Kiokio railway station

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

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

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Kiokio railway station

| country = New Zealand

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| image = Kiokio 1944.jpg

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| image_caption = Kiokio in 1944

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| coordinates = {{coord|-38.153255|175.239658|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}

| line = North Island Main Trunk

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| distance = Wellington {{convert|498.86|km|abbr=on}}

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| opened = 9 March 1887

| closed = 28 November 1971 goods,
9 June 1969 passenger{{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=22 September 2015 |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 }}

| rebuilt =

| electrified = June 1988

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| elevation = {{convert|36|m|abbr=on}}

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| services = {{s-rail|title=Historical railways}}

{{rail line

|previous=Te Kawa
Line open, station closed
{{convert|8.02 |km|abbr=on}}

|next=Ōtorohanga
Line open, station open
{{convert|4.45|km|abbr=on}}

|route=North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail

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File:1955 Te Kawa - Kiokio - Otorohanga North Island Main Trunk map.jpg

Kiokio railway station was a flag station 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}}

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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stations|url=http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208074304/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NZR Rolling Stock Lists|language=en}} In 1913 traffic at the station was described as, "rapidly increasing" and the Minister for Railways approved a goods shed {{convert|30|ft|abbr=on}} by {{convert|20|ft|abbr=on}} with a verandah over a new siding.[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=KCC19130802.2.31 King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 590, 2 August 1913, Page 5 KIO KIO RAILWAY STATION. GOODS SHED PROVIDED] 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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stations|url=http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208074304/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NZR Rolling Stock Lists|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kio Kio Station Rd|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-38.1539046,175.2385874,3a,15y,35.95h,89.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEGa1s8ppG1Xl0QpyS2zBAA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Google Maps|language=en}}