List of Wellington railway stations

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This page lists all railway stations in Wellington, New Zealand used for passenger services. All station buildings except Petone, Waterloo and Wellington are owned by Tranz Metro, a division of Toll Rail. Greater Wellington Regional Council owns Petone and Waterloo, and the Crown owns Wellington. The railway infrastructure is owned by ONTRACK. All stations are served by Tranz Metro; Paraparaumu and Wellington are also served by Tranz Scenic's Capital Connection and Overlander, and Porirua by the Overlander, southbound only.

All present-day Wellington region stations have platforms, the majority of which were designed to accommodate 9-car DM-class EMU sets. Exceptions to this include the Wairarapa stations (which have platforms long enough for either 3 or 7 car sets of SW-class carriages) and those on the Johnsonville Branch which predominantly have platforms designed for 4-car sets.

Contents 1 Maps 1.1 Schematic map 1.2 Geographic map 2 List 2.1 Notes 3 Proposals 3.1 Paraparaumu Line 3.2 Hutt Valley Line 4 References 5 Footnotes

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[edit] Schematic map

[edit] Geographic map

[edit] List

StationA	Line(s)	Service(s)	Serves	OpenedB	ClosedB
Andrews	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01938 1938[1]	01954-02-28 28 February 1954[2]
Ava	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Ava, Petone	01927-05-27 27 May 1927[3]	-
Awarua Street	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Ngaio	01938-07-02 02 July 1938[4]	-
Beach	Hutt Park Railway	N/A	N/A	01885-02-06 06 February 1885	01897-11-23 23 November 1897
Belmont	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01876 1876[1]	01954-02-28 28 February 1954[2]
Box Hill	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Khandallah	01956 1956[1]	-
Carterton	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Carterton	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	-
Clareville	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	01970-07 July 1970[6]
Crofton Downs	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Crofton Downs, Chartwell	01963-09 September 1963[7]	-
Cross Creek	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01878-10-12 12 October 1878	01955-10-30 30 October 1955[8]
Dalefield	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	?
Epuni	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Epuni, Boulcott	01946 1946[1]	-
Featherston	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Featherston	01878-10-16 16 October 1878	-
Fernside[a]	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01880-05-14 14 May 1880?	?
Gracefield[b]	Gracefield Branch	N/A	N/A	01943 1943[9]	02002-04-30 30 April 2002[10]
Greytown	Greytown Branch	N/A	N/A	01880-05-14 14 May 1880[11]	01953-12-25 25 December 1953[12]
Haywards[c]	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01876 1876[1]	01954-02-28 28 February 1954[2]
Heretaunga	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Heretaunga	01908 1908[1]	-
Hutt Park	Hutt Park Railway	N/A	N/A	01885-02-04 04 February 1885	01905 1905?
Hutt Park	Gracefield Branch	N/A	N/A	01927-09-17 17 September 1927 01960-02-27 27 February 1960	01949-02-05 05 February 1949 01965-05-11 11 May 1965
Johnsonville	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Johnsonville	01885-09-21 21 September 1885[13][14]	-
Kaitoke	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01878-01-01 01 January 1878[15]	01955-10-30 30 October 1955[8]
Kaiwharawhara	North Island Main Trunk Wairarapa Line	Paraparaumu, Hutt Valley, Melling	Kaiwharawhara	01874-04-20 20 April 1874[16]	-
Kenepuru	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Kenepuru, Linden	01963 1963[1]	-
Khandallah	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Khandallah	01885-09-21 21 September 1885[13][14]	-
Lambton[d]	Wairarapa Line	N/A	Wellington	01885 1885[1]	01937-06-19 19 June 1937[17]
Linden	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Linden	01940 1940[1]	-
Mana[e]	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Mana	01949 1949[1]	-
Mangaroa	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01878-01-01 01 January 1878	01955-10-30 30 October 1955[8]
Manor Park	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Manor Park	01954-03-01 01 March 1954[18]	-
Masterton	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	-
Matarawa	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Greytown	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	-
Maymorn	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Maymorn	01955-11-03 03 November 1955[19]	-
Melling[f]	Melling Branch	Melling	Melling, Lower Hutt city centre	01908 1908[1]	-
Middleton	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5][20]	01889-10 October 1889[20]
Muri	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Pukerua Bay	01953 1953[1]	-
Naenae	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Naenae, Avalon	01946-01-07 07 January 1946[21]	-
Ngaio	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Ngaio	01885-09-21 21 September 1885[13][14]	-
Ngauranga	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Melling	Ngauranga	01874-04-20 20 April 1874[16]	-
Paekakariki	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Paekakariki	01886-11-03 03 November 1886?	-
Paraparaumu	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Paraparaumu, Raumati	01886-11-03 03 November 1886	-
Paremata	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Paremata	01885-09-21 21 September 1885[13][14]	-
Petone	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Melling, Wairarapa Connection	Petone	01875-06 June 1875[22]	-
Pigeon Bush	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01878-10-12 12 October 1878	01955-10-30 30 October 1955[8]
Pipitea Point	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01874-04-14 14 April 1874[23]	01884-09-30 30 September 1884
Pitcaithly's[g]	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01908 1908[1]	01938 1938[1]
Plimmerton	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Plimmerton	01886-11-03 03 November 1886	-
Pomare	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Pomare, Stokes Valley	01954-03-01 01 March 1954[18]	-
Porirua	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Porirua city centre	01885-09-21 21 September 1885[13][14]	-
Pukerua Bay[h]	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Pukerua Bay	01886-11-03 03 November 1886	-
Raroa	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Raroa	01940 1940[1]	-
Redwood	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Redwood	01963 1963[1]	-
Renall Street	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	01936 1936[24]	-
Silverstream	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Silverstream, Pinehaven	01954-11-21 21 November 1954	-
Silverstream Bridge[i]	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01908 1908[1] 01950 1950s?[1]	01917 1917[1] 01954 1954[2]
Simla Crescent	Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville	Khandallah	01938-07-02 02 July 1938[4]	-
Solway	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	-
Summit	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01878-10-12 12 October 1878	01955-10-30 30 October 1955[8]
Taita	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Taita	01947-04-14 14 April 1947[25]	-
Takapu Road	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Redwood, Grenada North	01937-06-19 19 June 1937[26]	-
Tawa	North Island Main Trunk	Paraparaumu	Tawa	01885-09-21 21 September 1885[13][14]	-
Te Aro	Te Aro Extension	N/A	Wellington	01893-03-27 27 March 1893[27]	01917-04-23 23 April 1917[28]
Thorndon	North Island Main Trunk	N/A	N/A	01885-09-24 24 September 1885	01937-06-08 08 June 1937[29]
Trentham	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Trentham	01907 1907[1]	-
Upper Hutt	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Wairarapa Connection	Upper Hutt city centre	01876-02-01 01 February 1876[30]	-
Waingawa	Wairarapa Line	N/A	N/A	01921 1921[31]	-
Wainui[j]	North Island Main Trunk	N/A	N/A	01886-11-03 03 November 1886	01900 1900[32]
Wallaceville	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Wallaceville, Trentham	01879 1879[1]	-
Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central)	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Wairarapa Connection	Waterloo, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt city centre	01927-05-27 27 May 1927[3]	-
Wellington[k]	Wairarapa Line	N/A	Wellington city centre	01880-11-01 01 November 1880[5]	01885 1885[1]
Wellington	All	All	Wellington city centre	01937-06-19 19 June 1937[17]	-
Western Hutt[l]	Melling Branch	Melling	Alicetown, Lower Hutt city centre	01874-04-14 14 April 1874[33]	-
Wingate	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Wingate, Avalon	01950 1950[1]	-
Woburn	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Woburn, Waiwhetu	01927-05-27 27 May 1927[3]	-
Woodside	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Greytown	01880-05-14 14 May 1880?	-

