Defunct railway station in New Zealand
Ongarue railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, serving the sawmill town of Ongarue.[2][3]
In 1900 the station was known as Kawakawa and then Ongaruhe.[4]
From 1922 to 1958 most of the timber freight at the station came from the connected Ellis and Burnand Tramway.[citation needed]
It was the scene of the Ongarue railway disaster in 1923, up to then, the worst rail crash in the country.[citation needed]
In 1941 the station employed a stationmaster and two clerks.[5]
Patronage[edit]
Passenger numbers peaked in 1944, as shown in the graph and table below -
year | tickets | season tickets | staff | source |
1912 | 4,613 | | 4 | "RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1912" |
1913 | 5,464 | 32 | 4 | "RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1913" |
1914 | 5,776 | 71 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1914" |
1915 | 8,119 | 81 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1915" |
1916 | 7,528 | 39 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1916" |
1917 | 7,737 | 48 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1917" |
1918 | 7,976 | 46 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1918" |
1919 | 7,721 | 88 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1919" |
1920 | 8,986 | 100 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1920" |
1921 | 9,622 | 69 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1921" |
1922 | 11,541 | 96 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1922" |
1923 | 12,633 | 149 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1923" |
1924 | 12,430 | 132 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1924" |
1925 | 13,347 | 62 | | "RETURN No. 12. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1925" |
1926 | 15,624 | 105 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1926" |
1927 | 15,844 | 36 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1927" |
1928 | 15,134 | 102 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1928" |
1929 | 14,834 | 99 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1929" |
1930 | 13,453 | 93 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1930" |
1931 | 18,709 | 100 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1931" |
1932 | 13,245 | 88 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1932" |
1933 | 12,732 | 130 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1933" |
1934 | 13,440 | 179 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1934" |
1935 | 13,963 | 187 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1935" |
1936 | 15,966 | 173 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1936" |
1937 | 18,434 | 114 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1937" |
1938 | 16,108 | 133 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1938" |
1939 | 18,009 | 136 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1939" |
1940 | 18,690 | 85 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1940" |
1941 | 20,837 | 73 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1941" |
1942 | 23,559 | 92 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1942" |
1943 | 26,817 | 75 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1943" |
1944 | 27,378 | 82 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1944" |
1945 | 23,674 | 60 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1945" |
1946 | 25,709 | 50 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1946" |
1947 | 23,309 | 6 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1947" |
1948 | 20,718 | 44 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1948" |
1949 | 18,384 | 34 | | "STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1949" |
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