Awapuni railway station

Awapuni railway station
Bridge over Awapuni Lagoon about 1910
on the racecourse siding
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates40°22′23″S 175°34′24″E / 40.372979°S 175.573472°E / -40.372979; 175.573472
Elevation25 m (82 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 84 mi 79 ch (136.8 km)
History
Opened26 July 1873
Closed20 July 1959[1]
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Palmerston North
Line closed
2 mi 73 ch (4.7 km) 		  North Island Main Trunk
NZR 		  Longburn
Line closed
1 mi 8 ch (1.8 km)

Awapuni railway station was a station in Kairanga County,[2] on the Foxton Branch and, from 1908, the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand,[3][4] now in the Palmerston North suburb of Awapuni. It was beside the Mangaone Stream, near its confluence with the Kawau Stream,[5] about 400 m (440 yd) west of Maxwells Line on the north side of Pioneer Highway.[6] Nothing remains of the former station, except a wide verge, partly occupied by a cycleway,[7] built in 2015.[8]

  1. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "NZ Cadastral Map - Town Series: Palmerston North Map 4". manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz. 1 May 1961. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  4. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  5. ^ "Mangaone Stream, Manawatu-Wanganui". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Map of city of Palmerston North". National Library of New Zealand. 1950. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ^ "State Hwy 56". Google Maps. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Bridge over the Mangaone Stream is lifted into position". Stuff. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2021.