National Park railway station, New Zealand
Waimarino National Park | |||||||||||
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Waimarino National Park Railway Station - 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Findlay Street, National Park, Ruapehu District New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°10′33″S 175°23′35″E / 39.17583°S 175.39306°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 807 m (2,648 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 346.83 km (215.51 mi) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 November 1908 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Waimarino until 2 May 1926 | ||||||||||
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Waimarino National Park railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk that serves the area around the town of National Park in New Zealand's Ruapehu District. It is served by KiwiRail's Northern Explorer long distance train between Wellington and Auckland. There is a licensed cafe on the platform.
At an elevation of 806.8 metres (2,647 ft), it was the country's highest station with a scheduled passenger stop (although the now-closed Waiouru Railway Station is higher). About 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the station the railway performs the convoluted dance that is the Raurimu Spiral, one of New Zealand's most impressive feats of engineering.
There was a minor collision in 2007, when one Overlander train reversed into the other.
Scheduled passenger services to Waimarino National Park railway station were suspended from December 2021 to 25 September 2022.