Hamilton Central railway station, New Zealand
in Hamilton, New ZealandCategory: Attraction
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Hamilton Central was the name of a now-defunct railway station on the East Coast Main Trunk line which runs through the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The station was located in Hamilton's CBD and was made an underground station for the latter years of its existence before being disestablished. The underground platforms still exist and are 1.7 km (1.1 mi) east of Hamilton's current station (1877–present) and 1.23 km (0.76 mi) west of the Claudelands station (1884–1991).
For most of the time since a station opened on the site in 1879, it was named Hamilton. It had closed to regular passenger services when the present Hamilton station opened in 1975, so there was little need for formal renaming. There have been several proposals to reopen the station, often using the name 'Hamilton Central'.The East Coast Main Trunk line is still well used by freight trains. In 2018, 163 trains a week passed through, 36 between 8am and 5pm weekdays, 90 of them outside those hours and 37 at weekends.
