Waione Siding railway station

Waione Siding was very briefly a stop on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand in the Ōngarue valley.^[1] It was also known as Ninia.^[2]

Waione Siding railway station
Waione on 1956 edition of one inch map sheet N92
General information
Location	New Zealand
Coordinates	38°39′23″S 175°18′57″E / 38.656300°S 175.315900°E / -38.656300; 175.315900
Elevation	203 m (666 ft)
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
Distance	Wellington 426.86 km (265.24 mi)
History
Opened	1 April 1917
Closed	passenger 1 February 1918 goods 3 October 1948
Electrified	June 1988
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station Waimiha Line open, station closed   North Island Main Trunk KiwiRail   Ongarue Line open, station closed

It served a Marton Sash & Door Company tramway^[3] and was also a stop for occasional excursion trains.^[4][5] From 1928 the tramway was operated by a Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive.^[3] In 1927 a shelter shed was built. It was damaged by fire in 1950. In 1929 the siding became a tablet station, at a cost of about £4430.^[2]

The siding served a small settlement, where 23 people voted in 1928^[6] and 22 in 1935.^[7] In 2013 meshblock 1042000, which includes the area west of the railway, had a population of 30 in 6 houses.^[8]

References

1. Scoble, Juliet. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
2. "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. "Price 16-wheeler steam locomotive". National Library of New Zealand. 1916. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. "Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 February 1927. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 February 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. "THE CONTEST IN RAGLAN. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 November 1928. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. "WAITOMO ELECTORATE WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 29 November 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2020.