List of Wellington railway stations

This page lists all railway stations in Wellington, New Zealand that are or were on Wellington's suburban passenger rail network. Ownership of all station buildings except Wellington was transferred to Greater Wellington Regional Council on 1 July 2011.[1] Wellington Station is owned by KiwiRail, along with all station platforms and other railway network infrastructure.[2] All stations have platforms, the majority of which were designed to accommodate 9-car DM/D EMUs. 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 Line, which have platforms designed for 6-car Matangi sets. Most stations in the suburban network have been upgraded to accommodate the "Matangi" electric units to be introduced from 2010.[3]

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List

StationA Line(s) Service(s) Serves OpenedB ClosedB
Andrews Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01938-06-26 26 June 1938[4] 01954-02-28 28 February 1954[5]
Ava Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Ava, Petone 01927-05-27 27 May 1927[6] -
Awarua Street Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Ngaio 01938-07-02 2 July 1938[7] -
Beach Hutt Park Railway N/A N/A 01885-02-06 6 February 1885 01950-01-31 31 January 1950[4]
Belmont Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01875-12-15 15 December 1875[4] 01954-02-28 28 February 1954[5]
Box Hill Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Khandallah 01956-07-16 16 July 1956[4] -
Carterton Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Carterton 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] -
Clareville Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] 01970-11-30 30 November 1970[4]
Crofton Downs Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Crofton Downs, Chartwell 01963-03-25 25 March 1963[4][9] -
Cross Creek Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01878-10-12 12 October 1878 01955-10-30 30 October 1955[10]
Dalefield Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] 01981-02-01 1 February 1981[4]
Epuni Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Epuni, Boulcott 01946-01-07 7 January 1946[4] -
Featherston Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Featherston 01878-10-12 12 October 1878[4] -
Fernside Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01880-05-14 14 May 1880[4] 01975-03-30 30 March 1975[4]
Gracefield[a] Gracefield Branch N/A N/A 01943-04-04 4 April 1943[4] 02002-05-01 1 May 2002[4]
Greytown Greytown Branch N/A N/A 01880-05-14 14 May 1880[11] 01953-12-25 25 December 1953[12]
Haywards[b] Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01875-12-15 15 December 1875[4] 01954-03-01 1 March 1954[5]
Heretaunga Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Heretaunga 01908 1908[13] -
Hutt Park Hutt Park Railway N/A N/A 01885-02-06 6 February 1885[4] 01915-11-19 19 November 1915[4]
Hutt Park Gracefield Branch N/A N/A 01927-09-17 17 September 1927
01960-02-27 27 February 1960		 01949-02-05 5 February 1949
01965-05-11 11 May 1965
Johnsonville Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Johnsonville 01885-09-21 21 September 1885[14][15] -
Kaitoke Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01877-12-28 28 December 1877[16] 01955-10-30 30 October 1955[10]
Kaiwharawhara North Island Main Trunk
Wairarapa Line		 Kapiti, Hutt Valley, Melling Kaiwharawhara 01874-04-20 20 April 1874[17] -
Kenepuru North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Kenepuru, Linden 01963-04-08 8 April 1963[4] -
Khandallah Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Khandallah 01885-09-21 21 September 1885[14][15] -
Lambton[c] Wairarapa Line N/A Wellington 01885 1885[13] 01937-06-19 19 June 1937[18]
Linden North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Linden 01940-07-28 28 July 1940[4] -
Mana[d] North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Mana 01949-09-05 5 September 1949[4] -
Mangaroa Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01878-01-01 1 January 1878[4] 01955-10-30 30 October 1955[10]
Manor Park Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Manor Park 01954-03-01 1 March 1954[19] -
Masterton Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Masterton 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] -
Matarawa Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Greytown 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] -
Maymorn Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Maymorn 01955-11-03 3 November 1955[20] -
Melling[e] Melling Branch Melling Melling, Lower Hutt city centre 01908-05-26 26 May 1908[4] -
Middleton Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01881-02-08 8 February 1881[4] 01891-04 April 1891[4]
Muri North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Pukerua Bay 01952-07-28 28 July 1952[4] 02011-04-30 30 April 2011
Naenae Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Naenae, Avalon 01946-01-07 7 January 1946[21] -
Ngaio Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Ngaio 01885-09-21 21 September 1885[14][15] -
