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Taihape railway station

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317: 37: 272:, marshalling yard and locomotive depot. The station was opened for goods from 4 August 1904 and for passengers from 1 November 1904. The NIMT was opened to through Auckland to Wellington trains from 9 November 1908, with the first NIMT express trains from 14 February 1909. The formal opening was on Saturday 20 November 1908 by the Prime Minister, 282:
The marshalling yard and locomotive depot operated until the late 1970s. A banker locomotive was added to trains proceeding over the long incline across the central plateau. A turntable was available to turn around locomotives, but it was dismantled and removed in the early 1980s. The goods shed and
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After a long period of fund-raising by Rotary, the loco turntable was re-purchased and installed, so that special trains can run to Taihape and turn around for the return run. A local engineering company installed an old steam whistle operated by compressed air; which has become the town
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demolished the historic Taihape railway station. The Refreshment Rooms remained on the former station platform, as did the goods shed and locomotive depot compound at the south end of the Yard.
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tickets sales 1905–1950 – derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"
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After closing from 10 April 2005, the station was reopened for passengers for a twelve months trial period from 23 October 2009.
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signal, sounding at 10am, noon, and 3pm. Tourists often mistake the sound for a steam engine at the station.
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Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
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locomotive depot were at the south end of the rail yard. The
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39°40′44″S 175°47′50″E / 39.6789°S 175.7971°E / -39.6789; 175.7971
North Island Main Trunk
Wellington
Mataroa
North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail
Winiata
Taihape
New Zealand
North Island Main Trunk
refreshment room
Richard Seddon
New Zealand Railways Road Services
Tranz Rail
smoko
Hautapu River





"NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. WANGANUI CHRONICLE"
"First Taihape rail stop in over five years"
TVNZ
"PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, 29th AUGUST, 1905"
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Defunct railway stations in New Zealand
Buildings and structures in Manawatū-Whanganui
Rail transport in Manawatū-Whanganui

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