Onehunga Wharf railway station
Onehunga Wharf | |||||||||||
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 Onehunga Wharf 1920s | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 36°55′57″S 174°47′03″E / 36.9324°S 174.7842°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Zealand Railways Department | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Onehunga Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | Penrose 2 mi 56 ch (4.3 km) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 November 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 28 December 2006 closed to passengers 1927 | ||||||||||
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Onehunga Wharf railway station on the Onehunga Branch section of the Onehunga Line was the terminal station for the line to Auckland from 28 November 1878[1] to 1927.[2] A petition in 1870 objected to the extension from Onehunga, on the grounds that it would take business away from the town.[3]
From 1886 until the completion of the North Island Main Trunk line in 1909, travelling to and from Auckland and the lower North Island involved a train journey north to New Plymouth then by coastal ship from New Plymouth to Onehunga.[vague]
The opening and closing dates given by Scoble are: opened June 1874, to passengers April 1892 and closed to goods on 28 December 2006 and on 31 March 1971 to passengers,[4] although the Heritage Trust[2] and another source say that the station closed in 1927.[5] From 10 December 1927 its accounts were merged with Onehunga and it was treated as a flag station for accounting.[6]
By 1899 there was a 4th class station building, urinals, 40 ft (12 m) x 30 ft (9.1 m) and 31 ft (9.4 m) x 16 ft (4.9 m) goods sheds, loading bank, weighbridge, wagon turntable, cattle and sheep yards. From 1976 locomotives were kept at least 20 m (66 ft) from the concrete base of the wharf.[6]
References
- ^ "Public Works Statement, By The Minister For Public Works, The Hon. James MacAndrew". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 August 1879. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Onehunga Station (relocated) | Rail Heritage". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "ONEHUNGA RAILWAY.— BLUFF EXTENSION. DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 December 1870. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Bromby, Robin (2003). "Branch Lines – North Island". In Olphert, Lorraine (ed.). Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 1-86934-080-9.
- ^ a b Station Archive railheritage.org