Palmerston North Central railway station
Palmerston North Central railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand[2][3] and the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line.
Dates of opening of railway lines – based on 1942 map sourced from 1 inch sheet N149
Palmerston North Central railway station | |
|---|---|
 Railway station and yards in 1934[1] | |
| Location | The Square, Palmerston North New Zealand |
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Connections | Palmerston North–Gisborne Line and Foxton Branch |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 October 1876 |
| Closed | 21 October 1963 |
The original station was opened on 20 October 1876, when the Foxton Tramway was reopened as the Foxton Branch, though from 25 July 1873 the Square had been the terminus for the tramway.[4] Traffic increased with the opening of the line to Napier via Woodville in 1891, and the station was moved 30 chains (2,000 ft; 600 m) south in March 1891. But it was still a bottleneck, and remained the longest-persisting bottleneck on the Main Trunk until replaced by the new Palmerston North railway station on the Milson Deviation on 21 October 1963.
References
- "Railway Station and Yards, Palmerston North". The Evening Post. CXVIII (105). 31 October 1934. p. 18. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- Buick, T. Lindsay (1903). Old Manawatu, or The Wild Days of the West. Palmerston North: Buick & Young. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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