Mangatainoka railway station
Mangatainoka railway station in 2008
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.
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[]
- ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
- ^ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX19020418.2.10?end_date=19-04-1902&items_per_page=10&query=station+death&snippet=true&start_date=18-04-1902
- ^ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PAHH19020418.2.11?end_date=19-04-1902&items_per_page=10&query=station+death&snippet=true&start_date=18-04-1902
- ^ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19020418.2.34?end_date=19-04-1902&items_per_page=10&query=station+death&snippet=true&start_date=18-04-1902
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