Mangatainoka railway station

The Mangatainoka railway station on the Wairarapa Line was located in the Tararua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand’s North Island.

Mangatainoka railway station in 2008

The station formerly served the farming settlement of Mangatainoka.

The station opened on 1 July 1897 and closed on 1 August 1988.[1]

On Tuesday 15 April 1902 Charles Spengler a one-legged man died when he fell from the station onto the track.[2][3][4]

References

40.4138°S 175.8623°E / -40.4138; 175.8623


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