Ongarue railway station | |||||||||||
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 Ongarue railway station November 1902 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°42′57″S 175°16′56″E / 38.715787°S 175.282316°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 420.68 km (261.40 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 24 August 1901 | ||||||||||
| Closed | Before 12/1975[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1944 | 27,378 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Ongarue railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the sawmill town of Ongarue.[2][3]
In 1900 the station was known as Kawakawa and then Ongaruhe.[4]
From 1922 to 1958 most of the timber freight at the station came from the connected Ellis and Burnand Tramway.[citation needed]
It was the scene of the Ongarue railway disaster in 1923, up to then, the worst rail crash in the country.[5] A memorial was unveiled at the site a century later, on 8 July 2023.[6]
In 1941 the station employed a stationmaster and two clerks.[7]
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (April 2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ "Toll of the tracks. New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 July 1923. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Memorial honours those who died in Ongarue train disaster 100 years ago". RNZ. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "LIST OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE RAILWAYS· DEPARTMENT" (PDF). NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1 April 1941.