Horotiu railway station
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Horotiu railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand serving Horotiu.
1959 view from north-west
1959 view from north AFFCO siding to bottom left
Hamilton railway station serves the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region of New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Frankton, hence the station's former name Frankton Junction, its name for most
Horotiu railway station
…when the AFFCO sidings opened, and had other alterations to signalling and interlocking in 1934, with extension of automatic signalling from Mercer to Frankton. In 1930 Frankton to Horotiu (6 mi 55 ch (10.8 km)) was double tracked, with automatic signalling also extended 34 mi 72 ch (56.2 km) to Mercer. Horotiu's…
1980 – the 1975 Hamilton station in the middle distance, the 1909 Frankton Junction being demolished in the foreground. ECMT and NIMT branching to left and right respectively. The pre-1909 station was between the later stations.
Northern Explorer at Hamilton in 2018 heading south
Hamilton station from Massey Hall bridge, showing the NIMT platform (right) and ECMT (left). In 2006, the station still had the long canopy over the platforms
Frankton Junction about 1915