Pukemiro Junction

Pukemiro Junction is a railway station in Auckland Region, North Island. Pukemiro Junction is situated nearby to The Glen Afton Line Heritage Railway, as well as near the peak Paekatare.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant.

Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant

Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant, also known as the Waikato Carbonisation Plant, was a coal processing plant in the Rotowaro/Huntly area, New Zealand. It was also the first plant to use the Lurgi process in the Southern Hemisphere. Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant is situated 1¼ km east of Pukemiro Junction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glen Afton and Rotowaro.

Glen Afton

Hamlet

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Glen Afton and Pukemiro are twin settlements in the Waikato District, in northern Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The nearest town is Huntly, some 14 km away.

Rotowaro

Locality

Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rotowaro was once a small coal mining township approximately 10 km west of Huntly in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The town was built especially for miners houses, but was entirely removed in the 1980s to make way for a large opencast mine. Rotowaro is situated 3½ km northeast of Pukemiro Junction.

Glen Massey

Hamlet

Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glen Massey is a former mining village, 9.5 km west of Ngāruawāhia, which was, until 1958, terminus of the Glen Massey Line. It then went into decline, but is now becoming a home for Hamilton commuters. Glen Massey is situated 8 km south of Pukemiro Junction.

Pukemiro Junction

Type: Railway station
Categories: building, station, and transportation
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.60372° or 37° 36′ 13″ south

Longitude

175.05606° or 175° 3′ 22″ east

Open location code

4VJQ93W4+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 908947966

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

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