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Ngaroto railway station was a station on the
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. 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. 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.
Apart from electrification, the only significant work since then seems to have been in 1928, when a lengthy embankment and raised bridge over the New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 10 Main Trunk Line. Improvement to Gradient. Te Awamutu to Ngaroto
/ref> Ngaroto only featured in annual reports for 3 years –
Ngaroto on 1:50,000 map
Defunct railway stations in New Zealand Rail transport in Waikato Buildings and structures in Waikato Railway stations in New Zealand opened in 1880 {{NewZealand-railstation-stub
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 ...
in New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
, south of Lake Rd, north of Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilto ...
, beside the entrance tYarndley'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. 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. 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.
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
The Mangapiko Stream is mostly a low-lying peat stream that flows through the heart of the Waipa district, Waikato. The stream begins near the summit of Mt Maungatautari and then weaves westward through low-lying dairy farmland and eventually b ...
lifted the line about , to ease the climb from Te Awamutu to Ngaroto./ref> Ngaroto only featured in annual reports for 3 years –
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Ngaroto on 1:50,000 map
Defunct railway stations in New Zealand Rail transport in Waikato Buildings and structures in Waikato Railway stations in New Zealand opened in 1880 {{NewZealand-railstation-stub