Tapuata railway station
Tapuata railway station | |||||||||||
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Tapuata on 1943 map | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°13′10″S 176°04′52″E / 40.2195°S 176.080977°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 199 m (653 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Palmerston North–Gisborne Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | Palmerston North 54.01 km (33.56 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 December 1884 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 27 September 1981 closed to passengers by 1993 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tahoraiti until 8 April 1889 Tamaki Siding until 5 October 1929 | ||||||||||
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Tapuata railway station, on the Palmerston North–Gisborne line, opened on 1 December 1884. It served a rural area just south of Dannevirke, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The station closed 97 years later. In 1889 it exchanged names with its neighbouring station, to become Tamaki siding, and in 1929 became Tapuata A single track runs through the station site.