Kiokio railway station

Kiokio railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3]

Kiokio railway station
Kiokio in 1944
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates38.153255°S 175.239658°E / -38.153255; 175.239658
Elevation36 m (118 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 498.86 km (309.98 mi)
History
Opened9 March 1887
Closed28 November 1971 goods,
9 June 1969 passenger[1]
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Te Kawa
Line open, station closed
8.02 km (4.98 mi)		   North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail		   Ōtorohanga
Line open, station open
4.45 km (2.77 mi)
1955 one inch to one mile map

By December 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach and a crossing loop for 4 wagons. By December 1911 a loading bank had been added and the loop extended for 7 wagons.[4] In 1913 traffic at the station was described as, "rapidly increasing" and the Minister for Railways approved a goods shed 30 ft (9.1 m) by 20 ft (6.1 m) with a verandah over a new siding.[5] A 1963 report said the station building was built in 1887 and last painted in 1960. It closed to passengers on Monday, 9 June 1969 and to all traffic on Sunday, 28 November 1971.[6] There is now just a single track through the station site and, apart from the name of the road, little sign that there was ever a station.[7]

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. "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 590, 2 August 1913, Page 5 KIO KIO RAILWAY STATION. GOODS SHED PROVIDED
  6. "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. "Kio Kio Station Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 January 2021.


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