Rangiriri railway station

Rangiriri Railway Station
Rangiriri Railway Station
Auckland Weekly News 7 May 1914
General information
LocationRangiriri
New Zealand
Coordinates37°25′59″S 175°09′00″E / 37.433023°S 175.150008°E / -37.433023; 175.150008
Owned byKiwiRail Network
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
Tracksdouble track
from 14 December 1958[1]
History
Opened13 August 1877
Closed21 July 1957

Rangiriri was a flag station about 2 km (1.2 mi) south-east of Rangiriri,[2] on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waikato District of New Zealand, 56 mi (90 km) south of Auckland.[3] It was 588.2 km (365.5 mi) north of Wellington, 3.32 km (2.06 mi) south of Te Kauwhata, 7.26 km (4.51 mi) north of Ohinewai and 9 m (30 ft) above sea level.[4]

  1. ^ NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS GEOGRAPHICAL MILEAGE TABLE 1957
  2. ^ "WDC District Plan Review – Built Heritage Assessment Historic Overview – Te Kauwhata & District" (PDF). Waikato District Council. 2018.
  3. ^ "Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (New Zealand Herald, 1882-03-31)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.