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Otorohanga | |||||||||||
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 Otorohanga railway station in 1921 Godber, Albert Percy, 1875–1949 -Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref- APG-0815-1-2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. [1] | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°11′12″S 175°12′44″E / 38.1867°S 175.2123°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 494.41 km (307.21 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 9 March 1887[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2012[2] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
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| Designated | 5 September 1985 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 4263 | ||||||||||
Otorohanga railway station serves the town of Ōtorohanga, on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. The current station dates from 1924.[3]
Trains calling at Ōtorohanga included The Overlander, Blue Streak, Scenic Daylight, Daylight Limited, Northerner, Northern Explorer, and Night Limited. By 2012, passenger numbers had dropped to an average of two per train,[4] which brought about a brief closure from 24 June.[5] Initially the reinstatement was for summer only[6] from 10 December.[7] Scheduled services to Otorohanga were suspended from December 2021[8] to 25 September 2022.[9] Currently passengers need to pre-book services to and from the station [10]
- ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Otorohanga DC minutes p. 10
- ^ "OTOROHANGA NEWS. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 12 June 1924. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Waikato Times 19 May 2012 Kiwirail reviews axing of Otorohanga stop
- ^ Waikato Times 19 June 2012
- ^ NZ Herald 26 June 2012,
- ^ KiwiRail staff magazine
- ^ "Urgent calls for long-distance passenger services to stay as KiwiRail cuts operations". Newshub. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Even Greater Journeys for 2022!". Great Journeys of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Otorohanga Railway Station".