Taupiri railway station


Taupiri was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line with a goods shed and an island platform, serving the small settlement of Taupiri in the Waikato District of New Zealand.
A stationmaster's house and telegraph office were added in 1882 and a goods shed at about the same time. There were protests when the stationmaster was withdrawn in 1895 and the station was reduced to a flag station, though still staffed. In 1901 this resulted in a case of calves being left at the station.
Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.
yearticketsseason ticketsstaffref.
18835711
18841,1001
18851,1561
18869761
18878801
18887301
18899981
1890
18911,0421
18928071
18931,3171
18941,6581
18952,0541
18961,052Closed 1 Mar
19062,49541
19075,081181
19085,515162
19095,39992
19106,959142
19116,962152
19127,019162
19137,511123
19146,523
19157,03310
19166,80124
19176,7416
19186,2709
19196,43628
19206,791155
19218,217177
19228,209174
19238,242165
19248,661135
19258,24494
19267,333114
19276,72747
19285,38336
19295,15936
19304,90645
19315,58566
19324,864100
19336,106136
19347,597151
19357,759150
19367,411144
19376,914143
19387,193135
19397,121162
19408,415173
19419,019166
194210,673190
194313,097118
194412,404132
19458,746134
19468,615100
19475,66068
19484,11886
19493,314120
19502,98152

Mangawara Bridges 272 and 273

Wooden trestle bridge 57 was built in 1877 to cross the Mangawara Stream, just north of Taupiri. When the line was doubled in 1938, bridges 272 and 273 were built alongside. 273 was replaced from 2015 and 272 upgraded. The replacement used 390 tonnes of steel in two 24m girders connected to 5.5m cross beams. The bridge was the last of 8 bridge upgrades to increase line capacity.