Waione Siding railway station

Waione Siding was very briefly a stop on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand in the Ōngarue valley.[1] It was also known as Ninia.[2]

Waione Siding railway station
Waione on 1956 edition of one inch map sheet N92
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates38.656300°S 175.315900°E / -38.656300; 175.315900
Elevation203 m (666 ft)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 426.86 km (265.24 mi)
History
Opened1 April 1917
Closedpassenger 1 February 1918
goods 3 October 1948
ElectrifiedJune 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Waimiha
Line open, station closed		   North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail		   Ongarue
Line open, station closed

It served a Marton Sash & Door Company tramway[3] and was also a stop for occasional excursion trains.[4][5] From 1928 the tramway was operated by a Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive.[3] In 1927 a shelter shed was built. It was damaged by fire in 1950. In 1929 the siding became a tablet station, at a cost of about £4430.[2]

The siding served a small settlement, where 23 people voted in 1928[6] and 22 in 1935.[7] In 2013 meshblock 1042000, which includes the area west of the railway, had a population of 30 in 6 houses.[8]

References
  1. Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
  2. "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. "Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive". National Library of New Zealand. 1916. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  4. "Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 Feb 1927. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  5. "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 Feb 1935. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  6. "THE CONTEST IN RAGLAN. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 Nov 1928. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  7. "WAITOMO ELECTORATE WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 Nov 1935. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  8. "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-04-01.


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