Tamaki railway station
Tamaki | |||||||||||
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| Auckland Transport Urban rail | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°53′27″S 174°51′15″E / 36.89083°S 174.85417°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 671.18 km (417.05 mi) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 November 1930 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 13 October 2003 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Tamaki railway station was a station serving Tāmaki, on Auckland's Eastern Line in New Zealand,[1][2] from 1930 to 2003.[3]
A station at Tāmaki was first mentioned in March 1920, when the site was described as, "in the middle of open grass with hardly a house within half a mile". It was to be called Marama, until on 27 May 1929 it was decided to call it Tamaki and, to avoid confusion, rename Tamaki Siding, near Dannevirke, as Tapuata.[4]
From November 1928 J W Bambury Ltd, of Auckland, built a wooden station with a tiled roof. By 6 May 1930 it was ready for goods traffic, with an island platform, loading bank and a 31 wagon siding. It opened to passengers on Sunday 16 November 1930. In 1926 it was 6 mi 46 ch (10.6 km) from the Britomart terminus and in 1943 5 mi 71 ch (9.5 km) from the 1930 Auckland terminal.[4]
Footbridge No 12 was at the Westfield end of the platform, which in 1978 was 166 m (545 ft) long and 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in) high. From Monday 30 November 1959 it became an officered station, until it closed to small lots and parcels on 31 March 1983. In 1989 it was described as a low island platform with closed up station building.[4]
Railway housing was provided after Cabinet approved 25 pre-cut houses on 3 November 1953. In 1955 46 State houses were completed.[4]
A new goods yard opened in December 1959, with a 50 ft (15 m) x 40 ft (12 m) goods shed (50 feet by 40 feet ) and 80 ft (24 m) long loading shelter from February 1960. In 1961 a separate goods office and a store for tarpaulins, dunnage and fuel were added. On 1 August 1962 a 75 ft (23 m) extension to the goods shed was completed, with approval for another £17,500 extension of the shed on 23 November 1964, which could then take 26 wagons and the loading shelter 36 wagons. On 30 June 1965 another £63,000 of extensions and alterations to the station yard to provide for additional goods handling was authorised and on 1 February 1966 £1,200 for a 70 ft (21 m) low-level loading bank.[4]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
External links
- Aerial photo during construction
- 1930s photo of footbridge and station
- 1970s photo showing part of goods yard
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