Mercer railway station
Defunct railway station in New Zealand

Mercer railway station
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
LocationSouth Great Road, Mercer,
New Zealand
Coordinates37°16′39″S 175°02′52″E / 37.27750°S 175.04778°E / -37.27750; 175.04778
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Owned byKiwiRail Network
LineNorth Island Main Trunk
DistanceWellington 609.06 km (378.45 mi)
Tracksdouble track from 11 November 1951[1]
History
Opened20 May 1875
Closedto passengers by December 1975
1993
Rebuilt1879, 1902, 1959
Services
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Pōkeno
Line open, station closed
4.6 km (2.9 mi) towards Auckland 		  North Island Main Trunk
KiwiRail 		  Amokura
Line open, station closed
4.63 km (2.88 mi) towards Wellington
Location
Map

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[2] and also in 1900.[3] Until 1958 it was the first refreshment stop south of Auckland.[4]

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.[5]

History

The line was extended from Penrose to Mercer on 20 May 1875, though the pioneer British contractors, John Brogden & Sons, ran an excursion train the day before. The New Zealand Herald said, "This will be a busy station for some time to come, it being the terminus." It described the route as crossing Mangatawhiri swamp, then running beside the South Road, with a short branch line being constructed to connect with the Waikato Steam Navigation Company's (WSNC) boats. It said the station and other buildings were still being built.[6] 'Some time to come' ended just over 2 years later, when the line was extended to Ngāruawāhia on 13 August 1877.[5]

The service began with two trains per day each way between Auckland and Mercer taking 2hrs 50mins.[7] The station was unfinished when the railway opened.[8]

Refreshment room

The refreshment room was built by 10 August 1877[5] for £245[9] and extended in 1878/79 for £180.[10] An 1880 advert for reopening of the refreshment room said trains waited 20 minutes.[11] Until New Zealand Railways took over in 1917,[12] the Mercer Railway Hotel, opposite the original station,[13] managed the refreshment room. The hotel was rebuilt in 1898, with 15 bedrooms, 3 sitting rooms and a 50-seat dining room.[14] The refreshment room gained importance when dining cars on main trunk expresses were removed as a wartime measure.[15] The refreshment room was the target of poet A. R. D Fairburn's, with his famous quip. "The thought occurs to those who are entrained: The squalid tea of Mercer is not strained."[16] Sit-down” meals were discontinued from 13 December 1923. From 1940 a hostel accommodated female refreshment room staff. On Tuesday, 28 October 1958 the refreshment room closed, following the introduction of railcars. It had employed 4 to 12 staff.[5]

Flooding

Until the Lower Waikato-Waipa Flood Control Scheme was built, between 1961 and 1983,[17] the station area regularly flooded, including in 1906,[18] 1907,[19] 1917,[20] 1924,[21] 1925[22]

1879 station

The original station burnt down on 19 May 1879, due to an old stove in the refreshment room.[23] A new station opened on 4 October 1879. In 1883 a plan was made to re-arrange the station. By 1884 there was a special station, platform, cart approach, 20 ft (6.1 m) x 15 ft (4.6 m) goods sheds and another of 63 ft (19 m) x 25 ft (7.6 m) for WSNC, loading bank, crane, water, coal, turntable, wagon turntable, engine shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals and a passing loop for 50 wagons.[5] A verandah was added in 1893.[5] Only the chimneys were left standing[24] after the 1879 station was also destroyed by a fire begun in the refreshment room, on 23 December 1900. A temporary station was formed from 5 huts, which had housed prisoners at Rotorua.[25]

Goods

In 1889 provision was made for loading sheep and in 1890 cattle yards and in 1896 sheep yards were added. By 1911 the goods shed had been extended to 30 ft (9.1 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m).[5]

