Te Kawa railway station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Te Kawa railway station
Te Kawa railway station in 1934
Location	New Zealand
Coordinates	38°05′35″S 175°17′01″E / 38.093093°S 175.283518°E / -38.093093; 175.283518
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
Distance	Wellington 506.88 km (314.96 mi)
History
Opened	9 March 1887
Closed	17 October 1971
Electrified	June 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station Te Mawhai Line open, station closed   North Island Main Trunk KiwiRail   Kiokio Line open, station closed

1955 one inch to one mile map (Source- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence)

Te Kawa railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, located at Te Kawa.

The railway crossed 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) (or 8,000) Te Kawa Swamp to the north of the station on a 60 chains (4,000 ft; 1,200 m) embankment. Culverts were included to maintain the effectiveness of eel weirs in the swamp and provide for the flow of water. A post office was open by 1909 and a drainage board set up, which was extended in 1915, by which time the station was handling traffic for Waikeria Prison.

In 1908 the station was being considered as a junction for a line to Kawhia and Raglan and by 1920 as a junction on a railway from Kawhia to Rotorua.

The line to the south of Te Kawa falls on a 1 in 183 gradient. There was a private siding for grain at the station in the 1970s and 80s.

The station site was sold in 2000.