List of Nelson railway stations

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This is a list of the stations that were established on the Nelson Section, an isolated 96 km long railway in the Tasman district of New Zealand’s South Island. Most stations handled passenger traffic until passenger services were withdrawn in 1954, and most also handled freight. One, Gowanbridge, was never used for commercial services, and Kawatiri had a relatively short lifespan of only 5 years and 21 days. All stations, other than Gowanbridge and Kawatiri, were closed along with the line on 3 September 1955.

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Station Distance Opened
Port Nelson 00.00 km 1880-05-17
Nelson 01.61 km 1876-01-29
Hampden St. Crossing[1] N/A
Bishopdale 04.67 km 1876-01-29
Stoke 08.67 km 1876-01-29
Freezing Works 11.10 km April 1909
Richmond 13.52 km 1876-01-29
Appleby 15.13 km 1876-01-29
Hope 16.74 km 1876-01-29
Brightwater 21.24 km 1876-01-29
Spring Grove 23.50 km 1876-01-29
Wakefield 27.84 km 1876-01-29
Wai-iti 32.19 km 1876-01-29
Foxhill 34.12 km 1881-07-25
Belgrove 35.63 km 1881-07-25
Motupiko 51.34 km 1899-03-02
Mararewa 56.49 km 1906-08-06
Tapawera 59.22 km 1906-08-06
Rakau 63.73 km 1906-08-06
Tadmor 68.08 km 1906-08-06
Kiwi 76.28 km 1908-12-18
Tui 81.43 km 1912-09-02
Kaka 85.94 km 1912-09-02
Glenhope 96.64 km 1912-09-02
Kawatiri 103.20 km 1926-06-21
Gowanbridge[2] 109.50 km N/A

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[edit] References

  • Quail Map Company (1993). in Yonge, John: New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, Fourth Edition, England: The Quail Map Company, 17. ISBN 0 900609 92 3. 

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Listed in some Working Timetables as a place where the train could stop if required for school students to disembark. Not a real station.
  2. ^ Never used for scheduled or commercial traffic.