Tokomaru railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk. It served Tokomaru in Horowhenua District the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.[2][3]
Tokomaru railway station | |||||||||||
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 Tokomaru in 1982 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°28′11″S 175°30′31″E / 40.469753°S 175.508598°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 118.56 km (73.67 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 7 July 1885 | ||||||||||
| Closed | passengers 5 September 1971 goods 31 January 1982[1] | ||||||||||
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The station opened in 1885 and closed in 1982.[1] A small shed and a passing loop remain at the station site.[4]
History edit
By March 1885 the first 9 mi (14 km) of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company from Longburn had been built, which included Tokomaru.[5] It may therefore have opened for goods in July 1885,[6] but there was no regular passenger service for another year. A special train ran from Longburn to Ohau in April 1886.[7] From Monday 2 August 1886 WMR trains started to run between Longburn and Ōtaki.[8] Tokomaru was shown in the time and fare-tables, but only as a flag station.[9] The first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[10]
A goods shed and cattle yards were built in 1893 and enlarged in 1907. The station was also improved in 1909, so that by 1911 it had a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, 54 ft (16 m) by 12 ft (3.7 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle and sheep yards and a passing loop for 52 wagons (extended in 1913 to 69 wagons, in 1940 to 90 wagons and in 1948 to 101 wagons). A ladies waiting room was added in 1911.[11] From 1908 a tablet was used.[12]
Railway houses were built in 1891, 1909 and 1927.[12]
The Makerua Swamp was to the north west of the railway, where 11 mi (18 km) of tramway had been laid by 1903.[13] There were also many other flax mills in the area,[14] six being within a mile of the station in 1906.[15] Swainson & Bevan had a tramway to the station,[12] operating from about 1899[16] to 1909.[17]
The NIMT crosses the Tokomaru River almost 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the station.[18]
By 1966 only two passenger trains a week stopped at Tokomaru. In 1981 the main traffic was lime and fertiliser.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Matipo St". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Wellington Manawatu Railway. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 March 1885. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 62.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Wellington- ManaWatu Railway. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 April 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 July 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED. TIME TABLE. EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 July 1886. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 18 July 1911. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "NEW ZEALAND MAIL". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 December 1903. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Flaxmills of Makerua Swamp by Ian Matheson, 1978, retrieved 12 April 2021
- ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL. NORTHERN ADVOCATE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 May 1906. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "MANAWATU HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 18 November 1899. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "FLAXMILLERS' DISPUTE. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 October 1909. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Tokomaru River, Manawatu-Wanganui". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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