Ngaroto railway station

Ngaroto railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south of Lake Rd,[2][3] 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Te Awamutu,[4] beside the entrance to Yarndley's Bush.

Ngaroto railway station
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates37.981686°S 175.308495°E / -37.981686; 175.308495
Elevation57 m (187 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 520.06 km (323.15 mi)
History
Opened1 July 1880
Closed15 December 1957[1]
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Te Awamutu dairy factory trip train climbing north to Ngaroto station site over the bank raised in 1928. Mt Kakepuku in background. August 2014
1946 one inch to one mile map (Source: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

The station opened in 1880 at the same time the NIMT was extended to Te Awamutu, though it wasn't mentioned in the press until postal contracts were being let in 1881.[5] It was staffed until 1887.[6] In the early years it was a vital part of local farm transport.[7] Apart from electrification, the only significant work since then seems to have been in 1928, when a lengthy embankment and raised bridge over the Mangapiko Stream lifted the line about 5 ft (1.5 m), to ease the climb from Te Awamutu to Ngaroto.[8]

Ngaroto only featured in annual reports for 3 years –

year tickets season tickets staff ref.
1885 380 1 [9]
1886 346 1 [10]
1887 286 22 1 [11]

References
  1. Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1926, Page 8 – Main Trunk Blocked. Goods Train Derailed. Leaves Rails at Ngaroto
  5. Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3163, 8 September 1880, Page 1
  6. "Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 October 1887. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13357, 11 December 1906, Page 5 Shortage of Railway Trucks
  8. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 10 Main Trunk Line. Improvement to Gradient. Te Awamutu to Ngaroto
  9. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives | 1885 Session I RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1885". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives | 1886 Session I". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives | 1887 Session I". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Lake Rd
Line open, station closed		   North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail		   Te Awamutu
Line open, station closed


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