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Lake Road Railway Station
Lake Road railway station was a flag station in the Waikato Region and on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.

By February 1880 the contractor, Mr Fallon, had laid the rails from Ōhaupō to a point south of Lake Road. The line opened to Te Awamutu on Thursday 1 July 1880. Lake Road wasn't shown in the original timetable, but, in 1880, there was pressure from local farmers for a station between Ōhaupō and Ngaroto.

In October 1880 it was decided to open a 7th class station at Wrights Road, mid-way between Ōhaupō and Ngaroto. David Henderson won the contract for the station buildings in November 1880. The station first appeared in the 1 March 1881 timetable. By 1884 Lake Road had a shelter shed, platform and cart approach. Toilets were added in 1908, but there was also a complaint that the platform was only long enough for two coaches.

By 1911 it also had a loading bank. That year a man died when he'd not informed the guard that he wanted to get off at the flag station and fell from the moving train. In 1914 the 1 in 43 gradient at Lake Road was eased to 1 in 100, allowing train tonnages to be increased from a maximum of 209 to 494 tons.

On Sunday 7 July 1940 Lake Road closed to all traffic.

References

  1. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. ^ "SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 February 1880. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ "TE AWAMUTU RAILWAY EXTENSION THE OPENING. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 July 1880. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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  8. ^ "WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 October 1880. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ "NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 March 1881. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. ^ "RAILWAYS STATEMENT (14th July, 1908). BY THE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS. THE HON. WM. HALL-JONES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  12. ^ "The Lake Road Station. WAIKATO ARGUS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 September 1908. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  13. ^ "RAILWAY FATALITY. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 November 1911. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  14. ^ "REPORT ON NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS, BY MR. E. H. HILEY, GENERAL MANAGER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1914. Retrieved 18 April 2021.


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