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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Hukanui Railway Station

The Hukanui railway station on the Wairarapa Line was located in the Tararua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand’s North Island.

The station served the settlement of Hukanui, which was established in 1894, and was briefly called Brownston. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "heavy snow" for Hukanui.

View of Hukanui Railway Station and a passenger train with steam locomotive at the station. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1917.

The station opened on 9 October 1896 and closed on 1 August 1988.

The 162-metre (531 ft) bridge across Mangatainoka River, to the south of Hukanui, is the longest on the line.

References

  1. ^ "Brownston the town its residents wanted to rename (with photo of station site)". Stuff (Fairfax). 9 February 2019.
  2. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst, The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History (Auckland: HarperCollins, 1991), pg. 160.