page_title: Hukanui railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Hukanui railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Hukanui Railway Station and a passenger train with steam locomotive at the station. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1917.
context_page_description: The Hukanui railway station on the Wairarapa Line was located in the Tararua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand’s North Island.
  The station served the settlement of Hukanui, which was established in 1894, and was briefly called Brownston. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "heavy snow" for Hukanui.
  The station opened on 9 October 1896 and closed on 1 August 1988. It became a siding in January 2009.
  The 162-metre bridge across Mangatainoka River, to the south of Hukanui, is the longest on the line.
context_section_description: The Hukanui railway station on the Wairarapa Line was located in the Tararua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand’s North Island.
  The station served the settlement of Hukanui, which was established in 1894, and was briefly called Brownston. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "heavy snow" for Hukanui.
  The station opened on 9 October 1896 and closed on 1 August 1988. It became a siding in January 2009.
  The 162-metre (531 ft) bridge across Mangatainoka River, to the south of Hukanui, is the longest on the line.
caption: Hukanui about 1917
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