1902 station

The new station opened on 2 June 1902,[5] described as, "a long wood and iron building, which contains a large refreshment room and bar, ladies' room, public room, booking office, stationmaster's room, and post and telegraph department. There is also a large engine shed, besides a pump house and coal shed, and there are eight cottages in the immediate vicinity", with 9 staff – stationmaster, porter, cadet, 2 engine drivers, 2 firemen, and 2 greasers.[14] There was criticism of the small bar, refreshment and luncheon room entrances[26] and improvements were made in 1908, 1916 and 1919.[5] There was also criticism that it was further north than the old one, on lower, swampier, land, requiring it to be supported.[27] By the time of the 1907 flood the station had further tilted.[28] By 1956 its floor had a 1 in 12 slope,[5] leading to its demolition in 1958.[29] In 1907 Mercer was one of three stations in the Auckland Section to get a larger 55 ft (17 m) turntable, the others being Rotorua, and Taumarunui.[5]

Double tracking

From Sunday, 11 November 1951 Tuakau to Mercer had 6 mi 63 ch (10.9 km) of double track and from Sunday, 1 July 1956 from Mercer to Mile Peg 44, 1 mi 64 ch (2.9 km) was also doubled.[5]

1959 station

A new 64 ft (20 m) x 19 ft (5.8 m) station, with a 4 ft (1.2 m) verandah, costing £9,000, opened on Sunday 16 August 1959. It was sold in October 1987. In 1982 the goods shed was sold to Cooks New Zealand Wine Co Ltd. By November 1987 there was no station, or platform and only a small goods shed and low level loading bank remained.[5]

Railway houses

A stationmaster's house was built in 1878 and in 1882 two 5th class stationmasters' houses were built. By 1884 there were 4 stationmasters' houses. In 1882 four additional cottages were proposed at Mercer, in March 1884 platelayers' cottages were finished, in 1896 additions were made to cottage No 105. and in 1898 a house was provided for a pumper. In 1955 a new chlorinated water supply for the railway houses, station, police station and town hall cost £8,000, replaced untreated water from the Waikato River, which continued to be used for locomotives.[5]

Post office

On 20 May 1875 a Post Office operated by Postal Department staff opened, which from 11 August 1885 also took on railway duties and from 16 February 1903 was operated by Railways Department staff. On 1 September 1929 it was moved from the station.[5]

Wharf

From the beginning a branch ran down the main street to a wharf on the Waikato River to link the railway with places upstream, including a steam crane operated by WSNC. In March 1884 a 3-ton steam crane for working coal was added. A 1½ ton crane on Mercer Wharf was moved to Te Puke in 1929.[5]

Images of the station in date order (for other photos see External links below) -

  • Before 1893 verandah
    Before 1893 verandah
  • 1896 engine shed
    1896 engine shed
  • 1890s station and tunnel
    1890s station and tunnel
  • About 1902
    About 1902
  • 1907 flood
    1907 flood
  • Progress of 1907 flood and tilt of the station
    Progress of 1907 flood and tilt of the station
  • Rotorua express in 1907 flood
    Rotorua express in 1907 flood
  • 1925 flood
    1925 flood

Patronage

tickets sales 1881–1950 – derived from annual returns to Parliament of "Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended"

Traffic grew to a peak in World War 2, as shown in the graph and table below.

