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Raurimu railway station

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was built in 1906, with stationmaster's, lobby, and ladies rooms, a 200 feet (61 m) by 20 feet (6.1 m) platform, loading bank, cattle yards, 30 feet (9.1 m) by 20 feet (6.1 m) goods shed with verandah, privies, urinals, water tanks and passing loop for 58 wagons.
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Trains started running to Raurimu from 13 December 1906. From 10 May 1907 goods were carried to Raurimu by rail. Trains started running to the next station at Waimarino (National Park) from 23 December 1907. The NIMT was opened to through
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of the Raumiru Sawmilling Co (1935-1957) and a tramway of the Pokata Timber Co (1930-1957).
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is 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) from the station, and rises 200 metres (660 ft) to the
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Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
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The settlement of Raurimu in the early 20th century had two bush tramways for forestry;
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of 1 in 24, but the Raurimu Spiral reduces the gradient to a (still steep) 1 in 52.
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trains from 9 November 1908, though only southbound expresses stopped at Raurimu.
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It opened in 1906 and closed in 1978. It was known as Pukerimu from 1906 to 1908.
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Knight's tram and a steam hauler, Raurimu, in a clearing in the bush
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In 1906 the administrative office of the northern section of the
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Offices of the Tamaki Sawmill Co. at Raurimu railway station
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Price type "O" bush locomotive at Raurimu, ca. 1917
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39°07′09″S 175°23′48″E / 39.11927°S 175.39654°E / -39.11927; 175.39654
KiwiRail
North Island Main Trunk
Wellington
Oio
North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail
National Park
North Island Main Trunk
Manawatū-Whanganui
Raurimu Spiral
National Park railway station
North Island Volcanic Plateau
gradient
Public Works Department
Auckland
Wellington

5th class station
Knight's tram, Raurimu
Knight's tram and a steam hauler, Raurimu, in a clearing in the bush
Price type "O" bush locomotive at Raurimu, ca. 1917
Offices of the Tamaki Sawmill Co. at Raurimu railway station
Raurimu Spiral in 2007 (no remains of tramways visible)
Raurimu Spiral
Map of the spiral, from OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap

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