Ongarue railway station
Defunct railway station in New Zealand
38°42′57″S 175°16′56″E / 38.715787°S 175.282316°E / -38.715787; 175.282316
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Waione Siding Line open, station closed 4 mi 35 ch (7.1 km) towards Auckland | North Island Main Trunk KiwiRail | Te Koura Line open, station closed 7.74 km (4.81 mi) towards Wellington |
Ongarue railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the sawmill town of Ongarue.[2][3]
In 1900 the station was known as Kawakawa and then Ongaruhe.[4]
From 1922 to 1958 most of the timber freight at the station came from the connected Ellis and Burnand Tramway.[citation needed]
It was the scene of the Ongarue railway disaster in 1923, up to then, the worst rail crash in the country.[5] A memorial was unveiled at the site a century later, on 8 July 2023.[6]
In 1941 the station employed a stationmaster and two clerks.[7]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ongarue_1902.jpg/220px-Ongarue_1902.jpg)
Patronage
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Passenger_numbers_at_Ongarue_railway_station%2C_based_on_Statements_of_Revenue_and_Expenditure_of_each_Station_for_the_Years_ending_31st_March.jpg/220px-Passenger_numbers_at_Ongarue_railway_station%2C_based_on_Statements_of_Revenue_and_Expenditure_of_each_Station_for_the_Years_ending_31st_March.jpg)
Passenger numbers peaked in 1944, as shown in the graph and table below -
year | tickets | season tickets | staff | source |
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1912 | 4,613 | 4 | "RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1912" | |
1913 | 5,464 | 32 | 4 | "RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1913" |
1914 | 5,776 | 71 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1914" | |
1915 | 8,119 | 81 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1915" | |
1916 | 7,528 | 39 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1916" | |
1917 | 7,737 | 48 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1917" | |
1918 | 7,976 | 46 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1918" | |
1919 | 7,721 | 88 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1919" | |
1920 | 8,986 | 100 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1920" | |
1921 | 9,622 | 69 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1921" | |
1922 | 11,541 | 96 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1922" | |
1923 | 12,633 | 149 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1923" | |
1924 | 12,430 | 132 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1924" | |
1925 | 13,347 | 62 | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1925" | |
1926 | 15,624 | 105 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1926" | |
1927 | 15,844 | 36 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1927" | |
1928 | 15,134 | 102 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1928" | |
1929 | 14,834 | 99 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1929" | |
1930 | 13,453 | 93 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1930" | |
1931 | 18,709 | 100 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1931" | |
1932 | 13,245 | 88 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1932" | |
1933 | 12,732 | 130 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1933" | |
1934 | 13,440 | 179 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1934" | |
1935 | 13,963 | 187 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1935" | |
1936 | 15,966 | 173 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1936" | |
1937 | 18,434 | 114 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1937" | |
1938 | 16,108 | 133 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1938" | |
1939 | 18,009 | 136 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1939" | |
1940 | 18,690 | 85 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1940" | |
1941 | 20,837 | 73 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1941" | |
1942 | 23,559 | 92 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1942" | |
1943 | 26,817 | 75 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1943" | |
1944 | 27,378 | 82 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1944" | |
1945 | 23,674 | 60 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1945" | |
1946 | 25,709 | 50 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1946" | |
1947 | 23,309 | 6 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1947" | |
1948 | 20,718 | 44 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1948" | |
1949 | 18,384 | 34 | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1949" |
References
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (April 2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ "Toll of the tracks. New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 July 1923. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Memorial honours those who died in Ongarue train disaster 100 years ago". RNZ. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "LIST OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE RAILWAYS· DEPARTMENT" (PDF). NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1 April 1941.
External links
- video of cab view through the station in 2024 (from 13 mins)
- 2016 photos -
- Northern Explorer at Ongarue
- old Auckland stock at Ongarue en route to Taumarunui
- trains passing at Ongarue