Mataroa railway station
Mataroa railway station | |||||||||||
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Mataroa in 1908 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°38′57″S 175°43′09″E / 39.649169°S 175.719253°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 261.15 km (162.27 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 11 September 1905 | ||||||||||
| Closed | Passenger 8 September 1975 Goods 22 September 1986 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
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Mataroa was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand. It served the village of Mataroa. Mataroa is part way up a long gradient from Taihape to Waiouru, beginning at 1 in 60, but largely 1 in 70 from Mataroa to Hīhītahi, so that Mataroa is 88 m (289 ft) above Taihape and 110 m (360 ft) below Ngaurukehu.