Taita Railway Station

Taita Railway Station is an intermediate station in Lower Hutt, New Zealand served by Tranz Metro's electric multiple unit trains on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line.

The island platform station between double tracks serves the suburb of Taita.

History

The then Hutt Valley Branch to Waterloo opened on 26 May 1927. The branch line was extended to Epuni and Naenae on 7 January 1946 and to Taita on 14 April 1947. Double track was to Naenae only but was extended to Taita on 22 February 1953. With the opening of the section to Haywards (now called Manor Park) from 1 March 1954 and the closing of the Melling-Haywards section, this route became the main route to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa.^[1]

Services

The following Metlink bus routes serve Taita station:

• 120: Stokes Valley - Lower Hutt
• 121: Stokes Valley Heights - Gracefield via Lower Hutt

Taita station serves as an important median point on peak Hutt Valley Line services. At both morning and evening peaks services commence and terminate at Taita, stopping at all stations en route to Wellington Railway Station along the southern section of the Hutt Valley Line. Services along the northern section commencing and terminating at Upper Hutt Railway Station run express to or from Taita (stopping only at Waterloo Interchange) and stop at all stations north of Taita.

To facilitate the movement of commencing and terminating trains points exist both north and south of the station.

Off-peak the station is served half-hourly by services in each direction.

References

External links

• Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.
• Layout 1960 (diagram)