Claudelands railway station

Claudelands had a railway station from 1 October 1884 to 2 June 1991,^[3] named Hamilton East until 1 March 1899,^[4] and then Kirikiriroa until 1 February 1914,^[5] when it was changed to Claudelands after a petition.^[6]

The station was between Brooklyn Road and Claudelands Road.^[1]

By 1884 the station had a goods shed and cattle pens.^[7] In 1912, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce applied for a porter to be employed there,^[8] which was approved in 1913, when it became a tablet station^[9] and the yard was extended,^[10] after a lengthy residents' campaign.^[11] A 30 ft (9.1 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) goods shed was built in 1925^[12] and electric lighting added by 1927.^[13] Railway houses were built in 1920, 1954 and 1955.^[7] The station building was damaged by fire on 23 April 1949^[7] and burnt down on 11 July 1987,^[14] though there is a photograph of the station captioned as 25 June 1988.^[15] The stockyards closed on 12 May 1969 and the station closed on 2 June 1991.^[7]

In 2020 double tracking, and potentially reopening the station for events, were put forward as part of a $150m scheme to relay tracks to Cambridge.^[16] The scheme was proposed as part of efforts to help the area recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.