Overton railway station | |||||||||||
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 Overton House and railway station in 1942 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°02′20″S 175°27′16″E / 40.039001°S 175.454322°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 188.69 km (117.25 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 June 1888 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 10 August 1959 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
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Overton railway station was a very small flag station on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.[1][2]
It was 5 mi 28 ch (8.6 km) from Marton,[3] opened on 2 June 1888 and closed on 10 August 1959.[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand Archived 24 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine (page 95)