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Coordinates: 38°28′42″S 175°16′24″E / 38.478387°S 175.273304°E / -38.478387; 175.273304
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Kopaki railway station
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates38°28′42″S 175°16′24″E / 38.478387°S 175.273304°E / -38.478387; 175.273304
Elevation265 m (869 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 454.62 km (282.49 mi)
History
Opened1 April 1901
Closedpassengers before 12/1975
goods 31 January 1982
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Previous namesParitikona until 8 December 1912
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Puketutu
Line open, station closed 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Mangapehi
Line open, station closed

Kopaki was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand. It was 5.15 km (3.20 mi) north of Mangapehi and 7.21 km (4.48 mi) south of Puketutu.[1]

A cattle yard was built in 1920.[2] The passing loop was lengthened in 1939,[3] to hold 219 rather than 97 wagons.[4]

The gradient to the north of the station is 1 in 70.[5]

There was a Farmers Union store at Kopaki in 1920[6] and a sawmill in 1952.[7]

Kopaki post office was 30 ch (2,000 ft; 600 m) from the railway station.[8]

References

  1. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0 900609 92 3.
  2. ^ "COUNTRY NEWS. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 July 1920. Retrieved 28 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "RAILWAY WORKS. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 October 1939. Retrieved 28 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "RAILWAY WORKS. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 11 October 1938. Retrieved 28 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "RAILWAY OCCURRENCE REPORT 04-107 express freight Train 237, derailment, near Kopaki" (PDF). Transport Accident Investigation Commission. 24 March 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "New Zealand Herald, REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF CO-OPERATIVE TRADING. THE FARMERS' UNION TRADING CO". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 December 1920. Retrieved 28 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "New Zealand Gazette" (PDF). 1952.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. POSTAL DISTRICT OF HAMILTON" (PDF). 1940.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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