Hadfield railway station, New Zealand
40°50′24″S 175°05′15″E / 40.840082°S 175.087467°E / -40.840082; 175.087467
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Te Horo Line open, station closed 3 mi (4.8 km) | North Island Main Trunk KiwiRail | Waikanae Line open, station open 3 mi (4.8 km) |
Hadfield railway station was a flag station, sometimes shown as Hatfield,[2] on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand.[3][4]
It opened on 1 December 1886 and closed on 15 January 1906.[5] The only siding was a loop with capacity for 28 wagons and locomotive. It had a "waiting shed" and was probably named after the nearby Te Kowhai or Hadfield's Creek.[6]
The Wellington-Manawatu Line was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) when the first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[7] Hadfield was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[8]
Only a single track now passes through the station site.[9]
References
- ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Railways. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 January 1887. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Hoy 1972, pp. 52, 120.
- ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 October 1886. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Hadfield Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- Hoy, Douglas (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. Dunedin: Southern Press.
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