Claudelands railway station
Claudelands railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Claudelands New Zealand | ||||||||||
Owned by | KiwiRail Network | ||||||||||
Line(s) | East Coast Main Line | ||||||||||
Tracks | single track | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 October 1884 | ||||||||||
Closed | 2 June 1991 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Hamilton East, Kirikiriroa | ||||||||||
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Claudelands railway station was a New Zealand railway station in the Hamilton suburb of Claudelands. The station was between Brooklyn Road and Claudelands Road,[1] 1.23 km (0.76 mi) east of the old Hamilton station (1879–1969) and 3.94 km (2.45 mi) west of Ruakura[2] (1884–1967).[3]
History[]
Claudelands had a railway station from 1884 to 1991,[3] named Hamilton East until 1 March 1899,[4] and then Kirikiriroa until 1 February 1914,[5] when it was changed to Claudelands after a petition.[6]
The station was between Brooklyn Road and Claudelands Road,[7] 1.23 km (0.76 mi) east of the old Hamilton station (1879–1969) and 3.94 km (2.45 mi) west of Ruakura[8] (1 October 1884 – 1 January 1967).[3]
In 1912, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce applied for a porter to be employed there,[9] which was approved in 1913, when it became a tablet station[10] and the yard was extended,[11] after a lengthy residents' campaign.[12] A goods shed and electric lighting were added in 1927.[13] The station building burnt down on 11 July 1987,[14] though there is a photograph of the station captioned as 25 June 1988.[15]
In 2020, double tracking and potentially reopening the station for events, were put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, as part of a $150m scheme to relay tracks to Cambridge.[16]
References[]
- ^ Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation (4 April 1967). "Claudelands, Hamilton". Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
- ^ Yonge, John Roger; Company, Quail Map (1993). New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. Quail Map Company. ISBN 9780900609923.
- ^ a b c Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Page 8 Advertisements Column 6". Auckland Star. 28 February 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Local and General". Waikato Independent. 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "The Waikato Argus, [published Daily.] a Guaranteed Circulation of Over 8500 Weekly. Saturday, January 2, 1909". 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation (4 April 1967). "Claudelands, Hamilton". Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
- ^ Yonge, John Roger (1993). New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. Quail Map Company. ISBN 9780900609923.
- ^ "Chamber Of Commerce". Waikato Times. 10 December 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Kirikiriroa Station". New Zealand Herald. 2 August 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Waikato a. & P. Association". Waikato Argus. 17 July 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Kirikiriroa Railway Station". Waikato Times. 19 April 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Claudelands Progress". New Zealand Herald. 25 June 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Railways". Hamilton. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Stations". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "URBAN GROWTH PROGRAMME INITIATIVES" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. 3 April 2020.
- Hamilton, New Zealand
- Railway stations in New Zealand
- Rail transport in Waikato
- Railway stations opened in 1884
- Railway stations closed in 1991
- Defunct railway stations in New Zealand
- Buildings and structures in Hamilton, New Zealand
- 1884 establishments in New Zealand