Waione Siding Railway Station
Waione Siding was very briefly a stop on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand in the Ōngarue valley. It was also known as Ninia.
It served a Marton Sash & Door Company tramway and was also a stop for occasional excursion trains. From 1928 the tramway was operated by a Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive. In 1927 a shelter shed was built. It was damaged by fire in 1950. In 1929 the siding became a tablet station, at a cost of about £4430.
The siding served a small settlement, where 23 people voted in 1928 and 22 in 1935. In 2013 meshblock 1042000, which includes the area west of the railway, had a population of 30 in 6 houses.
References
- ^ Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
- ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive". National Library of New Zealand. 1916. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 February 1927. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 February 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "THE CONTEST IN RAGLAN. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 November 1928. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "WAITOMO ELECTORATE WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 November 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2020.