Global InformationTurangarere railway station information
Turangarere railway station | |||||||||||
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 Hautapu Bridge from the horseshoe curve in 2018. A substation is at the site of Turangerere station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°35′08″S 175°43′57″E / 39.585536°S 175.732558°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 702 m (2,303 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 270.79 km (168.26 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1906 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 23 October 1966 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
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Turangarere was a flag station[2] on the North Island Main Trunk line,[3] in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand, in the Hautapu River valley.[4] Turangarere is part way up a 1 in 70 gradient from Mataroa to Hīhītahi,[5] so that it is 62 m (203 ft) above Ngaurukehu and 39 m (128 ft) below Hīhītahi.[1] The station was on a horseshoe curve, formed to avoid an even steeper gradient, by adding about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the route.[6] Only a single track now remains through the former station site.[7]
- ^ a b New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.
- ^ "SLIPS ON RAILWAYS. MANAWATU STANDARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 August 1935. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ "Ngaurukehu, Manawatu-Wanganui". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "North Island Main Trunk Historic Area". www.heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "THE THROUGH TRAIN. EVENING STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 August 1908. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Historical Imagery Resource". retrolens.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2020.