Mangatainoka | |||||
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| New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR) Regional rail | |||||
 Mangatainoka railway station in 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Mangatainoka Street West Mangatainoka 4982 New Zealand | ||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′49.644″S 175°51′44.3196″E / 40.41379000°S 175.862311000°E | ||||
| Elevation | 98 metres (322 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||
| Operated by | Pahiatua Railcar Society (lessee)[1] | ||||
| Line(s) | Wairarapa Line | ||||
| Distance | 159.10 kilometres (98.86 mi) from Wellington | ||||
| Platforms | Single side | ||||
| Tracks |
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| Train operators | Kiwirail | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | at-grade | ||||
| Parking | No | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 July 1897 | ||||
| Closed |
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| Rebuilt | 1973 | ||||
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The Mangatainoka railway station on the Wairarapa Line was located in the Tararua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand’s North Island. Located between the stations of Pahiatua (to the south) and Ngawapurua (to the north), it served the farming settlement of Mangatainoka and surrounding districts.
The station opened on 1 July 1897 as part of an extension of the Wairarapa Line north from Pahiatua and remained the northern railhead until the line opened to Woodville on 13 December 1897. The station closed on 1 August 1988 (other than wagonloads of fertilizer to the neighbouring Ravensdown depot).[2]
- ^ Farmer, Don (30 April 2015). "Wheels turn to keep rail stations alive". Wairarapa Times Age. Masterton: NZME Publishing. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2019.