Hautere railway station

{{short description|Defunct railway station in New Zealand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}}

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| name = Hautere railway station

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| country = New Zealand

| coordinates = {{coord|-40.783644|175.136327|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = {{convert|30|m|abbr=on}}

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| line = North Island Main Trunk

| distance = Wellington {{convert|67.6|km|abbr=on}}

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| opened = by 1887

| closed = 3 February 1900{{Cite web |url=http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf |title=Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032358/http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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{{rail line

|previous=Ōtaki
Line open,
station open
{{convert|2.68|km|abbr=on}}

|next=Te Horo
Line open,
station closed
{{convert|2.83|km|abbr=on}}

|route=North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail

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}}Hautere railway station was a flag station{{Cite web|date=24 Oct 1889|title=WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18891024.2.42|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.{{cite book|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|year=1965|publisher=Quail Map Co.|pages=3 & 4|edition=First}}{{cite book|last=Pierre|first=Bill|title=North Island Main Trunk|year=1981|publisher=A.H&A.W Reed|location=Wellington|isbn=0589013165|pages=289–290}}

The Wellington-Manawatu Line was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) when the first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886.{{Cite web|date=30 Nov 1886|title=WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18861130.2.25|access-date=2021-04-10|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Hautere was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.{{Cite web|date=8 Oct 1886|title=WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18861008.2.61|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The station wasn't in the February 1887 timetable,{{Cite web|date=29 Jul 1887|title=WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18870729.2.45|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} but had opened by December 1887, when WMR was selling nearby land{{Cite web|date=14 Dec 1887|title=NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18871214.2.39.3|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}{{Cite web|date=14 Dec 1887|title=NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18871214.2.39.2|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and was in an 1888 timetable.{{Cite web|date=30 Oct 1888|title=Railways. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18881030.2.35|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} By 1895 it was only a siding for goods traffic, with a sawmill. On 3 February 1900 it was reported as closed.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stations|url=http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209105947/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|archive-date=9 February 2021|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NZR Rolling Stock Lists|language=en|url-status=dead}}

Only a single track now passes through the station site.{{Cite web|title=9 Old Hautere Rd|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-40.7836978,175.1358776,3a,30y,129.33h,90.58t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s46RZ_gI_crAIs6f4oeaptw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.5799999999999983%26panoid%3D46RZ_gI_crAIs6f4oeaptw%26yaw%3D129.33!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDExMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Google Maps|language=en}}