Porewa railway station

Porewa railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand located in Pohonui-Porewa,[1][2] on the Hunterville Branch (later incorporated into the NIMT), 6 mi 42 ch (10.5 km) from Marton.

[6] The official opening of the 15 mi 57 ch (25.3 km) Marton to Hunterville section was on Saturday 2 June 1888, when the station was served by two trains a week.

[8] Gifford & O'Connor built the station in 1887, its final certificate being given on 6 January 1888.

By 1896 Porewa had a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, loading bank, urinals and a passing loop for 27 wagons, extended to 76 by 1980.

[16] The realignment of State Highway 1 alongside the railway occurred between the map editions of 1986 and 2009.

Porewa railway station plan 1915 showing the goods shed location