Linton railway station | |||||||||||
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 Linton plan 1885. The station was to be in the centre of the town, but only Cook St was built | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°25′37″S 175°32′48″E / 40.426941°S 175.54665°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 124.22 km (77.19 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 7 July 1885 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 19 November 1972[1] | ||||||||||
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Linton railway station was a flag station at Linton in Palmerston North on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3]
It was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company on 7 July 1885; closed to passengers on 21 January 1971 and closed to goods traffic on 19 November 1972.[4] Only a passing loop remains.[5]
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in 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.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 62.
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