Taupiri | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°36′46″S 175°11′22″E / 37.612859°S 175.189352°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | KiwiRail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 19 December 1877[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | 3 October 1982 (to passengers before 1976) | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Taupiri was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line with a goods shed[2] and an island platform,[3] serving the small settlement of Taupiri in the Waikato District of New Zealand.
A stationmaster's house and telegraph office were added in 1882[4] and a goods shed at about the same time.[5] There were protests when the stationmaster was withdrawn in 1895[6] and the station was reduced to a flag station,[7] though still staffed.[8] In 1901 this resulted in a case of calves being left at the station.[9]
Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.
year | tickets | season tickets | staff | ref. |
1883 | 571 | 1 | [10] | |
1884 | 1,100 | 1 | [11] | |
1885 | 1,156 | 1 | [12] | |
1886 | 976 | 1 | [13] | |
1887 | 880 | 1 | [14] | |
1888 | 730 | 1 | [15] | |
1889 | 998 | 1 | [16] | |
1890 | [17] | |||
1891 | 1,042 | 1 | [18] | |
1892 | 807 | 1 | [19] | |
1893 | 1,317 | 1 | [20] | |
1894 | 1,658 | 1 | [21] | |
1895 | 2,054 | 1 | [22] | |
1896 | 1,052 | Closed 1 Mar | [23] | |
1906 | 2,495 | 4 | 1 | [24] |
1907 | 5,081 | 18 | 1 | [25] |
1908 | 5,515 | 16 | 2 | [26] |
1909 | 5,399 | 9 | 2 | [27] |
1910 | 6,959 | 14 | 2 | [28] |
1911 | 6,962 | 15 | 2 | [29] |
1912 | 7,019 | 16 | 2 | [30] |
1913 | 7,511 | 12 | 3 | [31] |
1914 | 6,523 | [32] | ||
1915 | 7,033 | 10 | [33] | |
1916 | 6,801 | 24 | [34] | |
1917 | 6,741 | 6 | [35] | |
1918 | 6,270 | 9 | [36] | |
1919 | 6,436 | 28 | [37] | |
1920 | 6,791 | 155 | [38] | |
1921 | 8,217 | 177 | [39] | |
1922 | 8,209 | 174 | [40] | |
1923 | 8,242 | 165 | [41] | |
1924 | 8,661 | 135 | [42] | |
1925 | 8,244 | 94 | [43] | |
1926 | 7,333 | 114 | [44] | |
1927 | 6,727 | 47 | [45] | |
1928 | 5,383 | 36 | [46] | |
1929 | 5,159 | 36 | [47] | |
1930 | 4,906 | 45 | [48] | |
1931 | 5,585 | 66 | [49] | |
1932 | 4,864 | 100 | [50] | |
1933 | 6,106 | 136 | [51] | |
1934 | 7,597 | 151 | [52] | |
1935 | 7,759 | 150 | [53] | |
1936 | 7,411 | 144 | [54] | |
1937 | 6,914 | 143 | [55] | |
1938 | 7,193 | 135 | [56] | |
1939 | 7,121 | 162 | [57] | |
1940 | 8,415 | 173 | [58] | |
1941 | 9,019 | 166 | [59] | |
1942 | 10,673 | 190 | [60] | |
1943 | 13,097 | 118 | [61] | |
1944 | 12,404 | 132 | [62] | |
1945 | 8,746 | 134 | [63] | |
1946 | 8,615 | 100 | [64] | |
1947 | 5,660 | 68 | [65] | |
1948 | 4,118 | 86 | [66] | |
1949 | 3,314 | 120 | [67] | |
1950 | 2,981 | 52 | [68] |
Wooden trestle bridge 57 was built in 1877 to cross the Mangawara Stream, just north of Taupiri. When the line was doubled in 1938,[69] bridges 272 and 273 were built alongside.[70] 273 (east) was replaced from 2015[71] and 272 (west) upgraded.[72] The replacement used 390 tonnes of steel in two 24m girders connected to 5.5m cross beams.[73] The bridge was the last of 8 bridge[74] upgrades to increase line capacity.[75]