Manakau railway station

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

{{Distinguish|Manukau railway station}}

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

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Manakau railway station

| type =

| image = Manakau station in 1910.jpg

| image_caption = Manakau station in 1910

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| country = New Zealand

| coordinates = {{coord|-40.715172|175.21602|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}

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

| owned =

| line = North Island Main Trunk

| distance = Wellington {{convert|79.39|km|abbr=on}}

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| opened = 2 August 1886

| closed = passengers by December 1975
goods 4 April 1982[http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand]

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| former = Manukau

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

{{rail line

|previous=Ōhau
Line open,
station closed
{{convert|5.94|km|abbr=on}}

|next=Ōtaki
Line open,
station open
{{convert|8.9|km|abbr=on}}

|route=North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail

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Manakau railway station was a station at Manakau{{Cite web|date=1965|title=1:63360 map Sheet: N152 Levin|url=http://www.mapspast.org.nz/?zoom=13.003333333333334&x=1786394&y=5490127&layerid=NZMS1%201969|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.mapspast.org.nz}} in Horowhenua District{{Cite web|title=Geographic Boundary Viewer|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787¢er=1787645.2472,5490378.0543,2193&scale=4513.988705|access-date=2021-04-14|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} on the Wellington–Manawatu section of the North Island Main Trunk in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of 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 station was sometimes known as Manukau{{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}} and officially changed to Manakau on 28 February 1900.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stations|url=http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NZR Rolling Stock Lists|language=en}} It opened in 1886 and closed in 1982.[http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand] A shed, a hut and a passing loop remain at the site of the station.{{Cite web|title=1076 State Hwy 1|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-40.7149304,175.2158884,3a,75y,109.13h,87.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgXGHMOnJJ6GzoZBGcB1hWQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Google Maps|language=en}}