Kimihia railway station

Kimihia Railway Station was on the North Island Main Trunk line, north of Huntly in the Waikato District of New Zealand. The station was in 1886 measured as 19 mi 33 ch (31.2 km) south of Mercer, which is where an unnamed block is shown on the 1929 map, near the junction of Fisher Road with SH1, about 1.4 km (0.87 mi) north of the junction with the Kimihia branch. That junction was 101.06 km (62.80 mi) south of Auckland and 576.54 km (358.25 mi) from Wellington.

Kimihia Railway Station
Aerial view of Fisher Road in 1941 (centre-right of photo). The white patches to the south of the road were probably the site of the station until 1939
General information
LocationHuntly
New Zealand
Coordinates37.516555°S 175.165759°E / -37.516555; 175.165759
Elevation11 m (36 ft)
Owned byKiwiRail Network
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 577.92 km (359.10 mi)
Tracksdouble track from 27 August 1939
History
Opened13 August 1877
Closed27 August 1939
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Ohinewai
Line open,
station closed
4.02 km (2.50 mi)		   North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail		   Huntly
Line open,
station open
4.2 km (2.6 mi)

One source said it was much nearer Huntly, where Kimihia Rd crossed the railway. Kimihia Rd level crossing was closed to traffic in 1945.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.