Longburn railway station

Longburn railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. It is still a junction, but is no longer a station. [1][2]

Longburn railway station
LocationNew Zealand
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk

History

The station, originally Long Burn, was the northern terminus of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR). The line through Longburn is now part of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, completed in 1909.

The line between Longburn and Wellington was completed in 1886 and at Longburn, passengers and goods transferred between the WMR south to Wellington and the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) network. On 8 December 1908, the WMR was absorbed into the NZR and Longburn lost its significant interchange status. However the Foxton Branch was retained and only closed in 1959. The route to Palmerston North was rerouted via the Milson Deviation from 1962.

References
  1. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  2. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.

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