Waro railway station
Waro railway station | |||||||||||
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 Waro in 1902 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°35′20″S 174°17′14″E / 35.588787°S 174.287112°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Auckland Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | Westfield Junction 233.56 km (145.13 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 July 1894 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 31 October 1960 passenger, 12 March 1972 goods[1] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Limestone Rocks until 30 June 1894 | ||||||||||
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Waro railway station was a flag station[2] on the North Auckland Line in New Zealand.[3]
The station was part of the Whangārei and Kamo section, opened on 2 July 1894.[4] The extension of the line north to Whakapara opened in 1896.[5]
A stationmaster's house was designed in 1895, though there seems to be no mention of it being built. From 1897 to 1899 there was a caretaker at Waro. Railway houses were built in 1894 and 1898. By 1897 the station had a shelter shed, passenger platform and sidings to several coal mines and limestone quarries.[6] Hikurangi Coal and Northern Coal had sidings between Waro and Otonga in 1911.[7] In 1916 there was concern about the danger to the railway from blasting at the Dominion Cement quarry,[6] had 20acres at Waro to extract white limestone.[8] and had been further enlarged by Wilsons Portland Cement by 1926.[9] Waro Mine produced 681,905 tons of coal, mainly for Wilson's Portland Cement,[10] but flooding brought about closure of the mines in the 1930s.[11] The sidings to the limestone quarries were still in use in 1964.[6] Waro station closed on 12 March 1972.[12]
Only a single track now runs through the station site.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ "WHANGAREI SECTION. TIME-TABLE. NORTHERN ADVOCATE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 August 1906. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Whangarei Railway Station". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 12 October 1894. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 October 1896. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. 2012.
- ^ "NORTH AUCKLAND RAILWAY (REPORT OF COMMISSION ON THE)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1911. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "DOMINION CEMENT. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 January 1918. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "FINANCE, COMMERCE AND MARKETS. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 June 1926. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MINES STATEMENT. BY THE HON. C. E. MACMILLAN, MINISTER OF MINES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1935. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "CLOSING OF WARO MINE. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 December 1933. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ "Basemaps". basemaps.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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