Kopaki railway station | |||||||||||
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Kopaki in 1957
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°28′42″S 175°16′24″E / 38.478387°S 175.273304°E / -38.478387; 175.273304 | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 454.62 km (282.49 mi) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1901 | ||||||||||
| Closed | passengers before 12/1975 goods 31 January 1982 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1988 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Paritikona until 8 December 1912 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Kopaki was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Waitomo District of New Zealand.[1]
It was part of the Puketutu to Poro-O-Tarao contract, which began in September 1892.[2] From 18 January 1897 a weekly goods train ran to Poro-O-Tarao.[3]
A cattle yard was built in 1920.[4] The passing loop was lengthened in 1939,[5] to hold 219 rather than 97 wagons.[6] The work was done at the same time the loop at Waiteti was installed, the total cost for both being £19,000.[7]
The gradient to the north of the station is 1 in 70.[8]
There was a Farmers Union store at Kopaki in 1920[9] and a sawmill in 1952.[10]
Kopaki post office was 30 ch (2,000 ft; 600 m) from the railway station.[11]
A 1980 report said there was a concrete block shelter shed and a loop for 121 wagons.[12]
The 1925[13]-26[14] timber bridge carrying SH30 over the railway was rebuilt between 2021 and 2023 to carry high productivity vehicles.[15] It opened on 26 May 2023[16] and is skewed, with a length of 68 m (223 ft) and a cost of $12.4m.[17]
Only the shelter shed and passing loop remain.[18]
