Buckland railway station

Buckland railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the Buckland settlement south of Pukekohe.

Buckland railway station
Location	New Zealand
Coordinates	37°13′37″S 174°55′40″E
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
History
Opened	20 May 1875
Closed	2 February 1969

Buckland was initially a flag station, 33 mi (53 km) south of Auckland.[1] It was 625.7 km (388.8 mi) north of Wellington, 4.39 km (2.73 mi) north of Tuakau, 3.06 km (1.90 mi) south of Pukekohe and 58 m (190 ft) above sea level.[2]

The station was opened on 20 May 1875. The station was closed to goods on 19 December 1954, and to passengers and all traffic on 2 February 1969.[3] It only once was considered important enough to be included in the annual returns of stations.[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Pukekohe Line open, station open		North Island Main Trunk New Zealand Railways Department		Tuakau Line open, station closed

References

1. "Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (New Zealand Herald, 1882-03-31)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
2. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0 900609 92 3.
3. Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 17.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives | 1883 Session I Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March 1883". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

External links

1920s map showing location of station

1927 photo of railway crossing and township