Pokeno railway station
Pokeno | |||||||||||
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DL9302 pulling goods train between Pōkeno and Tuakau | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Marlborough Street, Pōkeno, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°14′51″S 175°01′15″E / 37.247548°S 175.020704°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | doubled from 11 November 1951 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 May 1875 | ||||||||||
| Closed | passengers 24 June 1973 goods 30 March 1980 | ||||||||||
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Pokeno railway station is a former railway station in Pōkeno, New Zealand on the North Island Main Trunk line. It opened for passengers on 20 May 1875, and for goods on 6 April 1879. It was 39 mi 36 ch (63.5 km) south of Auckland (via Newmarket) and 41 mi 52 ch (67.0 km) (via Ōrākei).
The station closed to passengers on 24 June 1973, and to goods on 30 March 1980.
Work on the proposed Paeroa–Pōkeno Line commenced in 1938, and whilst approximately 13 km of earthworks were completed at each end, the proposal was halted due to the Second World War. Work was still making slow progress in 1950. The line was to be the first part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.