Hadfield railway station, New Zealand

Hadfield railway station
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates40°50′24″S 175°05′15″E / 40.840082°S 175.087467°E / -40.840082; 175.087467
Elevation40 ft (12 m)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 40 mi (64 km)
History
Opened1 December 1886
Closed15 January 1906[1]
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Te Horo
Line open,
station closed
3 mi (4.8 km) 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Waikanae
Line open,
station open
3 mi (4.8 km)

Hadfield railway station was a flag station, sometimes shown as Hatfield,[2] on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand.[3][4]

It opened on 1 December 1886 and closed on 15 January 1906.[5] The only siding was a loop with capacity for 28 wagons and locomotive. It had a "waiting shed" and was probably named after the nearby Te Kowhai or Hadfield's Creek.[6]

The Wellington-Manawatu Line was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) when the first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[7] Hadfield was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[8]

Only a single track now passes through the station site.[9]

  1. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Railways. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 January 1887. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  4. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  5. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ Hoy 1972, pp. 52, 120.
  7. ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 October 1886. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Hadfield Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 April 2021.