🚉 🚉 Waikanae Station 🚉 🚉 (Kapiti) Multi-Cache
🚉 🚉 Waikanae Station 🚉 🚉 (Kapiti)
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Note: Puzzle updated 16 March 2024 due to changes at the station
NOTE: The cache is not at the given coordinates. You will need to answer the questions below to find the final coordinates.
Waikanae Railway Station became the northernmost station on the Kapiti Line for Tranz Metro's electric commuter trains from Wellington when the service was extended to Waikanae in 2011. Buses connect with the train at the south end of the station.
A photo on display in the Waikanae museum taken after the Wellington and Manawatu Railway had been opened in November 1886. There was no State Highway in those days.
The station was first opened in 1886, and was on the Wellington-Manawatu Line from Wellington to Longburn built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR). The section was opened on 3 November 1886 at Otaihanga.
Waikanae Railway Station ca 1910
The electrified commuter service extension to Waikanae was completed in February 2011. The new service was opened with a ceremony at Waikanae on 19 February. Minister of Transport Steven Joyce and Otaki MP Nathan Guy drove in the last spike. Nathan Guy's great-grandfather was chairman of the WMR when the last spike was driven in 1886.
Waikanae Railway Station 2012 featuring the new Matangi train.
While you are visiting, why not leave your car in the free carpark, hop on the train and head to Wellington for a day of Geocaching?
From the parking area make your way to the given coordinates, where you will need to answer the following questions to gain the coordinates for the Final.
The final is not inside the railway corridor.
Final is at 40° 52.ABC.....175° 04.XYZ
A = __ = 1st digit (hour) of time Ticket Office opens on weekdays
B = __ = Southernmost white painted number on the edge of platform +1
C = __ = Numerical value of the first letter of the word in white letters on the orange call point
X = __ = Last digit of Metlink Helpdesk 0800 number
Y = __ = No. of overhead lights facing railway platform -9
Z = __ = Third digit of the Metlink Bus Stop Number (15_1)
NOTE: All the answers will be found within the length of the railway platform
Do not go onto the rail corridor for the puzzle or when looking for the cache.
Congratulations to Jayeded and Gazzali to score the FTF honours
The cache was originally placed by TNXPro, who used to live close to the station and this cache. He will be keeping an eye on this cache and hopes it can live on with its new owner, TrinityNZ.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qbja ybj ba srapr. Abg ba gur genpx fvqr.