Tuakau railway station
Tuakau railway station | |||||||||||
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Railway yard at Tuakau about 1920 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Dominion Road, Tuakau, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°15′30″S 174°57′01″E / 37.258411°S 174.950409°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 621.31 km (386.06 mi) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | double to Mercer 11 November 1951 and to Paerata from 21 Nov 1954 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 May 1875 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2 March 1986 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1910 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tuakau Road | ||||||||||
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Tuakau railway station was a railway station (now closed) in the town of Tuakau in the Waikato District of New Zealand.
The station was on the North Island Main Trunk line, and opened on 20 May 1875. Originally it was called Tuakau Road.
Tuakau was 34 mi 51 ch (55.7 km) south of Auckland (via Newmarket) and 36 mi 67 ch (59.3 km) (via Orakei).
The station was rebuilt in 1910, opening on 10 September 1911, and closed to passengers on 14 March 1983. The station closed on 2 March 1986.
The station was on the route of the former Waikato Connection, although it did not stop at Tuakau. The Hamilton-Auckland passenger service is to resume as Te Huia in 2020; and as the new service may stop at Tuakau, in 2018 the District Council allocated money for reopening the station. In 2020 reopening of the platform was put forward as part of a scheme to help the region recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, at an estimated cost of $15m.