Bay View railway station
Bay View and Riverslea railway stations | ||||||||||||||||
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Bay View railway station in 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°25′06″S 176°52′34″E / 39.4182°S 176.8762°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | Palmerston North 189.76 km (117.91 mi) | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | Bay View 20 July 1923 Riverslea 17 October 1925 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | Bay View 19 June 1983 Riverslea 3 February 1931 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Petane until 15 October 1923 Kai Orero until 7 January 1924 | |||||||||||||||
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Bay View was a flag station, which served the settlement of Bay View, New Zealand, on the Napier-Gisborne section of the Palmerston North-Gisborne line, from 1923 to 1983. There was also another flag station to the north, at Riverslea, from 1925 until the 1931 earthquake.
After 1983 the line continued to be used by freight trains and excursions, but beyond Wairoa, the section to Gisborne was closed by slips in 2012 and mothballed. The Napier-Wairoa section reopened in 2019 following a $6.2 million investment from the Provincial Growth Fund, though log trains were soon suspended, due to COVID-19, until November 2020. The line was again closed when Cyclone Gabrielle damaged more than 400 sites in February 2023. A decision has not yet (2025) been made on whether to restore or mothball it. The line north of the 191 km post is designated a construction site, requiring permission for access. Kiwirail is protecting the line so that it can be reopened.