Waione Siding railway station

Waione Siding railway station
Waione on 1956 edition of one inch map sheet N92
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates38°39′23″S 175°18′57″E / 38.6563°S 175.3159°E / -38.6563; 175.3159
Elevation203 m (666 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 426.86 km (265.24 mi)
History
Opened1 April 1917
Closedpassenger 1 February 1918
goods 3 October 1948
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Waimiha
Line open, station closed 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Ongarue
Line open, station closed

Waione Siding was very briefly a stop on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand in the Ōngarue valley.[1] It was also known as Ninia.[2]

It served a Marton Sash & Door Company tramway[3] and was also a stop for occasional excursion trains.[4][5] From 1928 the tramway was operated by a Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive.[3] In 1927 a shelter shed was built. It was damaged by fire in 1950. In 1929 the siding became a tablet station, at a cost of about £4430.[2]

The siding served a small settlement, where 23 people voted in 1928[6] and 22 in 1935.[7] In 2013 meshblock 1042000, which includes the area west of the railway, had a population of 30 in 6 houses.[8]

References

  1. ^ Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
  2. ^ a b "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive". National Library of New Zealand. 1916. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 February 1927. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 February 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. ^ "THE CONTEST IN RAGLAN. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 November 1928. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. ^ "WAITOMO ELECTORATE WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 November 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  8. ^ "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2020.