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*Auckland Weekly News photos – [://..govt.nz/// 1936 Railway carriages blown off the line by the force of the wind at Makerua] and [://..govt.nz/// Miranui Flaxmill in 1909] |
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*[http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/03/17/the-little-engine-that-couldnt-the-miranui-tramway/ Miranui Tramway] |
*[http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/03/17/the-little-engine-that-couldnt-the-miranui-tramway/ Miranui Tramway] |
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*[http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz46493/Makerua/Manawatu-Wanganui 1:50,000 map] |
*[http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz46493/Makerua/Manawatu-Wanganui 1:50,000 map] |
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Latest revision as of 03:38, 8 December 2025
Defunct railway station in New Zealand
Makerua railway station was a station in Horowhenua District on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.[2][3] Only a single track now passes through the station site.[4]
Makerua was opened as a flag station[5] by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company on Monday 2 August 1886, when trains started to run between Longburn and ÅŒtaki,[6] though a special train had run from Longburn to Ohau in April 1886.[7] The first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.[8] Makerua didn’t appear in timetables until 1888.[9] Palmerston to Wellington trains started to call at the station from 1910.[10]
In 1889 a new siding and platform were built at Makerua. By 1911 it had a shelter shed, platform and a loop for 16 wagons. From 1929 a tablet was used. A new station was built in 1946.[11]
The Makerua Swamp was to the north west of the railway, where 11Â mi (18Â km) of tramway had been laid by 1903.[12] There were also many other flax mills in the area.[13]
Trains were blown off the lines at Makerua in 1916[14] and in 1936,[15] when the shelter shed was also blown over.[16] An anemometer installed at Shannon in 1937[11] now checks wind speeds.[17]
On 23 October 1966,[18] or 1967 Makaroa closed to all traffic.[11]
