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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Waiareka Junction Railway Station And Post Office
The Waiareka Junction Railway Station And Post Office dates from about the year 1878. It is on the main line from Oamaru to Dunedin, at the junction of the Ngapara and Tokarahi branch lines. About fourteen trains pass the station daily; it is an important signal station, on the top of a grade, with very heavy traffic on both sides. Mails are received and despatched daily. Mr. Alexander Gow, the stationmaster and postmaster, was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1856. He served for about six years on the Caledonian railway, came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Auckland,” in 1875, and, after serving for some years on the Otago railways, he was appointed to his present position in March, 1891.