Hamilton Central railway station, New Zealand
Hamilton Central was the name of a now-defunct railway station on the East Coast Main Trunk line which runs through the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The station was located in Hamilton's CBD and was made an underground station for the latter years of its existence before being closed. The underground platform still exists.
Hamilton Central | |||||||||||
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1899 station and goods shed | |||||||||||
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| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°47′13″S 175°16′43″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | East Coast Main Trunk (goods only) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1884 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1 November 1969 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1964 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Hamilton West until 1 March 1899 | ||||||||||
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For most of the time since a station opened on the site in 1879, it was named Hamilton. It had closed to regular passenger services when the present Hamilton station opened in 1975, so there was little need for formal renaming. There have been several proposals to reopen the station, often using the name 'Hamilton Central'.
The East Coast Main Trunk line is still well used by freight trains. In 2018, 163 trains a week passed through, 36 between 8am and 5pm weekdays, 90 of them outside those hours and 37 at weekends.