Rukuhia railway station

Rukuhia railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, located in the settlement of Rukuhia.[2][3] It was established during an extension of the railway line in the 1870s.[4][5]

Rukuhia railway station
Location	Rukuhia New Zealand
Coordinates	37.863606°S 175.28266°E
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
Distance	Hamilton 8.45 km (5.25 mi) Ohaupo 6.68 km (4.15 mi) Wellington 527.16 km (327.56 mi)
History
Opened	4 June 1878
Closed	12 September 1971[1]
Electrified	June 1988

1946 one inch to one mile map (Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

Tests in 1981 found that the track deformed by about 12mm each time a train went over it, due to the peat swamp.[6]

References

1. Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
2. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
3. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
4. "Rapid progress with Hamilton to Ohaupo Railway Extension". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz (Vol XI, Issue 879). Waikato Times. 7 February 1878. p. 2.
5. "Messrs Davys Bros, Rukuhia Sawmills and 2-mile horse tram" (Vol XLV, Issue 3648). Waikato Times. 19 November 1895. p. 2.
6. "5.4 Railway Stabilisation through Peatlands" (PDF). nzgs.org. University of Auckland.

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