Kawakawa railway station

Kawakawa railway station was a station on the Opua Branch in New Zealand. and is the terminus of the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway in the small town of Kawakawa.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hundertwasser Toilets and Taumarere railway station.

Hundertwasser Toilets

Work of art

Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0.

The Hundertwasser Toilets is a public toilet located at 60 Gillies Street, the main street of the town of Kawakawa in northern New Zealand. The structure was completed in 1999 and named after the architect and visual artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who conceived and designed the project. Hundertwasser Toilets is situated 240 metres east of Kawakawa railway station.

Taumarere railway station

Railway station

Taumarere railway station was a station on the Opua Branch in New Zealand and is a stop on the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway near Taumarere village. It is on the oldest railway built on the North Island, which opened in 1867. Taumarere railway station is situated 3½ km northeast of Kawakawa railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kawakawa and Taumarere.

Kawakawa

Town

Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.

Kawakawa is a small town in the Bay of Islands area of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found there in the 1860s, but coal mining ceased in the early 20th century.

Taumarere

Hamlet

Taumarere is a locality in the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. The Kawakawa River and State Highway 11 run through Taumarere. The town of Kawakawa is 3 km to the southwest. Opua is 7 km to the north and Paihia 14 km. Taumarere is situated 3½ km northeast of Kawakawa railway station.

Moerewa

Town

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Moerewa is a small town in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the Bay of Islands five kilometres to the west of Kawakawa. Moerewa is situated 4½ km west of Kawakawa railway station.

Kawakawa railway station

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in New Zealand
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.38021° or 35° 22′ 49″ south

Longitude

174.06444° or 174° 3′ 52″ east

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

4VPPJ397+WQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 278969063

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q16926980

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Kawakawa railway station” goes by many names.

Dutch: “station Kawakawa”
French: “Kawakawa”

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