Terrace End railway station

Terrace End railway station
Location of Terrace End Station, 1906 (centre)
General information
LocationMain Street, Palmerston North
New Zealand
Coordinates40°20'48.3"S 175°37'55.9"E
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type2 shelters in 1960[1]
History
Opened1879
Closed21 October 1960
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Palmerston North
Line closed
1 mi 56 ch (2.7 km) towards Wellington 		  North Island Main Trunk
NZR 		  Bunnythorpe
Line closed
4 mi 73 ch (7.9 km) towards Auckland
Palmerston North
Line closed
1 mi 56 ch (2.7 km) 		  Palmerston North–Gisborne Line
NZR 		  Whakarongo
Line closed
2 mi 53 ch (4.3 km) towards Napier

Terrace End railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) in New Zealand.[2][3] The station served the northern suburb of Terrace End in Palmerston North. The station was located adjacent to a gravel pit owned by the Railways Department (NZR) for ballast production.

The station was opened in 1879, and closed on 21 October 1960.[4] The station was demolished and railway removed in the early 1960s.

History

By July 1876 the rails were in place, linking Palmerston North and Feilding,[5] and ballasting was finished in September.[6] The formal opening of the railway was on 19 October 1876.[7] A public meeting was held in February 1877 to ask for a station at Terrace End.[8] Another public meeting in July 1878 protested about a proposed site,[9] on 22 August 1878 NZR made a decision[10] and in March 1879 the only delay was the supply of timber.[11] A 24 ft (7.3 m) x 9 ft (2.7 m) shelter shed was added by May.[12]

In 1881 there were 3 trains a day each way.

On 28 November 1885 NZR bought the adjacent ballast pit from Manawatu Road Board for £400. In 1929 the ballast pit siding was extended to take 26 wagons and Manawatu County Council took a lot of metal from the pit. It was still in use in 1939,[10] though the pit was converted to a lake and Memorial Park in 1937.[13][14][15]

In 1889-90 the line between Palmerston and Terrace End was doubled to[10] a little east of Terrace End, where the tracks divided as single lines towards Bunnythorpe, or Whakarongo.[16] In 1890 the road to the south of the railway was formed.[10]

By 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, loading bank and cattle yards and in 1931 it was noted there was a caretaker at the station.[10] The station was damaged when a large storm blew through the city in February 1936, causing a small building to collapse.[17][18] The station closed on Friday 21 October 1960,[10] though the line to Palmerston North remained open until the Milson route took over all traffic from 6 June 1964 and lifting of the line started on 26 August.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Aerial photograph of Memorial Park, Terrace End".
  2. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  3. ^ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  4. ^ Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 133.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. EDWARD RICHARDSON". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 25 July 1876. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ "THE FIELDING SETTLEMENT (REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND PRESENT CONDITION OF). APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1877". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL. WANGANUI CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 October 1876. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Public meeting. Manawatu Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 28 February 1877. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Meeting at Terrace End. Manawatu Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 July 1878. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Station Archive". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Manawatu Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 March 1879. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  12. ^ "News and notes. Manawatu Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 7 June 1879. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Local and general. Manawatu Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 August 1937. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  14. ^ "City Council. Manawatu Standard". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 November 1937. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Memorial Park". www.pncc.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  16. ^ "New Zealand Rail Maps". maps.nzrailmaps.nz. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Storm Damaged Terrace End Railway Station".
  18. ^ "Sunday's gale. Levin Daily Chronicle". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 February 1936. Retrieved 10 May 2025.


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