[edit] Notes

• ^ Stations

^a Metal crushing plant, 1908 to 1920s; siding to plant, 1912 to late 1930s; closed completely 1960s or 1970s?

^b Originally known as Parkside (until 1964). Never used for passenger traffic.^[1]

^c Renamed to Manor Park when the Hutt Valley Branch became the main line.^[1]

^d Demolished in 1938.

^e Originally known as Dolly Varden.^[1]

^f With the closure of the Western Hutt section of the Wairarapa Line, and the formation of the Melling Branch from the remainder, the Melling station was relocated from its original site to the other (south) side of the Melling Link road.

^g Replaced with a new station called Andrews, to the south of Pitcaithly's.

^h Originally known as Pukerua.

ⁱ Thought to have been reopened during WW II to serve the nearby hospital. On or near the site of the McKirdy station established by the Silverstream Railway.

^j This station was a stopping place for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company near present-day Mckays Crossing. It should not be confused with Wainuiomata or the Wainuiomata Valley (east of the Hutt Valley), which never had a public rail connection.

^k On "closure", relocated and named Lambton.^[1]

^l Originally known as Lower Hutt.

• ^ Dates

• Cells containing a date with a question mark indicate a date derived from an ambiguous source or sources.
• Cells in the Closed column containing a hyphen indicate the station is not closed (i.e. still operational).
• Cells containing only a question mark indicate that the date is not known, but the station has definitely been opened/closed.

[edit] Proposals

There are several proposals for new stations to be built along existing lines.

[edit] Paraparaumu Line

Greater Wellington's Western Corridor Plan calls for improvements to rail services in the Kapiti area, including two new stations: Raumati, proposed for completion in 2009, south of Paraparaumu, probably just north of the intersection of State Highway 1 and Poplar Avenue; and Lindale, proposed for completion in 2010, would be part of a larger transport hub north of Paraparaumu. However, a more recent decision by the council to invest its funds and resources in electrification and double-tracking to Waikanae, and the upgrade of Paraparaumu and Waikanae stations, has meant that consideration will now not be given to these new stations before 2010.^[34][35] The Regional Council’s passenger transport committee has also recommended that electrification be extended to Waikanae, bringing the existing station there into the Wellington rail network — although the Western Corridor Plan did not envisage this occurring within the next 20 years, the committee now recommends it be completed by 2010.

The following stations have also been proposed, but not approved:

• between Porirua and Paremata, to serve the new Aotea development;
• south of Takapu Road, to serve Glenside and other expanding residential areas near Johnsonville;
• at MacKay's Crossing, between Paekakariki and Raumati (near the site of the former Wainui station);
• in Tawa No 2 tunnel, to serve Newlands.

There have also been proposals to close either Redwood or Takapu Road, and either Pukerua Bay or Muri, to reduce transit times by reducing the number of stops. The suggestions were not included in the Plan.

[edit] Hutt Valley Line

Greater Wellington's Hutt Corridor Plan calls for it to "{d}esign and implement extension of electrification and services northward beyond Upper Hutt, including new stations at Timberlea and Cruickshank Road." These stations are not planned for construction until after 2016.

[edit] References

• Cameron, Walter Norman (1976). A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. Wellington: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-908573-00-6. 
• Quail Map Company (1993). New Zealand Railway And Tramway Atlas, 4th edition, England: The Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-900609-92-3. 
• Hoy, Douglas (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. Wellington, Dunedin: Southern Press. 
• Bromby, Robin (2003). Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. ISBN 1-86934-080-9. 

[edit] Footnotes