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Otorohanga
Line open, station open		   North Island Main Trunk
New Zealand Railways Department		   Te Kumi
Line open, station closed

In 1915 Hangatiki was described as a small township with a post and telegraph office, where passengers for "the famous Waitomo and Ruakuri caves alight". The guidebook said Waitomo was 6 mi (9.7 km) away, "by good metalled road, a conveyance meeting the express trains and conveying passengers to the excellent Government Accommodation House at Waitomo." The fare was 2/6 each way (about $18[4] in 2015 money).[5]

External links

Auckland Weekly News photos sheep ready for loading 27 MAY 1909 p6 (AWNS-19090527-6-1) and rear of station during a flood 29 July 1915 p43 (AWNS-19150729-43-3)

References

  1. ↑ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. ↑ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. ↑ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. ↑ "Inflation Calculator". www.rbnz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  5. ↑ Bradbury, E E (1915). The Raglan and Kawhia Districts. Waikato University library: Bradbury. p. 85.


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