Heretaunga Railway Station

Heretaunga

Metlink suburban rail

Location

Bathurst Street, Heretaunga, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Coordinates

41°08′32″S 175°01′33″E / 41.14232°S 175.02589°ECoordinates: 41°08′32″S 175°01′33″E / 41.14232°S 175.02589°E

Owned by

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Line(s)

Hutt Valley Line

Platforms

Island

Tracks

Main line (2)

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Other information

Station code

HERE

Fare zone

6 ^[1]

History

Opened

1908

Electrified

24 July 1955

Services

Preceding station		Tranz Metro		Following station
	ONTRACK
Trentham toward Upper Hutt		Hutt Valley Line		Silverstream toward Wellington

Heretaunga Railway Station is a suburban railway station serving Heretaunga in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 28.2 km (17.5 mi) north of Wellington, and is served by Tranz Metro on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Trains stopping at Heretaunga run to Wellington and Upper Hutt.

The station has an island platform between two tracks, linked by pedestrian overbridges to Bathurst Street and Maadi Place in the south, and pedestrian level crossings to Marion Street and Somme Road in the north.

History

The station was opened in 1908 ^[2]

From 1941 to 1954 the Trentham Army Camp had a set of railway sidings used for freight and for troop trains, with a shunting locomotive owned by the Army. Most of the track were removed in the 1970s. The siding was 0.63 km from Heretaunga Railway Station and 0.53 km from Trentham Railway Station.^[3]

References

↑ Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council.
↑ Hoy, D.G. Rails out of the Capital p. 93 (NZRLS, 1970)
↑ Parsons, David (2010). Wellington’s Railway: Colonial Steam to Matangi. Wellington: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society. pp. 110,143,194. ISBN 978-0-908573-88-2.

External links

Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.

Stations on the Wairarapa Line
Original route	Te Aro Lambton Kaiwarra Ngahauranga Petone Lower Hutt Melling Belmont Andrews Pitcaithly's Haywards Silverstream Bridge Silverstream Heretaunga Trentham Wallaceville Upper Hutt Mangaroa Kaitoke Summit Cross Creek Pigeon Bush Featherston Fernside Woodside Junction Matarawa Dalefield Carterton Clareville Middleton Waingawa Solway Renall Street Masterton Opaki Kopuaranga Mauriceville Mangamahoe Eketahuna Newman Hukanui Mangamaire Konini Pahiatua Mangatainoka Ngawapurua Woodville
Current route	Wellington Kaiwharawhara Ngauranga Petone Ava Woburn Waterloo Epuni Naenae Wingate Taita Pomare Manor Park Silverstream Heretaunga Trentham Wallaceville Upper Hutt Maymorn Featherston Fernside Woodside Matarawa Dalefield Carterton Clareville Middleton Waingawa Solway Renall Street Masterton Opaki Kopuaranga Mauriceville Mangamahoe Eketahuna Newman Hukanui Mangamaire Konini Pahiatua Mangatainoka Ngawapurua Woodville
Bold indicates stations at which the Wairarapa Connection stops Italics indicates stations that have closed to passengers

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