Hadfield railway station was a flag station, sometimes shown as Hatfield,[2] on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand.[3][4]
Hadfield railway station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′24″S 175°05′15″E / 40.840082°S 175.087467°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 40 ft (12 m) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 40 mi (64 km) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1886 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 15 January 1906[1] | ||||||||||
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It opened on 1 December 1886 and closed on 15 January 1906.[5] The only siding was a loop with capacity for 28 wagons and locomotive. It had a "waiting shed" and was probably named after the nearby Te Kowhai or Hadfield's Creek.[6]
The Wellington-Manawatu Line was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) when the first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[7] Hadfield was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[8]
Only a single track now passes through the station site.[9]
References edit
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ "Railways. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 January 1887. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Hoy 1972, pp. 52, 120.
- ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 October 1886. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Hadfield Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- Hoy, Douglas (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. Dunedin: Southern Press.
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