Tironui railway station
Tironui | |||||||||||
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![]() Tironui in 1950 - the station was a large shelter shed | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°03′16″S 174°56′15″E / 37.054318°S 174.937602°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Distance | Wellington 648.95 km (403.24 mi) | ||||||||||
Tracks | Doubled 29 March 1931 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 May 1926 | ||||||||||
Closed | 13 August 1983 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC from 15 January 2015 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Tironui railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, south of Auckland between Takanini railway station and Papakura railway station.[1][2] It had a station building and a 92 m (302 ft) long, 42 cm (17 in) high platform.[3] Electric light was added in 1933.[4] According to Scoble, it was opened on 10 May 1926 and closed on 13 August 1983.[5]
The opening of the station added 2 minutes to the schedules of Auckland-Papakura trains.[6] Puhinui, Homai and Te Mahia all opened at about the same time as Tironui, to cater for the expansion of Auckland's southern suburbs.[7]
The railway through Tironui was opened on 20 May 1875, as part of the Auckland and Mercer Railway, built by Brogden & Co,[8] who extended it from Penrose.[9] Duplication of the tracks between Papatoetoe and Papakura, through Tironui, started in 1929 as an employment relief scheme[10] and was completed on 29 March 1931.[3] It was electrified in 2015.[11]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "expansive view" for Tironui.[12]
In 2015 Auckland Transport agreed to investigation of a potential station site at Tironui, which could be opened if growth requires it.[13] Other potential new rail stations looked at were Paerātā, Drury and Drury West.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
- ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
- ^ a b "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. 2012.
- ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL. FRANKLIN TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 May 1933. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 May 1926. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "NEW STATION ON PAPAKURA LINE. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 13 July 1926. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "OPENING OF THE Auckland and Mercer Railway FOR TRAFFIC. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 May 1875. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "DISTRICTS OPENED BY THE RAILWAY—APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 May 1875. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "work started on the duplication of the Papatoetoe to Papakura railway line. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 11 October 1929. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Electric trains now from Papakura". Greater Auckland. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Southern Rail Stations Information for release" (PDF). Auckland Transport. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022.
- ^ "High density housing coming to rural Auckland". Stuff. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2021.