Ongarue railway station
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Ongarue railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°42′57″S 175°16′56″E / 38.715787°S 175.282316°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Distance | Wellington 420.68 km (261.40 mi) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 24 August 1901 | ||||||||||
Closed | Before 12/1975[1] | ||||||||||
Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
1944 | 27,378 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ongarue railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the sawmill town of Ongarue.[2][3]
In 1900 the station was known as Kawakawa and then Ongaruhe.[4]
From 1922 to 1958 most of the timber freight at the station came from the connected Ellis and Burnand Tramway.[citation needed]
It was the scene of the Ongarue railway disaster in 1923, up to then, the worst rail crash in the country.[citation needed]
In 1941 the station employed a stationmaster and two clerks.[5]
Patronage
Passenger numbers peaked in 1944, as shown in the graph and table below -
References
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (April 2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ "LIST OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE RAILWAYS· DEPARTMENT" (PDF). NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1 April 1941.
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