Ngauranga Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley, Melling Ngauranga 01874-04-20 20 April 1874[17] -
Otaihanga North Island Main Trunk N/A N/A 01886-08-02 2 August 1886[4] 01902 1902[4]
Paekakariki North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Paekakariki 01886-03-31 31 March 1886[4] -
Paraparaumu North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Paraparaumu, Raumati 01886-08-02 2 August 1886[4] -
Paremata North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Paremata 01885-09-24 24 September 1885[4][14][15] -
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[10]
Pipitea Point Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01874-04-14 14 April 1874[23] 01884-09-30 30 September 1884[4]
Pitcaithly's[f] Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01903-12 December 1903[4] 01938-03-26 26 March 1938[4]
Plimmerton North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Plimmerton 01885-10-02 2 October 1885[4] -
Pomare Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Pomare, Stokes Valley 01954-08-09 9 August 1954[4] -
Porirua North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Porirua city centre 01885-09-24 24 September 1885[4][14][15] -
Pukerua Bay[g] North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Pukerua Bay 01885-12-25 25 December 1885[4] -
Raroa Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Raroa 01940-06-17 17 June 1940[4] -
Redwood North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Redwood 01963-12-15 15 December 1963[4] -
Renall Street Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Masterton 01936 1936[24] -
Silverstream Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Silverstream, Pinehaven 01954-11-21 21 November 1954[4] -
Silverstream Bridge[h] Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01908-05-26 26 May 1908[4][13]
01942-08-17 17 August 1942[4]		 01917 1917[13]
01954 1954[5]
Simla Crescent Johnsonville Line Johnsonville Khandallah 01938-07-02 2 July 1938[7] -
Solway Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Masterton 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] -
Summit Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01878-10-12 12 October 1878 01955-10-30 30 October 1955[10]
Taita Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Taita 01947-04-14 14 April 1947[25] -
Takapu Road North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Redwood, Grenada North 01937-06-20 20 June 1937[4] -
Tawa North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Tawa 01885-09-24 24 September 1885[4][14][15] -
Te Aro Te Aro Extension N/A Wellington 01893-03-27 27 March 1893[26] 01917-04-23 23 April 1917[27]
Thorndon North Island Main Trunk N/A N/A 01885-09-24 24 September 1885 01937-06-08 8 June 1937[28]
Trentham Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Trentham 01907-01-08 8 January 1907[4] -
Upper Hutt Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley, Wairarapa Connection Upper Hutt city centre 01876-02-01 1 February 1876[29] -
Waikanae North Island Main Trunk Kapiti Waikanae 01886-08-02 2 August 1886[4] -
Waingawa Wairarapa Line N/A N/A 01921-03-30 30 March 1921[4][30] -
Wainui[i] North Island Main Trunk N/A N/A 01886-12-01 1 December 1886[4] 01900-02-03 3 February 1900[4][31]
Wallaceville Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Wallaceville, Trentham 01876-02-01 1 February 1876[4] -
Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley, Wairarapa Connection Waterloo, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt city centre 01927-05-27 27 May 1927[6] -
Wellington[j] Wairarapa Line N/A Wellington city centre 01880-11-01 1 November 1880[8] 01885 1885[13]
Wellington All All Wellington city centre 01937-06-19 19 June 1937[18] -
Western Hutt[k] Melling Branch Melling Alicetown, Lower Hutt city centre 01874-04-14 14 April 1874[32] -
Wingate Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Wingate, Avalon 01950-09-25 25 September 1950[4] -
Woburn Wairarapa Line Hutt Valley Woburn, Waiwhetu 01927-05-27 27 May 1927[6] -
Woodside Wairarapa Line Wairarapa Connection Greytown 01880-05-14 14 May 1880[4] -

Notes

a Parkside until 1964. Never used for passenger traffic.[13]
b Renamed Manor Park when the Hutt Valley Branch became the main line.[13]
c Demolished in 1938.
d Was known as Dolly Varden (after a ship) until 1960 when local pressure resulted in the area being renamed Mana.[13][33]
e With the closure of the Western Hutt section of the Wairarapa Line and the formation of the Melling Branch from the remainder, Melling station was relocated to the south side of the Melling Link road.
f Replaced by Andrews, to the south.
g Originally Pukerua.
h Thought to have been reopened during WW II to serve the nearby hospital. On or near the site of the Silver Stream Railway's McKirdy station.
i Near MacKays Crossing.
j On closure relocated and later named Lambton.[13]
k Originally Lower Hutt.
  • A date with a question mark means the date is from an ambiguous source or sources.
  • - in the Closed column means the station is still open.
  •  ? without a date means that the date is not known, but the station has definitely been opened/closed.

