In 1915 Hangatiki was described as a small township with a post and telegraph office, where passengers for "the famous Waitomo and Ruakuri caves alight". The guidebook said Waitomo was Шаблон:Convert away, "by good metalled road, a conveyance meeting the express trains and conveying passengers to the excellent Government Accommodation House at Waitomo." The fare was 2/6 each way (about $18[3] in 2015 money).[4]
History
Coates & Metcalfe were the contractors for the Шаблон:Convert extension of this section of the NIMT, from Ōtorohanga to Te Kuiti.[5] The station area had been levelled by May 1886.[6] Until August 1887, the contractors provided goods trains.[7] By October 1887 goods trains ran on Mondays and Fridays.[8]New Zealand Railways Department took over from the contractors, adding a passenger service was added on those days from 2 December 1887.[9] By 1896 there was a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert goods shed and a passing loop for 35 wagons. In 1901 there was a petition for cattle yards and by 1911 there were cattle and sheep yards. A tablet porter started in 1912. A note in 1963 said the station was built in 1888 and last painted in 1953, but in 1980 the station building was noted as a concrete block and the loop as taking 75 wagons. On 31 January 1982 Hangatiki closed to all traffic except in wagon lots.[10]
Auckland Weekly News photos sheep ready for loading 27 MAY 1909 p6 (AWNS-19090527-6-1) and rear of station during a flood 29 July 1915 p43 (AWNS-19150729-43-3)
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