Te Awamutu railway station | |||||||||||
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 Te Awamutu railway station about 1909.[1] | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°00′18″S 175°18′36″E / 38.0050°S 175.3101°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 517.02 km (321.26 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1880 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 10 April 2005[2] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Te Awamutu was a temporary terminus, serving the border town of Te Awamutu, on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) in New Zealand from 1880, when the line was extended from Ōhaupō,[3] until 1887, when the line was extended south to Ōtorohanga.[4][5]
- ^ Radcliffe, Frederick George. "New Zealand post card negatives, ref: 1/2-006260-G" – via Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (April 2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ "TE AWAMUTU RAILWAY EXTENSION THE OPENING. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 July 1880. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "LATEST TE AWAMUTU NEWS. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 March 1887. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.