Ngaroto railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, south of Lake Rd, north of Te Awamutu,Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1926, Page 8 – Main Trunk Blocked. Goods Train Derailed. Leaves Rails at Ngaroto near the entrance to Yarndley's Bush. Lake Ngaroto is visible from the railway to the north of the station.
The station was planned in 1879 and opened in 1880 at the same time the NIMT was extended to Te Awamutu, though it wasn't mentioned in the press until postal contracts were being let in 1881.Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3163, 8 September 1880, Page 1 The station and goods shed were being built in April 1880 and by 1884 Ngaroto had a 4th class station, passenger platform, cart approach, x goods shed, loading bank, stationmaster's house and urinals. From 1883 to 1917 there was a Post Office at the station. In 1897 a guard applied for additions to his house. There were cattle yards by 1897 and sheep yards by 1911. A crossing loop could hold 41 wagons. There was a proposal to close the station in 1886. It was staffed until 1887, when a ganger took on running the post office. In the early years it was a vital part of local farm transport.New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13357, 11 December 1906, Page 5 Shortage of Railway Trucks The decking of the road bridge was replaced in 1932. In 1936 there were plans to lower the track by and close the goods shed. In 1939 it was suggested the goods shed could be closed.
Apart from electrification, the only significant work since then seems to have been in 1928, when a lengthy embankment and raised bridge over the Mangapiko Stream lifted the line about , to ease the climb from Te Awamutu to Ngaroto.New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 10 Main Trunk Line. Improvement to Gradient. Te Awamutu to Ngaroto
Ngaroto only featured in annual reports for 3 years – yearticketsseason ticketsstaffref.18853801188634611887286221
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