page_title: Taringamotu railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Taringamotu railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Taringamotu railway station passenger use 1910-1927 derived from annual returns of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31st March
context_page_description: Taringamotu railway station was a station at Taringamotu on the North Island Main Trunk, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region, 402.49 km from Wellington, 4.74 km north of Taumarunui, 6.05 km south of Okahukura and 173 m above sea level.
  Goods traffic was reported to have started by November 1902. A station master was appointed in 1911. In 1920 he was working over 12 hours a day.
  The name was changed from Taringamutu to Taringamotu after Alexander Young had described it as an error in Parliament in 1913.
  Electric lighting came about 1936.
  Timber was the main traffic, transferring from the Taringamotu Tramway, but the station also handled other goods, such as 122 tons of fertilisers in 1926.
  Passenger numbers rose rapidly until 1916, as shown in the table and graph below -
context_section_description: Taringamotu railway station was a station at Taringamotu on the North Island Main Trunk, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region, 402.49 km (250.10 mi) from Wellington, 4.74 km (2.95 mi) north of Taumarunui, 6.05 km (3.76 mi) south of Okahukura and 173 m (568 ft) above sea level.
  Goods traffic was reported to have started by November 1902. A station master was appointed in 1911. In 1920 he was working over 12 hours a day.
  The name was changed from Taringamutu to Taringamotu after Alexander Young had described it as an error in Parliament in 1913.
  Electric lighting came about 1936.
  Timber was the main traffic, transferring from the Taringamotu Tramway, but the station also handled other goods, such as 122 tons of fertilisers in 1926.
  Passenger numbers rose rapidly until 1916, as shown in the table and graph below -
caption: Taringamotu railway station passenger use 1910-1927
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