Taupiri railway station
Taupiri | |||||||||||
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DL9348 passing site of Taupiri station in 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Railway Road Taupiri New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°36′46″S 175°11′22″E / 37.612859°S 175.189352°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 December 1877 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 3 October 1982 (to passengers before 1976) | ||||||||||
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Taupiri was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line with a goods shed and an island platform, serving the small settlement of Taupiri in the Waikato District of New Zealand.
A stationmaster's house and telegraph office were added in 1882 and a goods shed at about the same time. There were protests when the stationmaster was withdrawn in 1895 and the station was reduced to a flag station, though still staffed. In 1901 this resulted in a case of calves being left at the station.
Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.
| year | tickets | season tickets | staff | ref. |
| 1883 | 571 | 1 | ||
| 1884 | 1,100 | 1 | ||
| 1885 | 1,156 | 1 | ||
| 1886 | 976 | 1 | ||
| 1887 | 880 | 1 | ||
| 1888 | 730 | 1 | ||
| 1889 | 998 | 1 | ||
| 1890 | ||||
| 1891 | 1,042 | 1 | ||
| 1892 | 807 | 1 | ||
| 1893 | 1,317 | 1 | ||
| 1894 | 1,658 | 1 | ||
| 1895 | 2,054 | 1 | ||
| 1896 | 1,052 | Closed 1 Mar | ||
| 1906 | 2,495 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1907 | 5,081 | 18 | 1 | |
| 1908 | 5,515 | 16 | 2 | |
| 1909 | 5,399 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1910 | 6,959 | 14 | 2 | |
| 1911 | 6,962 | 15 | 2 | |
| 1912 | 7,019 | 16 | 2 | |
| 1913 | 7,511 | 12 | 3 | |
| 1914 | 6,523 | |||
| 1915 | 7,033 | 10 | ||
| 1916 | 6,801 | 24 | ||
| 1917 | 6,741 | 6 | ||
| 1918 | 6,270 | 9 | ||
| 1919 | 6,436 | 28 | ||
| 1920 | 6,791 | 155 | ||
| 1921 | 8,217 | 177 | ||
| 1922 | 8,209 | 174 | ||
| 1923 | 8,242 | 165 | ||
| 1924 | 8,661 | 135 | ||
| 1925 | 8,244 | 94 | ||
| 1926 | 7,333 | 114 | ||
| 1927 | 6,727 | 47 | ||
| 1928 | 5,383 | 36 | ||
| 1929 | 5,159 | 36 | ||
| 1930 | 4,906 | 45 | ||
| 1931 | 5,585 | 66 | ||
| 1932 | 4,864 | 100 | ||
| 1933 | 6,106 | 136 | ||
| 1934 | 7,597 | 151 | ||
| 1935 | 7,759 | 150 | ||
| 1936 | 7,411 | 144 | ||
| 1937 | 6,914 | 143 | ||
| 1938 | 7,193 | 135 | ||
| 1939 | 7,121 | 162 | ||
| 1940 | 8,415 | 173 | ||
| 1941 | 9,019 | 166 | ||
| 1942 | 10,673 | 190 | ||
| 1943 | 13,097 | 118 | ||
| 1944 | 12,404 | 132 | ||
| 1945 | 8,746 | 134 | ||
| 1946 | 8,615 | 100 | ||
| 1947 | 5,660 | 68 | ||
| 1948 | 4,118 | 86 | ||
| 1949 | 3,314 | 120 | ||
| 1950 | 2,981 | 52 |