Proposals

The GWRC 2009 Long Term Community Plan (LTCCP) indicates that it is considering introducing user-pays charges to some station carparks where demand exceeds supply. Some stations are being considered for expanded parking facilities where sufficient demand exists and suitable land is available, but necessary station upgrades to accommodate new rolling stock have constrained the amount of funding that can be committed to projects like improved Park-and-Ride facilities.[3]

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

Kapiti Line

GWRC'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] GWRC'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, work was completed in February 2011.

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

There have also been proposals to close either Redwood or Takapu Road, and either Pukerua Bay or Muri[36], to reduce transit times by reducing the number of stops. The suggestions were not included in the Plan, but Muri station was closed on 30 April 2011.

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. A branch line to Wainuiomata has been proposed as recently as the 1970s, but is not planned.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Rail station-upgrade cost check". The Dominion Post (Wellington: Fairfax New Zealand). 3 September 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5557921/Rail-station-upgrade-cost-check. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
  2. ^ CHAPMAN, KATIE (5 July 2011). "$168m Wellington rail package signed". The Dominion Post (Wellington: Fairfax New Zealand). http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5236334/168m-Wellington-rail-package-signed. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  3. ^ a b KOPP, MICHAEL (19 May 2009). "GW may charge for station carparks". Hutt News (Fairfax New Zealand). http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/communities/hutt-news/2423213/GW-may-charge-for-station-carparks. Retrieved May 21, 2009. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
  5. ^ a b c d Bromby, Robin (2003). "Main Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 1-86934-080-9. "Once the new line had been extended ... it made possible the closure of ... the Belmont, Andrews, Haywards and Silverstream Bridge stations" 
  6. ^ a b c Cameron, Walter Norman (1976). "Branch Lines And Sidings". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. Wellington: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. pp. 293–294. ISBN 0-908573-00-6. "... branch line from Petone to Waterloo ... Two intermediate stations were to be provided, one at Cuba Street (Ava) and the other at Whites Line (Woburn). ... the line was opened on the due date of 27 May 1927." 
  7. ^ a b Churchman, Geoffrey B. (1998) [1988]. "Electrified Operations". The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway (Second Edition ed.). Wellington: Industrial Publishing. ISBN 0-908876-05-X. "Two new stations, at Awarua Street and Simla Crescent, were built at the time of electrification..." 
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Cameron, Walter Norman. "Construction And Operation, Featherston to Masterton". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 131. "The line was opened throughout between Wellington and Masterton on 1 November 1880, coinciding with the commissioning of Wellington's second railway station." 
  9. ^ Churchman, Geoffrey. "Electrified Operations". The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway. "Crofton Downs in 1937. There was no need for a station here until September 1963." 
  10. ^ a b c d e Cameron, Walter Norman. "Fell System In New Zealand". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 170. "The last train ... climbed to Summit late in the afternoon of 29 October 1955. The section was thus closed ..." 
  11. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "Branch Lines And Sidings". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 283. "Opening of the line ... came at last on 14 May 1880." 
  12. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "Branch Lines And Sidings". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 286. "The last train ran on 24 December 1953." 
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hoy, Douglas (1970). "Appendix A: Stations And Stopping Places". Rails Out Of The Capital: Suburban Railways, Wellington. Wellington: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. pp. 93–95. 
  14. ^ a b c d e f Hoy, Douglas (1972). "Operation At Last". West Of The Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. Wellington, Dunedin: Southern Press. p. 36. "On 21 September 1885 the first section of the railway was opened from Wellington as far as Paremata." 
  15. ^ a b c d e f Hoy, Douglas. "Appendix B: W.M.R. Stations and Stopping Places". West Of The Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. pp. 119–120. 
