Simla Crescent Railway Station

Simla Crescent
Metlink commuter rail
Station statistics
Address Khandallah Road, Khandallah, 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

Simla Crescent railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand’s North Island, and is one of two stations that were added to the line when it was upgraded prior to being reopened as the Johnsonville Branch. It serves the suburbs of Ngaio and Te Kainga.

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 Simla Crescent.[2] It opened on 2 July 1938 along with the newly electrified Johnsonville Branch.[3] Timetabled services began the following Monday.

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 nearest bus routes are #44 and #45 at the corner of Cockayne Road and Clutha Avenue.

Facilities

This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access is from Khandallah Road or Simla Crescent. There is no dedicated station car park, although there are several car parks in the cul-de-sac below the line on the opposite side to the station.

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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