Te Horo 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 = Te Horo railway station
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| image = Te Horo in 1961.jpg
| image_caption = Te Horo in 1961
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| country = New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|-40.80426|175.119887|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|19|m|abbr=on}}
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| line = North Island Main Trunk
| distance = Wellington {{convert|64.73|km|abbr=on}}
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| opened = 1 December 1886
| closed = 21 February 1971
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{{convert|2.83|km|abbr=on}}
|next=Hadfield
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{{convert|4.77|km|abbr=on}}
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Te Horo railway station was a flag station at Te Horo, in the Kāpiti Coast District on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. It was served by diesel shuttles between Te Horo and Wellington.{{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}} Only equipment sheds and a passing loop now remain at the station site.{{Cite web|title=School Rd|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-40.8024489,175.1214982,3a,30y,227.48h,88.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stPxDoy07jLd_lMzchWrX4g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Google Maps|language=en}}
History
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}} Te Horo 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 was in the 1 December 1886 timetable{{Cite web|date=26 Jan 1887|title=Railways. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18870126.2.45|access-date=2021-04-14|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and was advertised in 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}}
There was a Post Office at the station, run by a ganger from 1892 to 1910. A goods shed was built in 1893 and cattle yards extended in 1901, when a sheep loading race and platform were added. When New Zealand Railways Department took over in 1908, tablet signalling was introduced. The station was improved in 1909 and a goods shed added in 1910, so that by 1911 it had a shelter shed, platform ({{Convert|129|ft|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|10|in|cm|abbr=on}} high in 1936), cart approach, {{Convert|18|ft|abbr=on}} by {{Convert|12|ft|abbr=on}} goods shed, loading bank, cattle and sheep yards and a passing loop for 43 wagons (extended later that year to 66 wagons, in 1940 to 90 wagons and in 1951 to 100 wagons). A new cattle loading race opened on 5 October 1960.{{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}}
The station burnt down on 4 November 1923. It was rebuilt in 1924 in the style of a type B Troup station,{{Cite web|title=Chapter 25 Built Heritage|url=https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/peka-peka-to-otaki-application/docs/aee-section-25.pdf|website=NZTA}} with a lobby, ladies' waiting room and tablet porter's office.{{Cite web|date=27 Jun 1924|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL. OTAKI MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OTMAIL19240627.2.5|access-date=2021-04-15|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The new station was a {{Convert|37|ft|abbr=on}} lean-to, built of mataī, with kauri benches in the waiting room.
Railway houses were built in 1892 (2), 1893 (2), 1918, 1928 and 1951.
Water tanks at Te Horo were removed in 1959 and Te Horo became an unattended crossing station from 19 May 1962. In 1965 the goods shed was in a poor condition and only small packages arrived by lorry. The stockyards closed on 27 February 1966 and were removed in 1967. On 21 February 1971 Te Horo closed to all traffic. On 10 November 1971 the 1924 station building was sold to a local potter, Mirek Smišek, who moved it to his garden. It is on Kāpiti Coast Council's list of heritage buildings at 990 State Highway 1.{{Cite web|title=Heritage Register|url=https://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/media/27964/part-i-operative-district-plan-heritage-register-288324-_.pdf|website=Kapiti Coast District Council}}
= Tramway =
In 1902 it was reported that WMR had sold over {{Convert|1200|acre|abbr=on}} of rimu bush and that a sawmill and tramline to Te Horo station would open in about 6 weeks.{{Cite web|date=23 Aug 1902|title=MANAWATU STANDARD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19020823.2.7|access-date=2021-04-15|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} In 1903 Campbell Land & Timber Co got permission for a tramway along Mangaone and Te Horo Roads.{{Cite web|title=Letter from Wm Hayward re granting Campbell Land and Timber Co permission to lay down tramway along Mangaone and Te Horo Roads {{!}} Archives Central|url=http://archivescentral.org.nz/horowhenua-dc/record/letter-wm-hayward-re-granting-campbell-land-and-timber-co-permission-lay-down|access-date=2021-04-15|website=archivescentral.org.nz|language=en}} It ran for about {{Convert|8|km||abbr=on}} east from the station.{{cite book|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|publisher=Quail Map Co.|year=1965|edition=First|pages=3 & 4}} About 1906 Campbell Timber Co proposed a siding. They sold the area in 1908.{{Cite web|date=18 Jan 1908|title=BUSINESS NOTES. WANGANUI HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19080118.2.67|access-date=2021-04-15|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The tramway was disused by 1929.{{Cite web|date=15 Apr 1929|title=HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL. OTAKI MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OTMAIL19290415.2.23|access-date=2021-04-15|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
Possible reopening
During the 2017 general election, the Green Party proposed extending electrification to Ōtaki as an alternative to the Northern Corridor extension from Peka Peka.{{cite web|date=18 February 2019|title=Greens suggest extending electric rail services and commuter trains|url=http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=97020|access-date=9 March 2019|publisher=Scoop.co.nz}} The National Party also supported electrification, "to allow people living in Manakau, Ōtaki and Te Horo to easily travel to Wellington".{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=National promises Ōtaki road and rail for Kāpiti Coast|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/422664/national-promises-otaki-road-and-rail-for-kapiti-coast|access-date=2021-04-15|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}
References
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External links
- [https://kapiticoast.pastperfectonline.com/photo/274CCB70-5284-471D-9ABA-407807589340 1971 photo of 1924 station building]
Category:Rail transport in Wellington
Category:Defunct railway stations in New Zealand
Category:Buildings and structures in the Kāpiti Coast District