Manakau railway station

Manakau railway station
Manakau station in 1910
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates40°42′55″S 175°12′58″E / 40.715172°S 175.21602°E / -40.715172; 175.21602
Elevation30 m (98 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 79.39 km (49.33 mi)
History
Opened2 August 1886
Closedpassengers by December 1975
goods 4 April 1982[1]
Previous namesManukau
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Ōhau
Line open,
station closed
5.94 km (3.69 mi) 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Ōtaki
Line open,
station open
8.9 km (5.5 mi)

Manakau railway station was a station at Manakau[2] in Horowhenua District[3] on the Wellington–Manawatu section of the North Island Main Trunk in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.[4][5] The station was sometimes known as Manukau[6] and officially changed to Manakau on 28 February 1900.[7] It opened in 1886 and closed in 1982.[8] A shed, a hut and a passing loop remain at the site of the station.[9]

  1. ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. ^ "1:63360 map Sheet: N152 Levin". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1965. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Geographic Boundary Viewer". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  5. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  6. ^ "WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 July 1887. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  9. ^ "1076 State Hwy 1". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 April 2021.