Stoke (Springbank-Moeraki) is a flag station on the Rangiora-Oxford line, twenty-eight miles from Christchurch, and 269 feet above the level of the sea. It takes its name from Stoke Grange station, which adjoins it, and is situated in the Cust riding of the county of Ashley. There is a public school of the same name on North Moeraki Downs, some two or three miles distant. The Moeraki flag station a mile beyond, and 317 feet above sea level, is the railway station for Springbank estate, the homestead of which is not far away. The local post-office at Stoke is conducted in a railway cottage. The population is small and scattered, and was not separately recorded in the census returns of 1901.