Gisborne railway station, New Zealand

Defunct railway station in New Zealand

Gisborne

General information
Location| 268-270 Grey Street, Gisborne
New Zealand
Coordinates| 38°40′12″S 178°01′15″E﻿ / ﻿38.67000°S 178.02083°E﻿ / -38.67000; 178.02083
Owned by| New Zealand Railways Department
Line(s)| formerly Palmerston North–Gisborne
History
Opened| 26 June 1902 (1902-6-26)[1]
Closed| 2002 (passengers) 2012 (freight)[1]

Heritage New Zealand – Category 2

Reference no.| 3531[2]

The Gisborne railway station in Gisborne, New Zealand was the main railway station in Gisborne; and the northern terminus of the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line from 1942 when the line was opened, until 2012 when the line was mothballed beyond Napier. The line has been restored to Wairoa but remains mothballed to Gisborne. The station was closed to passengers from August 2002, although it had not been served by regular passenger trains since 1988 when services from Wellington, the unnamed successor to the Endeavour, were truncated at Napier.

The building has a Category II listing with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

The station was opened in 1902 as the main terminus of the line north to Ormond and Kaitaratahi, which later became the Moutohora Branch. The section from Gisborne to Ormond opened on 26 June 1902 and to Kaitaratahi in November that same year.

From 1915 to 1931 the Ngatapa Branch left the Moutohora Branch near Makaraka, but the Ngatapa Branch was closed when the coastal route to Wairoa and Palmerston North was adopted instead of the inland route via Ngatapa.

## References

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1. ^ a b Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)
2. ^ New Zealand Historic Places Trust: Gisborne Railway Station

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Gisborne District, New Zealand

Seat: Gisborne Central

Populated places|

| Gisborne City|

* Awapuni
* Elgin
* Gisborne Central
* Kaiti
* Makaraka
* Mangapapa
* Okitū
* Riverdale
* Tamarau
* Te Hapara
* Tuaheni Point
* Victoria
* Wainui Beach
* Whataupoko

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Towns and rural areas|

* East Cape
* Hicks Bay
* Hiruharama
* Horoera
* Potaka
* Rangitukia
* Ruatoria
* Te Araroa
* Tikapa
* Tikitiki
* Whareponga
* Mātāwai
* Mōtū
* Muriwai
* Ngātapa
* Ormond
* Otoko
* Puha
* Rere
* Te Karaka
* Tiniroto
* Waikohu
* Waituhi
* Wharerātā
* Whatatutu
* Akuaku
* Anaura Bay
* Gable End Foreland
* Kaiaua Bay
* Makarika
* Pourewa Island
* Te Puia Springs
* Tokomaru Bay
* Tolaga Bay
* Waimata Valley
* Waipiro Bay
* Whangara
* Hexton
* Makauri
* Manutūkē
* Matokitoki
* Pātūtahi
* Waihirere

Geographic features|

* East Cape
* Whangaokeno / East Island
* Gable End Foreland
* Huiarau Range
* Motuoroi Island
* Mount Arowhana
* Mount Hikurangi
* Maungahaumi
* Mount Raukūmara
* Pourewa Island
* Raukūmara Range
* Titirangi Hill
* Tuaheni Point
* Young Nick's Head

Facilities and attractions|

* East Cape Lighthouse
* Eastwoodhill Arboretum
* Gisborne Airport
* Gisborne Botanical Gardens
* Gisborne Railway Station
* Hackfalls Arboretum
* Harry Barker Reserve
* Mangahanea Marae
* Raukumara Conservation Park
* Te Puia Springs
* Te Urewera protected area
* Whakarua Park

Schools|

* Campion College
* Gisborne Boys' High School
* Gisborne Girls' High School
* Gisborne Intermediate
* Lytton High School

Sports|

* East Coast Rugby
* Gisborne City Football
* Gisborne Thistle Football
* Poverty Bay Rugby

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