The Wakarongo Station was closed for passenger services in the 1960s, and the station sold and demolished in 1967. The goods yard was officially closed to all traffic in 1983 and the tracks uplifted some time after.
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Dismantling the Whakarongo Railway goods yard.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1985 to circa 1989
- Digitisation ID
- 2008N_Wh25_RTL_0997
- Held In
- Community Archives
Creation
- Created By
- Graeme Blackley
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags