Paerata railway station

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Paerata railway station
Paerata in 1962.png
Paerata in 1962
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates37°10′03″S 174°53′46″E / 37.167362°S 174.896078°E / -37.167362; 174.896078Coordinates: 37°10′03″S 174°53′46″E / 37.167362°S 174.896078°E / -37.167362; 174.896078
Elevation45 m (148 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 632.35 km (392.92 mi)
History
Opened20 May 1875
Closed1 October 1982
Services
Preceding station   Historical Rail   Following station
Runciman
Line open,
station closed
5.08 km (3.16 mi) 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Pukekohe
Line open,
station open
4.43 km (2.75 mi)
Terminus   Waiuku Branch
KiwiRail 		  Helvetia
3.35 km (2.08 mi)
Line open,
station closed

Paerata railway station was a flag station, 28 mi (45 km) south of Auckland,[1] on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the Paerata settlement.[2][3]

The station was opened on 20 May 1875.[4] It was closed to passengers on 24 July 1972, and to all traffic on 1 October 1982. A crossing loop was retained.[4]

In 1981 Paerata junction to the Waiuku Branch was re-designed and resignalled,[5] with a new connection towards Pukekohe.[2]

History

The line from Ōtāhuhu reached Paerata in 1873[6] and opened to Mercer on 20 May 1875.[7] A building was erected in 1874 for £30. By 1884, when Paerata first appeared in timetables,[8] there was a shelter shed and a passing loop for 22 wagons. By 1896 there was also a passenger platform with a cart approach and a 28 wagon loop. Sheep yards and a loading bank followed and, from 1906, a Post Office was run by station staff, which moved to Messent's store in 1923.[9] In preparation for the Waiuku Branch, the loop was extended in 1913 to 70 wagons, two cottages and a goods shed were built in 1914[5] and the station became an island platform in 1917.[10] The gradient on the Karaka bank, between Runciman and Paerata, was eased from 1 in 40 to 1 in 100 between 1914 and 1916. The work included large cuttings and embankments.[11] A cutting about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Paerata suffered from 5 slips in the next decade.[12] One of the slips in 1916 was temporarily bypassed by relaying track on the old alignment.[13] A new passing loop was also added at Karaka,[14] 4.74 km (2.95 mi) north of Paerata.[2] Paerata became a junction station from 10 December 1917, when the first section of the Waiuku Branch opened as far as Patumahoe.[15] The initial service on the branch in 1922 was only a train each way on Tuesdays and Fridays.[16] Automatic signalling replaced token blocks in 1926.[17] In 1928 35 wagons were derailed between Pukekohe and Paerata.[18]

Duplication of line between Papakura and Paerata was completed by 3 December 1939[5] and to Pukekohe[19] in 1941.[20] From 1923[21] until at least 1943, the dairy factory had a private siding.[5]

On 24 July 1972 Paerata closed to all traffic, except in wagon lots. The stockyards were removed and the goods shed moved to Ōtāhuhu Rail Weld Depot in 1973. In 1978 the goods shed loop was sold to Glenbrook Vintage Railway. The station closed to all traffic on 17 July 1977. By 1982 the station building had been demolished.[5]

New station

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.[22] The new station will be just east of Paerata Rise,[23] about 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the original station.[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand Railways Time Table On and after April 1st, 1884: Auckland and Onehunga Line (advertisement)". Auckland Star. 5 April 1884. Retrieved 15 March 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "The Auckland and Waikato Railway". New Zealand Herald. 11 July 1873. Retrieved 25 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Opening of the Auckland and Mercer Railway for Traffic". Auckland Star. 20 May 1875. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "New Zealand Railways Time Table On and after April 1st, 1884: Auckland and Onehunga Line (advertisement)". Auckland Star. 28 June 1884. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Paerata Post Office". Franklin Times. 29 October 1923. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Local and General". Pukekohe & Waiuku Times. 28 September 1917. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Local and General". Pukekohe & Waiuku Times. 18 April 1916. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Huge Landslide". Franklin Times. 27 July 1927. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Local and General". Pukekohe & Waiuku Times. 29 December 1916. Retrieved 28 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Karaka". Pukekohe & Waiuku Times. 16 April 1918. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Public Works". Auckland Star. 6 December 1918. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Local and General News". New Zealand Herald. 9 January 1922. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Railways Statement by the Minister of Railways, The Right Hon. J. G. Coates". 1926. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Express Goods Train Wrecked". New Zealand Herald. 25 June 1928. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Local and General News". New Zealand Herald. 8 July 1941. Retrieved 26 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Railways Statement (by the Minister of Railways, Hon. R. Semple)". 1941. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Franklin County". Franklin Times. 17 July 1923. Retrieved 28 February 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Government setting up new housing infrastructure company will invest $600m". Stuff (Fairfax). 17 August 2017.
  23. ^ "New train stations for Drury and Paerata" (PDF). February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ "1:63360 map Pukekohe Sheet: N46-47". mapspast.org.nz. 1956. Retrieved 26 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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