Amokura railway station

Amokura railway station
1961 Amokura railway station
on Sheet N52 one inch map
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates37°18′32″S 175°04′34″E / 37.309°S 175.076°E / -37.309; 175.076
Elevation7 m (23 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 604.43 km (375.58 mi)
Tracksdouble to north
single to south
History
Opened1929
Closed1980
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Mercer
Line open, station closed
4.63 km (2.88 mi) 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Whangamarino
Line open, station closed
6.19 km (3.85 mi)

Amokura railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in the Waikato region of New Zealand, 604.62 km (375.69 mi) from Wellington. It is at the north end of a 13 km (8.1 mi) single line section extending to Te Kauwhata.[1] Doubling of that section is being investigated in a business case from July 2021.[2]

Sources differ as to the opening date. One says opening was on 20 October 1929 for goods and 11 November 1929 for passengers.[3] Another says 13 August 1877 and that the line was doubled from 1 July 1956.[4] A siding[5] was gazetted with the name Amokura in January 1929[6] and a 1930 article implied it was new.[7] It was also known c.1929 as Ngatikoi or Raumoa. A crossing loop was closed on 13 May 1963. at that time there was a proposal to combine it with Meremere station,[3] as they were only a chain (22 yd (20 m)) apart and Meremere was larger and better known.[8]

SN1532 aerial view of Meremere power station, bucket line and Amokura railway station in 1963

References

  1. ^ "Report 08-110 train control operating irregularity leading to potential low-speed, head-on collision Amokura" (PDF). Train Accident Investigation Commission. 23 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Inaugural rail programme creates certainty and jobs". KiwiRail. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Stations". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Geographical Board, New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 June 1929. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Amokura". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. ^ "STATE RAILWAYS. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 June 1930. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.


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