Whangamarino railway station

Whangamarino was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waikato District of New Zealand, 49 mi (79 km) south of Auckland.^[2] It was 598.24 km (371.73 mi) north of Wellington, 6.19 km (3.85 mi) south of Amokura, 6.72 km (4.18 mi) north of Te Kauwhata and 7 m (23 ft) above sea level.^[3]

Whangamarino Railway Station
1942 Whangamarino railway station on N52 one inch map
General information
Location	Wattle Road, Whangamarino, New Zealand
Coordinates	37.348053°S 175.113916°E / -37.348053; 175.113916
Owned by	KiwiRail Network
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
Tracks	single[1]
History
Opened	13 August 1877
Closed	2 February 1969 to passengers 25 June 1978 to goods
Location

History

The station opened on 13 August 1877.^[4] The early service averaged about 13 mph (21 km/h), taking some 4hrs to Auckland.^[5]

Track doubling to ease congestion was authorised in 1914,^[6] but work was delayed by the war and the line remains single. A scheme to use spoil from the Auckland City Rail Link to double the track has been considered.^[7]

1914 Whangamarino crash

Incident

Three passengers in a sleeping car died in May 1914, when an express from Wellington passed a broken signal in fog and crashed into a goods train.^[8] A porter was charged with manslaughter, but acquitted.^[9]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Amokura Line open, station closed		North Island Main Trunk New Zealand Railways Department		Te Kauwhata Line open, station closed

1907 train stranded between Wairangi and Whangamarino by floods