Rukuhia railway station

Rukuhia railway station
Location New Zealand
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
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)

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

Tests in 1981 found that the track deformed by about 12mm each time a train went over it, due to the peat swamp.[4]

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. University of Auckland geomechanics research - 5.4 Railway Stabilisation through Peatlands
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Hamilton
Line open, station open
  North Island Main Trunk
New Zealand Railways Department
  Ohaupo
Line open, station closed

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