Editing Ruakura (section)

== Ruakura Junction railway station ==
[[File:RuakuraRailway.jpg|thumb|Railway at Ruakura]]
Ruakura had a railway station from 1 October 1884 to 1 January 1967<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf|title=Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010|last=Scoble|first=Juliet|publisher=Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand}}</ref> at the junction of the [[East Coast Main Trunk]] and the [[Cambridge Branch]]. The branch had its first public train on 8 October 1884.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18841003.2.31.1|title=Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 AUCKLAND STAR|date=3 Oct 1884|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> Ruakura was {{Convert|8.17|km||abbr=on}} west of Eureka and {{Convert|3.94|km||abbr=on}} east of Claudelands.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Yonge|first1=John Roger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsnRPgAACAAJ|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|date=1993|publisher=Quail Map Company|isbn=9780900609923|language=en}}</ref>  it was {{Convert|2.57|km||abbr=on}} north of Mongaonui (or Mongonui), later renamed [[Cambridge Branch#Newstead (2.57 km)|Newstead]].<ref name=":0" /> When the line opened, Ruakura station was described as an island in a swamp, with no road connection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18841009.2.9.1|title=The Opening. WAIKATO TIMES|date=9 Oct 1884|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> In 2020 reopening as a "passenger rail Metro Station" was put forward as part of a $150m scheme to relay tracks to Cambridge and help the area recover from the [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand|economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-city/covid-19/recovery-package/Documents/URBAN%20GROWTH%20PROGRAMME%20INITIATIVES%20Hamilton%20to%20Auckland%20Corridor%20and%20Hamilton-Waikato%20Metro%20Spatial%20Plan%20April%202020.PDF|title=URBAN GROWTH PROGRAMME INITIATIVES|date=3 April 2020|website=Hamilton City Council}}</ref>

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{{Rail line|previous=[[Claudelands#Claudelands railway station|Claudelands]]<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small>|next=[[Eureka, New Zealand#Railway station|Eureka]]<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small> |route=[[East Coast Main Trunk]]<br /><small>[[New Zealand Railways Department]]</small>|col={{BR(E) colour}} }}
{{rail line|previous=Terminus|next=[[Cambridge Branch#Newstead (2.57 km)|Newstead]]<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small>|route=[[Cambridge Branch]]||col=012385}}
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