Hadfield railway station, New Zealand

Hadfield railway station was a flag station, sometimes shown as Hatfield,[2] on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand.[3][4]

Hadfield railway station
General information
LocationNew Zealand
Coordinates40.840082°S 175.087467°E / -40.840082; 175.087467
Elevation40 ft (12 m)
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 40 mi (64 km)
History
Opened1 December 1886
Closed15 January 1906[1]
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Te Horo
Line open,
station closed
3 mi (4.8 km)		   North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail		   Waikanae
Line open,
station open
3 mi (4.8 km)

It opened on 1 December 1886 and closed on 15 January 1906.[5] 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.[6]

The Wellington-Manawatu Line was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) when the first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[7] Hadfield was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[8]

Only a single track now passes through the station site.[9]

References
  1. Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. "Railways. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 January 1887. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  4. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  5. "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.
  6. Hoy 1972, pp. 52, 120.
  7. "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 October 1886. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. "Hadfield Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  • Hoy, Douglas (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. Dunedin: Southern Press.


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