Makino Road railway station

Makino Road (or Makino) railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[1][2] It was a request stop, 49 mi (79 km) south of Wanganui and 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Feilding.[3]

Makino Road railway station
LocationNew Zealand
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
History
OpenedNovember 1876
Closed10 August 1959

The station opened about November 1876 and closed on 10 August 1959 for goods traffic (though it was closed for passengers by 1955).[4]

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.
  3. "WANGANUI RAILWAY TIME TABLE. (Taranaki Herald, 1880-10-12)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)

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