Tui railway station
Tui | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Tui Road, Tasman District, New Zealand | ||||
| Coordinates | 41°32′18.58″S 172°43′29.88″E / 41.5384944°S 172.7249667°E | ||||
| System | New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR) | ||||
| Owned by | Railways Department | ||||
| Line | Nelson Section | ||||
| Platforms | Single side | ||||
| Tracks | Main line (1) Loops (2) | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 2 September 1912 | ||||
| Closed | 3 September 1955 | ||||
| Previous names | Manu | ||||
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Tui railway station was a rural railway station that served the small farming settlement of Tui in the Tasman District of New Zealand’s South Island. It was one of 25 stations on the Nelson Section, and lasted from 1912 to 1955.
Facilities at this station included: stockyards, accessed via a 22-wagon backshunt; two loops, having a 37 and 27 wagon capacity respectively; a station building; a main goods shed with dimensions of 30 by 20 feet (9.1 m × 6.1 m) and a second smaller goods shed; a loading bank; an outhouse; a railway house (for many years occupied by the local surfaceman); and a water vat.