Tangiwai railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°28′07″S 175°35′37″E / 39.468628°S 175.593744°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Distance | Wellington 299.49 km (186.09 mi) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 12 August 1907 | ||||||||||
Closed | goods 13 October 1986 passenger 26 November 1978 | ||||||||||
Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Waitangi until 24 July 1910 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Tangiwai was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line,[1] in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand. The station served the settlement of Tangiwai.[2] The nearby pulp and saw mills are now one of the main sources of freight on NIMT.[3] In 1953 the Tangiwai disaster occurred when the nearby bridge over the Whangaehu River was swept away.
Tangiwai has one of four substations supplying power to NIMT's electric trains.[4]