| Linden Metlink suburban rail |
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| Lines | North Island Main Trunk | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 July 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Tranz Metro | |||||||||||||||
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Linden Railway Station is located on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in Linden, New Zealand and is part of the suburban rail network of Wellington. It is double tracked, has an island platform layout, and is 14.91 km from Wellington Railway Station, the southern terminus of the NIMT.
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Linden is served by Kapiti Line commuter trains operated by Tranz Metro under the Metlink brand. Trains run every thirty minutes off-peak, and more frequently during peak periods. A number of peak services run express between Porirua and Wellington and thus do not stop at Linden Station.[1]
The commuter trains are operated by electric multiple units. These were formerly DM/D class units but are now almost always units of the EM/ET class. Two diesel-hauled carriage trains, the Capital Connection and the Overlander, pass through the station but do not stop.
The line through Linden was originally part of the Wellington - Manawatu Line. Built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR), the full line to Longburn was completed in 1886 and trains were operated by the WMR until December 1908, when the New Zealand Railways Department purchased the WMR and incorporated its line into the NIMT.
On 19 June 1937, the Tawa Flat deviation was opened to the south of Linden. It eliminated the circuitous route via Johnsonville into Wellington. On June 1940, the line through Linden was electrified, and on 15 December 1957, it was double tracked.[2]