Hamilton railway station, New Zealand

[4] In 1909 a new, larger station was built to cope with the extra traffic of the through line to Wellington, 16 chains (1,100 ft; 320 m)[5] to the north.

[7] Due to the end of steam operation in the North Island in 1968, the depot was closed and a new station, 400 yd (370 m) south of the existing Frankton Junction was tendered for in October 1972.

[3] The listed[8] Frankton South End signal box was relocated to the Hamilton Miniature Engineers' site at Minogue Park,[9] opposite the new Te Rapa loco depot.

The scale of past use of the station is indicated by a 1936 report that 3 months' revenue was £7065 for tickets (27,025 sold), £1482 for parcels and £24,143 for goods, including 43,357 sheep, 5,849 cattle and 1,756,450 bd ft (4,144.8 m3) of timber.

[80] Kiwirail uses Hamilton Kirikiriroa Frankton Station, to describe their Northern Explorer train stop.

tickets sales 1882–1950 – derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"
Northern Explorer at Hamilton in 2024 heading north
Northern Explorer at Hamilton in 2018 heading south
Hamilton station from Massey Hall bridge, showing the NIMT platform (right) and ECMT (left). In 2006, the station still had the long canopy over the platforms
Frankton Junction about 1915
AARD Hudson buses at Frankton Junction early 1920s loaded with mailbags. The 1937 link shows that the station then had many bus connections. No bus now serves the station.
Northern Explorer at Hamilton in 2012, ready to depart for Auckland. Most of the platform canopy was removed about 2008.
Plaque next to main entrance – opened by Ron Bailey 6 August 1975
A 25-minute walk to the city centre, 7 minutes on the Western Rail Trail , or 5 minute walk to the half-hourly [ 83 ] bus