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Taupiri
KiwiRail DL9348 (16003576055).jpg
DL9348 passing site of Taupiri station in 2014
Location New Zealand
Coordinates 37°36′46″S 175°11′22″E / 37.612859°S 175.189352°E / -37.612859; 175.189352
Owned by KiwiRail
Line(s) North Island Main Trunk
Tracks 2
History
Opened 19 December 1877
Closed 3 October 1982
(to passengers before 1976)

Taupiri was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line with a goods shed and an island platform, serving the small settlement of Taupiri in the Waikato District of New Zealand.


Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Huntly
Line open, station closed
  North Island Main Trunk
New Zealand Railways Department
  Ngāruawāhia
Line open, station closed

A stationmaster's house and telegraph office were added in 1882 and a goods shed at about the same time. There were protests when the stationmaster was withdrawn in 1895 and the station was reduced to a flag station, though still staffed. In 1901 this resulted in a case of calves being left at the station.

Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.

Chart of Taupiri railway station ticket sales 1883-1896 and 1906-1950
tickets sales 1883-1896 and 1906-1950 - derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"
year tickets season tickets staff ref.
1883 571 1
1884 1,100 1
1885 1,156 1
1886 976 1
1887 880 1
1888 730 1
1889 998 1
1890
1891 1,042 1
1892 807 1
1893 1,317 1
1894 1,658 1
1895 2,054 1
1896 1,052 Closed 1 Mar
1906 2,495 4 1
1907 5,081 18 1
1908 5,515 16 2
1909 5,399 9 2
1910 6,959 14 2
1911 6,962 15 2
1912 7,019 16 2
1913 7,511 12 3
1914 6,523
1915 7,033 10
1916 6,801 24
1917 6,741 6
1918 6,270 9
1919 6,436 28
1920 6,791 155
1921 8,217 177
1922 8,209 174
1923 8,242 165
1924 8,661 135
1925 8,244 94
1926 7,333 114
1927 6,727 47
1928 5,383 36
1929 5,159 36
1930 4,906 45
1931 5,585 66
1932 4,864 100
1933 6,106 136
1934 7,597 151
1935 7,759 150
1936 7,411 144
1937 6,914 143
1938 7,193 135
1939 7,121 162
1940 8,415 173
1941 9,019 166
1942 10,673 190
1943 13,097 118
1944 12,404 132
1945 8,746 134
1946 8,615 100
1947 5,660 68
1948 4,118 86
1949 3,314 120
1950 2,981 52
KiwiRail Ef30007 & Dl9008 Heading South (32916109770)
KiwiRail Ef30007 & Dl9008 Heading South (32916109770)

Mangawara Bridges 272 and 273

Wooden trestle bridge 57 was built in 1877 to cross the Mangawara Stream, just north of Taupiri. When the line was doubled in 1938, bridges 272 and 273 were built alongside. 273 (east) was replaced from 2015 and 272 (west) upgraded. The replacement used 390 tonnes of steel in two 24m girders connected to 5.5m cross beams. The bridge was the last of 8 bridge upgrades to increase line capacity.

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