Terrace End railway station
Defunct railway station in New Zealand
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Terrace End railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) in New Zealand.[2][3] The station served the northern suburb of Terrace End in Palmerston North. The station was located adjacent to a gravel pit owned by the Railways Department (NZR) for ballast production.
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Location of Terrace End Station, 1906 (centre) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Main Street, Palmerston North New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°20′48.3″S 175°37′55.9″E | |||||||||||||||
| Line | North Island Main Trunk | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | 2 shelters in 1960[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1879 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 21 October 1960 | |||||||||||||||
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The station was opened in 1879, and closed on 21 October 1960.[4] The station was demolished and railway removed in the early 1960s.
History
By July 1876 the rails were in place, linking Palmerston North and Feilding,[5] and ballasting was finished in September.[6] The formal opening of the railway was on 19 October 1876.[7] A public meeting was held in February 1877 to ask for a station at Terrace End.[8] Another public meeting in July 1878 protested about a proposed site,[9] on 22 August 1878 NZR made a decision[10] and in March 1879 the only delay was the supply of timber.[11] A 24 ft (7.3 m) x 9 ft (2.7 m) shelter shed was added by May.[12]
In 1881 there were 3 trains a day each way.
On 28 November 1885 NZR bought the adjacent ballast pit from Manawatu Road Board for £400. In 1929 the ballast pit siding was extended to take 26 wagons and Manawatu County Council took a lot of metal from the pit. It was still in use in 1939,[10] though the pit was converted to a lake and Memorial Park in 1937.[13][14][15]
In 1889-90 the line between Palmerston and Terrace End was doubled to[10] a little east of Terrace End, where the tracks divided as single lines towards Bunnythorpe, or Whakarongo.[16] In 1890 the road to the south of the railway was formed.[10]
By 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, loading bank and cattle yards and in 1931 it was noted there was a caretaker at the station.[10] The station was damaged when a large storm blew through the city in February 1936, causing a small building to collapse.[17][18] The station closed on Friday 21 October 1960,[10] though the line to Palmerston North remained open until the Milson route took over all traffic from 6 June 1964 and lifting of the line started on 26 August.[10]
