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Kiokio railway station
Kiokio 1944.jpg
Kiokio in 1944
Location New Zealand
Coordinates 38°09′12″S 175°14′23″E / 38.153255°S 175.239658°E / -38.153255; 175.239658
Elevation 36 m (118 ft)
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
Distance Wellington 498.86 km (309.98 mi)
History
Opened 9 March 1887
Closed 28 November 1971 goods,
9 June 1969 passenger
Electrified June 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Te Kawa
Line open, station closed
8.02 km (4.98 mi)
  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail
  Ōtorohanga
Line open, station open
4.45 km (2.77 mi)
1955 Te Kawa - Kiokio - Otorohanga North Island Main Trunk map
1955 one inch to one mile map

Kiokio railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.

By December 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach and a crossing loop for 4 wagons. By December 1911 a loading bank had been added and the loop extended for 7 wagons. In 1913 traffic at the station was described as, "rapidly increasing" and the Minister for Railways approved a goods shed 30 ft (9.1 m) by 20 ft (6.1 m) with a verandah over a new siding. A 1963 report said the station building was built in 1887 and last painted in 1960. It closed to passengers on Monday, 9 June 1969 and to all traffic on Sunday, 28 November 1971. There is now just a single track through the station site and, apart from the name of the road, little sign that there was ever a station.

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