Mangatainoka railway station in 2008

The Mangatainoka 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 formerly served the farming settlement of Mangatainoka.

The station opened on 1 July 1897 and closed on 1 August 1988.[1]

On Tuesday 15 April 1902 Charles Spengler a one-legged man died when he fell from the station onto the track.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
  2. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX19020418.2.10?end_date=19-04-1902&items_per_page=10&query=station+death&snippet=true&start_date=18-04-1902
  3. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PAHH19020418.2.11?end_date=19-04-1902&items_per_page=10&query=station+death&snippet=true&start_date=18-04-1902
  4. ↑ "Accidents and Fatalities , Accidents and Fatalities". Evening Post. 18 April 1902. p. 5.

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