year tickets season tickets staff ref.
1881 1,763 3 [30]
1882 4,824 1 [31]
1883 4,330 3 [32]
1884 5,726 4 [33]
1885 5,536 2 5 [34]
1886 4,614 5 4 [35]
1887 4,675 1 2 [36]
1888 7,0455 2
1889 8,127 3 3 [37]
1890 [38]
1891 7,686 3 3 [39]
1892 7,969 3 3 [40]
1893 7,519 5 3 [41]
1894 7,869 5 4 [42]
1895 7,951 7 4 [43]
1896 7,953 4 4 [44]
1897 8,652 4 5 [45]
1898 8,446 6 5 [46]
1899 9,605 3 5 [47]
1900 10,482 3 5 [48]
1901
1902 15,449 6 [49]
1903 16,365 1 8 [50]
1904 15,183 1 9 [51]
1905 14,912 14 9 [52]
1906 12,529 21 11 [53]
1907 11,619 29 10 [54]
1908 14,898 4 12 [55]
1909 13,977 8 12 [56]
1910 12,768 9 12 [57]
1911 11,055 20 11 [58]
1912 11,295 13 17 [59]
1913 14,199 52 17 [60]
1914 15,337 156 [61]
1915 15,898 144 [62]
1916 18,400 135 [63]
1917 20,601 113 [64]
1918 20,560 154 [65]
1919 20,680 111 [66]
1920 19,363 142 [67]
1921 21,203 125 [68]
1922 16,450 106 [69]
1923 14,535 101 [70]
1924 15,700 102 [71]
1925 17,615 107 [72]
1926 14,711 107 [73]
1927 14,696 68 [74]
1928 11,536 84 [75]
1929 10,218 133 [76]
1930 9,110 133 [77]
1931 11,892 94 [78]
1932 11,587 95 [79]
1933 14,141 99 [80]
1934 16,227 131 [81]
1935 18,030 127 [82]
1936 18,030 124 [83]
1937 19,560 111 [84]
1938 19,365 138 [85]
1939 19,802 175 [86]
1940 19,718 114 [87]
1941 19,667 128 [88]
1942 22,580 89 [89]
1943 25,422 92 [90]
1944 30,297 166 [91]
1945 31,073 145 [92]
1946 25,651 119 [93]
1947 21,410 185 [94]
1948 15,495 478 [95]
1949 14,838 337 [96]
1950 16,452 240 [97]

Accidents and tunnel

An engine cleaner died in 1899 after trying to jump onto a moving engine.[98]

A Wellington to Auckland "Limited" express derailed on 28 October 1940 killing the driver and fireman and injuring 12 passengers. An estimate put the speed at 75 mph (though some at the inquiry gave evidence of normal speed)[99] on the 30 mph (48 km/h) 8-chain radius curve, just south of the station, near the former 30.5 m (100 ft)[100] tunnel opened out in 1937.[101] The engine, K900,[102] tipped on its side and was overrun by six carriages.[103] Removal of the tunnel allowed double tracking and easing of the speed limit to 45 mph (72 km/h).[104] The curve has been greatly eased in the 2006 Mercer to Long Swamp Expressway 4-laning of 12 km of SH1, which included this 1 km of rail deviation.[105]

Another derailment at Mercer was on 3 September 2013, when a freight train blocked both the road and railway.[106]

One of three South African locomotives at Mercer

Mainline Steam depot

Heritage operator Mainline Steam Heritage Trust is developing a new depot at Mercer.[107] By June 2020 three of their locomotives were stored in a siding at Mercer.[108]

Future services

In 2011 a feasibility report on reinstating passenger services said a station with a platform 155m long and 750mm high for 6-car trains would cost $4m. The proposal was shelved. It is believed by some that the figure is overly inflated to kill off the proposal.[109] Today, the Te Huia Hamilton - Papakura services passes Mercer but does not stop.

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Photos

  • 1897 NZR J class (1874) on the turntable
  • 1897 NZR P class (1885) at Mercer
  • view from above tunnel
  • 1900s view from above tunnel
  • about 1900 NZR J class (1874) and tunnel
  • stationmaster on a jigger about 1902
  • 1907 flood (from New Zealand Graphic)
  • 1917 flood (from Auckland Weekly News)
  • 1936 photos of old tunnel, work under way, tunnel removal and construction tramway
  • 1950s back of station
  • 1952 photo of track doubling work
  • 1968 aerial
  • from north and from south 1972 aerial
  • aerial view of 4-laned SH1 and realigned railway

Map

  • large scale map showing station, tunnel, wharf branch and 1940 crash site
  • 1954 plan of track layout and signalling

Timetables

  • 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, Feb 1882, Mar 1882, Sep 1882, Jan 1883, Mar 1883
  • Appeal by porter against military service in 1918
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