Taringamotu railway station
Taringamotu railway station was a station at Taringamotu on the North Island Main Trunk, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region.

Goods traffic was reported to have started by November 1902. A station master was appointed in 1911. In 1920 he was working over 12 hours a day. In 1924 it was a 6th grade post. The stationmaster was withdrawn from 26 June 1926. Reports mention a caretaker being at the station in 1948 and 1951.

The name was changed from Taringamutu to Taringamotu after Alexander Young had described it as an error in Parliament in 1913.

In 1908 additions were made to the station buildings and a station house was built. By 1911 there was a shelter shed, platform, loading bank and a passing loop for 36 wagons. Electric lighting came in about 1936.

Timber was the main traffic, transferring from the Taringamotu Tramway, but the station also handled other goods, such as 122 tons of fertilisers in 1926. Taringamotu Totara Sawmills' private siding was south of the station.

In 1939 the line between Taumarunui and Taringamotu became the first in the country to get CTC, meaning that Taringamotu closed as a tablet station.

Passenger numbers rose rapidly until 1916, as shown in the table and graph below -

Taringamotu closed to all traffic from 16 April 1972. In 1974 the crossing loop was extended. The loop was closed on 9 March 1987.

There is now just a single track and a 2-span girder bridge over the Ongarue River.
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Taringamotu
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Q1396997
North Island Main Trunk
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Q586428
Ruapehu District
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Q139907
Manawatū-Whanganui
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Q2962020
station master
Concept
Q6128574
Alexander Young
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Q784159
passing loop
Concept
Q52847759
Taringamotu Tramway
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None
CTC
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None
tablet
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Q96407837
Taringamotu railway station
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1902-11-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 1902
DATE
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1911
DATE
1920-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1920
DATE
1924-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1924
DATE
1926-06-26T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
26 June 1926
DATE
1948-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1948
DATE
1951-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1951
DATE
1913-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1913
DATE
1908-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1908
DATE
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1911
DATE
1936-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1936
DATE
1926-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1926
DATE
1939-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1939
DATE
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1916
DATE
1972-04-16T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
16 April 1972
DATE
1974-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1974
DATE
1987-03-09T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
9 March 1987
DATE
+12^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
12
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+6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6
NUMBER
+36^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
36
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity