Taringamotu railway station
Taringamotu railway station | |
|---|---|
 Taringamotu derailment 1915 | |
| General information | |
| Location | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 38°51′15″S 175°14′15″E / 38.85428°S 175.237513°E |
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk |
| Tracks | single |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 December 1903 |
| Closed | 16 April 1972 passengers 9 March 1987 goods |
| Electrified | 25 kV 50 Hz AC June 1988 |
| Previous names | Taringamutu until 7 August 1913 |
Taringamotu railway station was a station at Taringamotu on the North Island Main Trunk, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region, 402.49 km (250.10 mi) from Wellington,[1] 4.74 km (2.95 mi) north of Taumarunui, 6.05 km (3.76 mi) south of Okahukura and 173 m (568 ft) above sea level.[1]
Goods traffic was reported to have started by November 1902.[2] A station master was appointed in 1911.[3] In 1920 he was working over 12 hours a day.[4]
The name was changed from Taringamutu to Taringamotu after Alexander Young had described it as an error in Parliament in 1913.[5]
Electric lighting came about 1936.[6]
Timber was the main traffic, transferring from the Taringamotu Tramway, but the station also handled other goods, such as 122 tons of fertilisers in 1926.[7]
Passenger numbers rose rapidly until 1916, as shown in the table and graph below -
| year | tickets | season tickets | staff | sources | titles |
| 1910 | 993 | 1 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1910/I/2050 | RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1910 | |
| 1911 | 1,778 | 1 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1911/I/2497 | RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1911 | |
| 1912 | 2,931 | 8 | 1 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1912/II/2420 | RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1912 |
| 1913 | 2,904 | 1 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1913/I/3693 | RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1913 | |
| 1914 | 3,035 | 1 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1914/I/2031 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1914 | |
| 1915 | 3,336 | 1 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1915/I/1638 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1915 | |
| 1916 | 4,347 | 4 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1916/I/1053 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1916 | |
| 1917 | 4,107 | 9 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1917/I/1123 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1917 | |
| 1918 | 4,110 | 11 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1918/I-II/1159 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1918 | |
| 1919 | 3,333 | 38 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1919/I/1231 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1919 | |
| 1920 | 2,982 | 29 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1920/I/1349 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1920 | |
| 1921 | 2,929 | 18 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1921/I-II/1452 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1921 | |
| 1922 | 2,998 | 56 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1922/I/1409 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1922 | |
| 1923 | 2,522 | 94 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1923/I-II/1321 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1923 | |
| 1924 | 2,836 | 88 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1924/I/2458 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1924 | |
| 1925 | 2,794 | 37 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1925/I/1804 | RETURN No. 12. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1925 | |
| 1926 | 2,476 | 60 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1926/I/1930 | STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1926 | |
| 1927 | 559 | 15 | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1927/I/2230 | STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1927 |
Incidents
The line wasn't fenced until 1909. In October 1905 a letter from 22 Māori farmers between Taumarunui and Taringamotu complained of the agreement to do so being broken, saying, "Fifteen horses have been killed, eight cows, and five pigs".[8]
In 1915 the Ongarue River undermined a bank and two engines and a van, which had been moving very slowly, were overturned. One fireman had a minor hand,[9] or head, injury.[10]
Two goods trains crashed in 1943, with slight injuries to drivers and firemen.[11]
Floods and slips closed the line nearby on several occasions.[12][13] In 2015 the wooden bridge over the Ongarue River was replaced in concrete and mass stabilisation was applied to the nearby embankment.[14]
References
- ^ a b New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0 900609 92 3.
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{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 Dec 1911. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "RAILWAY BOARD. DOMINION". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 Feb 1920. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Parliament, New Zealand (1913). Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives.
- ^ "NEW TIME-TABLE. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 25 Jan 1936. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ARTIFICIAL MANURE. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 Nov 1929. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Te Mana WhaTuahuru Report on Te Rohe Pōtae Claims Parts I and II Wai 898" (PDF). WAITANGI TRIBUNAL. 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MAIN TRUNK LINE. Embankment gives way. PRESS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 July 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "RAILWAY ACCIDENT. MANAWATU TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 July 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "TRAINS COLLIDE. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 Dec 1943. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "SLIPS ON THE RAILWAY. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 May 1925. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "NORTH ISLAND FLOODS. OTAGO DAILY TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 March 1933. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okahukura Line open, station closed |
North Island Main Trunk New Zealand Railways Department |
Taumarunui Line open, station closed | ||