Ohau railway station

Ōhau railway station
Ōhau in 1961
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates40°40′07″S 175°14′43″E / 40.668482°S 175.245181°E / -40.668482; 175.245181
Elevation31 m (102 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 85.33 km (53.02 mi)
History
Opened2 August 1886
Closedpassengers 21 January 1971
goods 2 November 1987[1]
Previous namesManukau
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Levin
Line open,
station open
4.99 km (3.10 mi)
  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail
  Manakau
Line open,
station closed
8.9 km (5.5 mi)

Ōhau railway station was a station at Ōhau on the North Island Main Trunk in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand.[2][3] It closed on 2 November 1987, though most services had stopped in 1971.[4] Only a 1989 equipment building[5] and a passing loop remain.[6]

  1. ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. ^ Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. ^ "8 Parakawau Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 April 2021.