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Gowanbridge | |
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General information | |
Location | State Highway 6, Gowanbridge |
Coordinates | 41°42′45.49″S 172°33′21.12″E / 41.7126361°S 172.5558667°E |
Owned by | Public Works Department |
Line(s) | Nelson Section |
Platforms | Single side |
Tracks | Main line (1) Sidings (2) |
Construction | |
Parking | No |
Bicycle facilities | No |
History | |
Opened | 1929 |
Closed | 17 July 1931 |
Gowanbridge railway station was a rural railway station that served the small settlement of Gowanbridge in the Tasman District of New Zealand’s South Island. Gowanbridge is located on State Highway 6 at the junction with Gowan Valley Road, and is also passed by on one side by the Buller River. It was one of 25 stations on the Nelson Section, and though completed in 1929, it never saw any revenue service nor was it ever owned or operated by the Railways Department.
Facilities at this station included a platform, stockyards, goods shed, two sidings, and a loading bank. As this was the last station on the line before construction ceased in 1931, it was also a staging point for construction crews and materials, necessitating the erection of several additional buildings for this activity.