Hadfield railway station, New Zealand

Hadfield railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Kapiti Coast District of New Zealand.[1][2]

Hadfield railway station
LocationNew Zealand
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
History
Opened1 December 1886
Closed15 January 1906

It opened on 1 December 1886 and closed on 15 January 1906.[3] The only siding was a loop with capacity for 28 wagons and locomotive. It had a "waiting shed" and was probably named after the nearby Te Kowhai or Hadfield's Creek.[4]

References

  1. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  2. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  3. "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. Hoy 1972, pp. 52,120.
  • Hoy, Douglas (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. Dunedin: Southern Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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