Ashhurst Railway Station

Description

A train pulls into the Ashhurst Railway Station. Ashhurst Station operated as a simple flag station for its first year, then on 7 March 1892 the railway station was opened. It was an important stop before entering the Manawatū Gorge, on the Palmerston North to Woodville line. In 1980 the Ashhurst station building was sold by the Railway Department and the buildings demolished.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Identification

Identifier

2014N_Z5245_009711

Archive

Ashhurst Historical Photograph Collection

Date

circa 1925

Digitisation id

2014N_Z5245_009711

Format

B&W negative