Awarua Street Railway Station

Awarua Street
Metlink commuter rail
Station statistics
Address Awarua Street, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand
Lines Johnsonville Line
Connections Bus services
Platforms Single side
Tracks Main line (1)
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 10 January 1938 (some trains only)
2 July 1938 (passengers)
Electrified 2 July 1938
Owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council
Fare zone 3[1]
Services
    ONTRACK    
Preceding station   Tranz Metro   Following station
Johnsonville Line
toward Wellington

Awarua Street railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand’s North Island, and serves the suburb of Ngaio. It is one of two stations that were added to the line when it was upgraded prior to being reopened as the Johnsonville Branch, and one of the four stations on the line to be located on a curve.

Electric multiple unit trains are operated by Tranz Metro under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south).

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History

As part of the upgrade of the section of the old Wellington and Manawatu Railway between Wellington and Johnsonville, two new stations were constructed, one of which was Awarua Street.[2] It opened on 2 July 1938 along with the newly electrified Johnsonville Branch.[3] Timetabled services began the following Monday.

Over the summer of 2008/09, the platform of the station was entirely demolished to be replaced by a brand new platform that could accommodate six carriages, as opposed to four. The replaced platform is twice the size of the old platform.

Services

Trains run in both directions through this station, departing at half-hourly intervals, supplemented by a 13/13/26 schedule at peak times on week days.

The closest bus route is #45, which passes by the end of Awarua Street along Ottawa Road.

Facilities

This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access to the station is via a walkway from Awarua Street near the rail bridge over Awarua Street, or from a long flight of steps down from Fox Street to the north end of the platform. There is no dedicated station car park available.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Text description of fare zone boundaries". http://www.metlink.org.nz/story21116.php?. Retrieved 1 January 2008. 
  2. ^ Churchman, Geoffrey B. (1998) [1988]. "Electrified Operations". The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway (Second Edition ed.). Wellington: IPL Books. ISBN 0-908876-05-X. "Two new stations, at Awarua Street and Simla Crescent, were built at the time of electrification; ..." 
  3. ^ "Electrified Operations". The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway. "Work progressed on the electrification of the Johnsonville Line and on 2 July 1938 came the official opening ceremony." 

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