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Kopaki was a 
The 1925-26 timber bridge carrying SH30 over the railway was rebuilt between 2021 and 2023 to carry high productivity vehicles. It opened on 26 May 2023 and is skewed, with a length of and a cost of $12.4m.
Only the shelter shed and passing loop remain.
Video of electric freight train going through passing loop
*2016 photos of former Auckland passenger train
1964 photo of Ka 953 in Kopaki Gorge
{{Waitomo District Defunct railway stations in New Zealand Waitomo District Rail transport in Waikato Buildings and structures in Waikato Railway stations opened in 1901 Railway stations closed in 1982 1901 establishments in New Zealand 1982 disestablishments in New Zealand Railway stations in New Zealand opened in the 1900s Railway stations in New Zealand closed in the 20th century
flag station
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on the North Island Main Trunk
The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland. The line is long, built to the New Zealand rail gauge of and ser ...
line, in the Waitomo District
Waitomo District is a territorial authority, located in the Waikato region, at the north of the King Country area in the North Island of New Zealand. A small part of the district, the locality of Tiroa, however, lies in the Manawatū-Whanganui ...
of New Zealand.
It was part of the Puketutu to Poro-O-Tarao contract, which began in September 1892. From 18 January 1897 a weekly goods train ran to Poro-O-Tarao.
A cattle yard was built in 1920. The passing loop was lengthened in 1939, to hold 219 rather than 97 wagons. The work was done at the same time the loop at Waiteti was installed, the total cost for both being £19,000.
The gradient to the north of the station is 1 in 70.
There was a Farmers Union store at Kopaki in 1920 and a sawmill in 1952.
Kopaki post office was from the railway station.
A 1980 report said there was a concrete block shelter shed and a loop for 121 wagons.
The 1925-26 timber bridge carrying SH30 over the railway was rebuilt between 2021 and 2023 to carry high productivity vehicles. It opened on 26 May 2023 and is skewed, with a length of and a cost of $12.4m.
Only the shelter shed and passing loop remain.
References
External links
Video of electric freight train going through passing loop
*2016 photos of former Auckland passenger train
1964 photo of Ka 953 in Kopaki Gorge
{{Waitomo District Defunct railway stations in New Zealand Waitomo District Rail transport in Waikato Buildings and structures in Waikato Railway stations opened in 1901 Railway stations closed in 1982 1901 establishments in New Zealand 1982 disestablishments in New Zealand Railway stations in New Zealand opened in the 1900s Railway stations in New Zealand closed in the 20th century