Ngāruawāhia railway station
Ngāruawāhia railway station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Great S Road, Ngāruawāhia New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°40′05.9″S 175°08′56.1″E / 37.668306°S 175.148917°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 559.06 km (347.38 mi) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | double track from 4 December 1938 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 13 August 1877 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 29 July 1978 (goods), 1975 (passengers) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Newcastle until 1878 | ||||||||||
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Ngāruawāhia railway station was at the junction of the North Island Main Trunk line and its Glen Massey branch, serving Ngāruawāhia in the Waikato District of New Zealand, 74 mi (119 km) south of Auckland and 10 mi (16 km) north of Hamilton. It was opened with a special train from Auckland on Monday 13 August 1877. The next stations were Taupiri 6.5 km (4.0 mi) to the north and Horotiu 5.5 km (3.4 mi) to the south.
In 2020 reopening of the remaining platform was put forward as a scheme to help the region recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, estimated to cost $15m.