Hautere railway station

Hautere railway station
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates40°47′01″S 175°08′11″E / 40.783644°S 175.136327°E / -40.783644; 175.136327
Elevation30 m (98 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 67.6 km (42.0 mi)
History
Openedby 1887
Closed3 February 1900[1]
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Ōtaki
Line open,
station open
2.68 km (1.67 mi) 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Te Horo
Line open,
station closed
2.83 km (1.76 mi)

Hautere railway station was a flag station[2] on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[3][4]

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.[5] Hautere was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[6] The station wasn't in the February 1887 timetable,[7] but had opened by December 1887, when WMR was selling nearby land[8][9] and was in an 1888 timetable.[10] By 1895 it was only a siding for goods traffic, with a sawmill. On 3 February 1900 it was reported as closed.[11]

Only a single track now passes through the station site.[12]

  1. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ "WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 October 1889. Retrieved 14 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. ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 October 1886. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 July 1887. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. ^ "NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 14 December 1887. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 14 December 1887. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Railways. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 October 1888. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ^ "9 Old Hautere Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 April 2021.