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Piriaka railway station
  Piriaka was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line,[1] in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand, serving Piriaka. It was 5.27 km (3.27 mi) north of Kakahi and 4.63 km (2.88 mi) south of Manunui. It formally opened on 9 November 1908, though it was renamed from Pirihaka on 25 April 1902[2] and work was well advanced by 1903,[3] with the rails laid south of Piriaka by May 1904.[4] Goods traffic started on 11 October 1904. By 10 November 1908 a passing loop could take 48 wagons and there was a 6th class station, with water supply, privies and urinals, a 300 ft (91 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) passenger platform, loading bank, cattle yards and a 30 ft (9.1 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) goods shed.[2] The level crossing, on what is now SH4, was replaced by a concrete bridge in 1937.[5] The railway delivered cream to Kaitieke butter factory,[6] which opened at Piriaka in 1913[7] and produced over 400 tons of butter in 1923.[8] By 1937 roads had improved, but the railway was still taking some supplies to the factory.[9] References
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