Makino Road railway station
Makino Road railway station | |||||||||||
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 Makino railway station in 1942 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°11′55″S 175°34′07″E / 40.198739°S 175.568654°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 103 m (338 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 156.25 km (97.09 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1879[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 10 August 1959[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
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Makino Road (or Makino) railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3] It was a request stop, 49 mi (79 km) south of Wanganui and 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Feilding.[4]
The station opened after December 1878 and closed on Monday 10 August 1959 for goods, except private siding traffic (though it was closed for passengers by October 1955).[1]
In 1981 it was also known as Makino Siding.[1]
History
Trains started to run on the line when the Feilding – Halcombe Section opened on Monday 22 April 1878.[5] There was a siding, but it wasn't until 17 December 1878 that a passenger platform was proposed at the siding. There was a post office at the station from 1 May 1879 (possibly when the station opened) until 1880.[6]
In 1896 the Post & Telegraph Department suggested a name change to avoid the post office being mistaken for Makuri, or Maheno. “Macarthur” and “Pekanga” were proposed, but it was decided to keep Makino.[6]
By 1895 there were cattle yards and by 1896 the station had a shelter shed, passenger platform, 36 ft (11 m) by 11 ft (3.4 m) goods shed, loading bank, crane and a passing loop for 19 wagons. A year later there was also a water service, stationmaster's house and urinals. A Railways worker house was constructed at the station in the 1920s.[7] A telephone was connected in 1930. From 1931 until closure in 1959 there was a caretaker at the station. In 1960 the loading bank and goods shed were removed. By 1964 the north end main line points had been removed, though a shelter shed and passenger platform remained in 1970. In 1981 the private siding to Pritchard Potatoes Ltd was closed.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WANGANUI RAILWAY TIME TABLE. (Taranaki Herald, 1880-10-12)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "PALMERSTON NORTH. WANGANUI HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 April 1878. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 7". Papers Past.
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