Piriaka railway station | |||||||||||
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 Piriaka in 1906 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°55′27″S 175°20′31″E / 38.924200°S 175.341900°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 387.27 km (240.64 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 11 October 1904 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 4 September 1972 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Pirihaka | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Piriaka was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line,[1] in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand, serving Piriaka. It was 5.27 km (3.27 mi) north of Kakahi and 4.63 km (2.88 mi) south of Manunui. It formally opened on 9 November 1908, though it was renamed from Pirihaka on 25 April 1902[2] and work was well advanced by 1903,[3] with the rails laid south of Piriaka by May 1904.[4] Goods traffic started on 11 October 1904. By 10 November 1908 a passing loop could take 48 wagons and there was a 6th class station, with water supply, privies and urinals, a 300 ft (91 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) passenger platform, loading bank, cattle yards and a 30 ft (9.1 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) goods shed.[2]
The level crossing, on what is now SH4, was replaced by a concrete bridge in 1937.[5]
The railway delivered cream to Kaitieke butter factory,[6] which opened at Piriaka in 1913[7] and produced over 400 tons of butter in 1923.[8] By 1937 roads had improved, but the railway was still taking some supplies to the factory.[9]
- ^ Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ a b "Stations". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "PROGRESS OF THE TRUNK RAILWAY. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 May 1903. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 May 1904. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 July 1937. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ Beaglehole, Ann (August 2006). "The Taurewa Development Scheme 1939-2006" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal.
- ^ "KAITIEKE. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 May 1913. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "THE KAITIEKE CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY CO., LTD. NZ TRUTH". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 November 1923. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "ZONING CREAM SUPPLIES. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 January 1937. Retrieved 13 August 2020.