Paerata railway station

Paerata railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the Paerata settlement.[1][2]

Paerata railway station
Location	New Zealand
Coordinates	37°10′03″S 174°53′46″E
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
History
Opened	20 May 1875
Closed	1 October 1982

The station was opened on 20 May 1875.[3] It was closed to passengers on 24 July 1972, and to all traffic on 1 October 1982. A crossing loop was retained.[3]

Paerata was a flag station, 28 mi (45 km) south of Auckland.[4] It was 633.19 km (393.45 mi) north of Wellington, 4.43 km (2.75 mi) north of Pukekohe, 9.51 km (5.91 mi) south of Runciman and 45 m (148 ft) above sea level.[5]

New train stations for Drury West and Paerata are included in a July 2017 proposal for Auckland infrastructure spending of $600 million to support new housing announced by the government. They will be built and owned by a new Crown Infrastructure Partners body, as the Auckland Council has reached its borrowing limit.[6]

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

See also

List of Auckland railway stations

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. Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
4. "Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 April 1884. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
5. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0 900609 92 3.
6. "Government setting up new housing infrastructure company will invest $600m". Stuff (Fairfax). 17 August 2017.

External links

• 1973 photos of station