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Pokeno railway station
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DL9302 pulling goods train between Pokeno and Tuakau
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| Location | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 37°14′51″S 175°01′15″E / 37.247548°S 175.020704°E |
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 May 1875 |
| Closed | passengers 24 June 1973 goods 30 March 1980 |
The Pokeno railway station is a former railway station in Pokeno, New Zealand on the North Island Main Trunk line. It opened for passengers on 20 May 1875 and for goods on 6 April 1879.
The station closed to passengers on 24 June 1973 and to goods on 30 March 1980.
Work on the proposed Paeroa–Pokeno Line commenced in 1938 and whilst approximately 13 km of earthworks were completed at each end, the proposal was halted due to World War 2. Work was still making slow progress in 1950. The line was to be the first part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Whangarata Line open, station closed |
North Island Main Trunk New Zealand Railways Department |
Mercer Line open, station closed |
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Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.
| year | tickets | season tickets | staff | ref. |
| 1881 | 668 | 1 | ||
| 1882 | 1,700 | 1 | ||
| 1883 | 1,766 | 1 | ||
| 1884 | 1,908 | 1 | ||
| 1885 | 1,802 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1886 | 1,629 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1887 | 1,687 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1888 | 1,560 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1889 | 1,753 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1890 | ||||
| 1891 | 1,717 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1892 | 1,870 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1893 | 1,743 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1894 | 1,855 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1895 | 1,848 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1896 | 1,846 | 1 | ||
| 1897 | 1,945 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1898 | 2,074 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1899 | 2,317 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1900 | 2,449 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1901 | ||||
| 1902 | 3,223 | 50 | 1 | |
| 1903 | 3,781 | 33 | 1 | |
| 1904 | 4,234 | 26 | 1 | |
| 1905 | 4,096 | 33 | 1 | |
| 1906 | 4,079 | 21 | 2 | |
| 1907 | 4,868 | 36 | 2 | |
| 1908 | 4,059 | 40 | 3 | |
| 1909 | 4,238 | 16 | 3 | |
| 1910 | 4,129 | 20 | 3 | |
| 1911 | 4,918 | 28 | 3 | |
| 1912 | 4,912 | 21 | 3 | |
| 1913 | 6,204 | 29 | 4 | |
| 1914 | 8,718 | 129 | ||
| 1915 | 7,873 | 120 | ||
| 1916 | 7,727 | 117 | ||
| 1917 | 7,651 | 48 | ||
| 1918 | 6,965 | 52 | ||
| 1919 | 7,315 | 76 | ||
| 1920 | 7,951 | 96 | ||
| 1921 | 8,352 | 92 | ||
| 1922 | 7,853 | 113 | ||
| 1923 | 9,025 | 193 | ||
| 1924 | 8,714 | 167 | ||
| 1925 | 8,091 | 104 | ||
| 1926 | 8,640 | 97 | ||
| 1927 | 9,195 | 136 | ||
| 1928 | 6,979 | 99 | ||
| 1929 | 3,742 | 104 | ||
| 1930 | 3,980 | 126 | ||
| 1931 | 4,456 | 117 | ||
| 1932 | 4,371 | 93 | ||
| 1933 | 6,337 | 87 | ||
| 1934 | 8,361 | 75 | ||
| 1935 | 8,207 | 71 | ||
| 1936 | 7,180 | 74 | ||
| 1937 | 6,919 | 91 | ||
| 1938 | 7,440 | 59 | ||
| 1939 | 10,052 | 58 | ||
| 1940 | 10,649 | 98 | ||
| 1941 | 11,521 | 104 | ||
| 1942 | 12,987 | 184 | ||
| 1943 | 19,285 | 183 | ||
| 1944 | 19,810 | 186 | ||
| 1945 | 15,269 | 211 | ||
| 1946 | 16,021 | 266 | ||
| 1947 | 12,900 | 82 | ||
| 1948 | 8,290 | 109 | ||
| 1949 | 7,438 | 188 | ||
| 1950 | 7,000 | 131 |
In 2020 reopening of the station was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, at an estimated cost of $10m.
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