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Hadfield railway station was a flag station, sometimes shown as Hatfield,[2] on the North Island Main Trunk and in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand.[3][4]

It opened on 1 December 1886 and closed on 15 January 1906.[5] The only siding was a loop with capacity for 28 wagons and locomotive. It had a "waiting shed" and was probably named after the nearby Te Kowhai or Hadfield's Creek.[6]

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.[7] Hadfield was part of the Waikanae to Ōtaki contract, let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson.[8]

Only a single track now passes through the station site.[9]

References

  1. ^ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. ^ "Railways. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 January 1887. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  4. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  5. ^ "Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ Hoy 1972, pp. 52, 120.
  7. ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY LINE. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 November 1886. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ "WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 October 1886. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Hadfield Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  • Hoy, Douglas (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. Dunedin: Southern Press.


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