Kopaki railway station
Kopaki was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand. It was 5.15 km (3.20 mi) north of Mangapehi and 7.21 km (4.48 mi) south of Puketutu.[1]
Kopaki railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38.478387°S 175.273304°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 454.62 km (282.49 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1901 | ||||||||||
| Closed | passengers before 12/1975 goods 31 January 1982 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Paritikona until 8 December 1912 | ||||||||||
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A cattle yard was built in 1920.[2] The passing loop was lengthened in 1939,[3] to hold 219 rather than 97 wagons.[4]
The gradient to the north of the station is 1 in 70.[5]
There was a Farmers Union store at Kopaki in 1920[6] and a sawmill in 1952.[7]
Kopaki post office was 30 ch (2,000 ft; 600 m) from the railway station.[8]
References
- New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0 900609 92 3.
- "COUNTRY NEWS. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 July 1920. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "RAILWAY WORKS. KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 October 1939. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "RAILWAY WORKS. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 11 October 1938. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "RAILWAY OCCURRENCE REPORT 04-107 express freight Train 237, derailment, near Kopaki" (PDF). Transport Accident Investigation Commission. 24 March 2004.
- "New Zealand Herald, REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF CO-OPERATIVE TRADING. THE FARMERS' UNION TRADING CO". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 December 1920. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "New Zealand Gazette" (PDF). 1952.
- "THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. POSTAL DISTRICT OF HAMILTON" (PDF). 1940.
External links
- Video of electric freight train going through passing loop
- 2016 photos of former Auckland passenger trains
- 1964 photo of Ka 953 in Kopaki Gorge
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