  16. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "The Mountain Section". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. pp. 100, 103. "No doubt the Public Works Department was satisfied and relieved when the rails reached Kaitoki, ... The great day arrived on 28 December, when His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby was to open the section. ... During the next few days a number of trains were run to Kaitoki for excursionists. ... A special timetable was run on New Year's Day, when three trains made the return trip to the end of the line. ... The line now settled down to business ..." 
  17. ^ a b Hoy, Douglas G.. "Early Years". Rails Out Of The Capital: Suburban Railways, Wellington. p. 13. "Kaiwharawhara and Ngauranga became stopping places on 20 April 1874, ..." 
  18. ^ a b Mahoney, J. D. (1987). "7: The Main City Stations". Down At The Station: A Study of the New Zealand Railway Station. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press Limited. p. 102. ISBN 0 86469 060 6. "On 19 June 1937 the new station was opened and Lambton's working days were over." 
  19. ^ Bromby, Robin. "Main Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. p. 41. "On 1 March 1954 the line beyond from Pomare, via Manor Park ... was opened to all through services ..." 
  20. ^ Bromby, Robin. "Main Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. p. 42. "The Rimutaka tunnel was opened to traffic on 3 November 1955." 
  21. ^ Bromby, Robin. "Main Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. p. 40. "Naenae was reached on 7 January 1946 ..." 
  22. ^ Hoy, Douglas G.. "Early Years". Rails Out Of The Capital: Suburban Railways, Wellington. p. 13. "A flag station at Petone or Koro-koro as it was called then, came into use in June 1875." 
  23. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "The Stations". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 215. "Wellington's first station opened for business on 14 April 1874 at Pipitea Point." 
  24. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "The Stations". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 244. "Renall Street was provided in 1936 as a stopping place for railcars in the southern suburbs of Masterton." 
  25. ^ Bromby, Robin. "Main Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. p. 41. "Taita was opened to traffic on 14 April 1947 ..." 
  26. ^ Bromby, Robin. "Branch Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. p. 74. "Opened: 27 March 1893" 
  27. ^ Bromby, Robin. "Branch Lines - North Island". Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. p. 74. "Closed on 23 April 1917" 
  28. ^ Mahoney, J. D.. "7: The Main City Stations". Down At The Station: A Study of the New Zealand Railway Station. p. 104. "The last day of operation at Thorndon was 8 June 1937, ..." 
  29. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "Construction And Operation, Wellington To Upper Hutt". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 83. "At the end of January 1876, severe flooding damaged and blocked the road between Upper Hutt and Taita, and to obviatedelay to road transport, the railway to Upper Hutt was opened on 1 February." 
  30. ^ Cameron, Walter Norman. "The Stations". A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. p. 244. "In 1921, however, a new Waingawa station was built with signals and "switch-out" tablet instruments south of the original Waingawa siding and Taratahi disappeared as a name for this locality." 
  31. ^ Hoy, Douglas. "Company Stations". West Of The Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. p. 53. "It is understood that Wainui was opened only to serve a local Maori community, which later moved into Paikakariki, and the station was closed in 1900." 
  32. ^ Hoy, Douglas G.. "The Railway Comes To Wellington". Rails Out Of The Capital: Suburban Railways, Wellington. p. 11. "The line was open to all traffic on 14 April 1874." 
  33. ^ Churchman, Geoffrey B. (1995). "Wellington – Paekakariki 1940". Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. Wellington: IPL Books. p. 27. ISBN 0-908876-79-3. 
  34. ^ Blundell, Kay (2008-04-15). "Railway station plans go on hold". The Dominion Post. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4479721a23955.html. Retrieved 2008-04-14. 
  35. ^ "Kapiti Coast railway upgrade details revealed" (Press release). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 2008-04-14. http://www.gw.govt.nz/story27016.cfm?. Retrieved 2008-04-15. "The future of extra stations at Lindale and Raumati will be determined after 2010 when the benefits of the first tranche of work and subsequent travel patterns are established." 
  36. ^ TUCKEY, KAROLINE (23 June 2009). "Station work too costly for regional council". Kapi-Mana News (Fairfax New Zealand). http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/communities/kapi-mana-news/2524117/Station-work-too-costly-for-regional-council. Retrieved 23 June 2009.