The Glen Afton Branch was a branch railway line of 7.9 km in the Waikato in New Zealand, built to serve coal mines in the Awaroa district west of Huntly at Rotowaro, Pukemiro and Glen Afton. Rotowaro is Māori for "coal lake".
1955 Glen Afton, showing coal mining area, view to Pukemiro Collieries coal processing plant with railway in valley. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-38779-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. [1]
Weavers Crossing in 2020. The station was on the other side of the crossing
Glen Afton station tickets sales 1926-1950 - derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"
Huntly is a town in the Waikato district and region of the North Island of New Zealand. It was on State Highway 1, 95 kilometres (59 mi) south of Auckland and 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Hamilton. It is situated on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) railway and straddles the Waikato River. Huntly is within the Waikato District which is in the northern part of the Waikato region local government area.
Waikato River, Huntly and Huntly power station from Hakarimatas in 2012
The south end of Huntly, showing parts of the open-pit mining typical of the area
Tainui Bridge
