Hangatiki railway station

Hangatiki railway station
Waitomo Caves Royal Mail coach at Hangatiki in 1920
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates38°15′38″S 175°10′53″E / 38.260559°S 175.181379°E / -38.260559; 175.181379
Elevation40 m (130 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 485.2 km (301.5 mi)
History
Opened2 December 1887
Closed31 January 1982 passenger,
13 October 1986 goods[1]
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Ōtorohanga
Line open, station open
9.21 km (5.72 mi)
  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail
  Te Kumi
Line open, station closed
6.2 km (3.9 mi)
1955 (north), 1971 (south)
one inch to one mile map
(Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

Hangatiki railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3]

In 1915 Hangatiki was described as a small township with a post and telegraph office, where passengers for "the famous Waitomo and Ruakuri caves alight". The guidebook said Waitomo was 6 mi (9.7 km) away, "by good metalled road, a conveyance meeting the express trains and conveying passengers to the excellent Government Accommodation House at Waitomo." The fare was 2/6 each way (about $18[4] in 2015 money).[5]

  1. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  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. ^ "Inflation Calculator". www.rbnz.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ Bradbury, E E (1915). The Raglan and Kawhia Districts. Waikato University library: Bradbury. p. 85.