Mangapehi railway station

Mangapehi railway station
Mangapehi station in 2018
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates38°31′01″S 175°18′28″E / 38.516878°S 175.307722°E / -38.516878; 175.307722
Elevation285 m (935 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 449.47 km (279.29 mi)
History
Opened1 April 1901
ClosedPassenger after Sep 1980
Goods 31 March 1987
Rebuilt8 January 1950
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Kopaki
Line open, station closed
  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail
  Poro-O-Tarao
Line open, station closed

Mangapehi[1] (or Mangapeehi)[2] was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand. It was 5.89 km (3.66 mi) north of Poro-O-Tarao and 5.15 km (3.20 mi) south of Kopaki.[3]

Ellis & Burnand had a sawmill at Mangapehi from 1901[4] until 1968.[5]

  1. ^ "NZGB Gazetteer". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Stations". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.
  4. ^ Cleaver, Philip (February 2011). "Maori and the Forestry, Mining, Fishing, and Tourism Industries of the Rohe Potae Inquiry District 1880–2000" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).