Aylesbury, New Zealand
Aylesbury, New Zealand | |
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Aylesbury | |
| Coordinates: 43°32′S 172°16′E / 43.533°S 172.267°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Territorial authority | Selwyn District |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
Aylesbury is a settlement in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.[1] It can be found between the towns of Rolleston and Kirwee.[1]
The epicentre of the 7.1 magnitude Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010, was very close to Aylesbury and the largest land surface fractures were in this locality.[2]
Aylesbury had a station on the Midland line from 1 December 1874 to 18 February 1979. It was called Bealey Road, or Bealey's Road, until 7 April 1879,[3] West Melton until 1 October that year and Lovat,[4] until it was renamed Aylesbury from 1 February 1880.[5] Aylesbury was the scene of a train crash on 30 March 1938,[6] with the death of a fireman, who jumped from a train.[7] There was no death or injury in another crash in 1942,[8] but the goods shed and passenger shelter were in the background of a photo of it.[9] The shelter had replaced the station buildings after they had been moved to Darfield, following a fire there in 1887.[10]
References
- ^ a b The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903.
- ^ "City awakes to billion-dollar aftershock". The New Zealand Herald. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Juliet Scoble (April 2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations". Rail heritage trust.
- ^ "Press". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 25 September 1879. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Ashburton Guardian". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 14 February 1880. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Scenes of the railway crash. Evening Post". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 March 1938. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Head-on collision when a night freight train from the West Coast crashed into a stationary train from Christchurch at Aylesbury. Auckland Weekly News". kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz. 6 April 1938. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Goods trains collide at Aylesbury. Auckland Weekly News". kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz. 4 March 1942. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Goods trains collide at Aylesbury. Auckland Weekly News". kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz. 4 March 1942. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet. "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.