Huntly Railway Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Huntly station, footbridge and road/rail bridge in 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Huntly New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′36″S 175°09′36″E / 37.56000°S 175.16000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail Network | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 573.76 km (356.52 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | double track from 4 December 1938 to south from 27 August 1939 to north[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 13 August 1877
original 6 April 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 10 April 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1939, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Ruawaro, Huntley | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Raahui Pookeka-Huntly Railway Station (formerly Huntly Railway Station) is on the North Island Main Trunk line and the Awaroa Branch in the town of Huntly in the Waikato District of New Zealand, 65 mi (105 km) south of Auckland.[2] It is 7.31 km (4.54 mi) north of Taupiri and 2.78 km (1.73 mi) south of Kimihia.[3] The station was named Raahui Pookeka-Huntly for its reopening for the new Te Huia train on 6 April 2021.[4]
- ^ "NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS GEOGRAPHICAL MILEAGE TABLE 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.
- ^ "Te Huia launch date confirmed". www.waikatoregion.govt.nz. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.