Pokeno railway station

Pokeno
DL9302 pulling goods train between Pōkeno and Tuakau
General information
LocationPōkeno, New Zealand
Coordinates37°14′51″S 175°01′15″E / 37.247548°S 175.020704°E / -37.247548; 175.020704
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
Platforms2
Tracksdoubled from 11 November 1951
History
Opened20 May 1875
Closedpassengers 24 June 1973
goods 30 March 1980
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Whangarata
Line open,
station closed
4.28 km (2.66 mi) 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Mercer
Line open,
station closed
2 mi 68 ch (4.6 km)

Pokeno railway station is a former railway station in Pōkeno, New Zealand on the North Island Main Trunk line. It opened for passengers on 20 May 1875, and for goods on 6 April 1879. It was 39 mi 36 ch (63.5 km) south of Auckland (via Newmarket) and 41 mi 52 ch (67.0 km) (via Ōrākei).[1]

The station closed to passengers on 24 June 1973, and to goods on 30 March 1980.[2]

Work on the proposed Paeroa–Pōkeno Line commenced in 1938, and whilst approximately 13 km of earthworks were completed at each end, the proposal was halted due to the Second World War. Work was still making slow progress in 1950.[3] The line was to be the first part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.

History

A 4th class stationmasters house and 5th class Class B station were built in 1878. From 1 December 1879 to 31 October 1924 there was a Post Office at the station. By 1884 there was also a platform, cart approach, 40 ft (12 m) by 30 ft (9.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards, urinals and a 21 wagon passing loop. In 1914 the goods shed was moved to the other side of the line and in 1939 Marlborough Street level crossing was closed and the station yard was altered. About 1969 $2,600 was spent on half-arm barriers and alarms at the Cameron Street crossing. In 1974 a hand crane was donated to the Museum of Transport & Technology,[1] which also took kauri planks from the closed station at about the same time.[4] After closure in 1980, the goods shed was used as a workshop and storage area for a railway bridge gang, until vandalism and burglary brought about its demolition in 1981.[1] Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.

tickets sales 1881–1950 – derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"
year tickets season tickets staff ref.
1881 668 1 [5]
1882 1,700 1 [6]
1883 1,766 1 [7]
1884 1,908 1 [8]
1885 1,802 1 1 [9]
1886 1,629 4 1 [10]
1887 1,687 3 1 [11]
1888 1,560 1 1
1889 1,753 2 1 [12]
1890 [13]
1891 1,717 2 1 [14]
1892 1,870 1 1 [15]
1893 1,743 2 1 [16]
1894 1,855 1 1 [17]
1895 1,848 1 1 [18]
1896 1,846 1 [19]
1897 1,945 2 1 [20]
1898 2,074 3 1 [21]
1899 2,317 2 1 [22]
1900 2,449 2 1 [23]
1901
1902 3,223 50 1 [24]
1903 3,781 33 1 [25]
1904 4,234 26 1 [26]
1905 4,096 33 1 [27]
1906 4,079 21 2 [28]
1907 4,868 36 2 [29]
1908 4,059 40 3 [30]
1909 4,238 16 3 [31]
1910 4,129 20 3 [32]
1911 4,918 28 3 [33]
1912 4,912 21 3 [34]
1913 6,204 29 4 [35]
1914 8,718 129 [36]
1915 7,873 120 [37]
1916 7,727 117 [38]
1917 7,651 48 [39]
1918 6,965 52 [40]
1919 7,315 76 [41]
1920 7,951 96 [42]
1921 8,352 92 [43]
1922 7,853 113 [44]
1923 9,025 193 [45]
1924 8,714 167 [46]
1925 8,091 104 [47]
1926 8,640 97 [48]
1927 9,195 136 [49]
1928 6,979 99 [50]
1929 3,742 104 [51]
1930 3,980 126 [52]
1931 4,456 117 [53]
1932 4,371 93 [54]
1933 6,337 87 [55]
1934 8,361 75 [56]
1935 8,207 71 [57]
1936 7,180 74 [58]
1937 6,919 91 [59]
1938 7,440 59 [60]
1939 10,052 58 [61]
1940 10,649 98 [62]
1941 11,521 104 [63]
1942 12,987 184 [64]
1943 19,285 183 [65]
1944 19,810 186 [66]
1945 15,269 211 [67]
1946 16,021 266 [68]
1947 12,900 82 [69]
1948 8,290 109 [70]
1949 7,438 188 [71]
1950 7,000 131 [72]

Proposed reopening

In 2020, reopening of the station was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, at an estimated cost of $10m.[73] In 2022 it was said to be at least 10 years away and planned to be on the old station site, between High and Market Streets.[74]

See also

References

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