Mercer railway station
Mercer railway station | |||||||||||
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1910 Mercer station viewed from east with Waikato River in middle distance. Price, William Archer, 1866–1948 Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001041-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | South Great Road, Mercer, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°16′39″S 175°02′52″E / 37.27750°S 175.04778°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail Network | ||||||||||
| Line | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Distance | Wellington 609.06 km (378.45 mi) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | double track from 11 November 1951 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 May 1875 | ||||||||||
| Closed | to passengers by December 1975 1993 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1879, 1902, 1959 | ||||||||||
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Mercer railway station in Mercer, New Zealand, is 72 km (45 mi) from Auckland and 609 km (378 mi) from Wellington on the North Island Main Trunk line. It opened on 20 May 1875 and was closed to passengers about 1970 and to goods in the 1990s. It burnt down in 1879 and also in 1900. Until 1958 it was the first refreshment stop south of Auckland.
In 1883 Mercer was 43 mi 54 ch (70.3 km) from Auckland and, from the opening of the new Auckland station in 1930, until Britomart replaced it in 1993, Mercer was 41 miles 69 chains from Auckland, via Newmarket, and 44 miles 5 chains via Ōrākei.