Silverstream Railway Station

Silverstream

Metlink suburban rail

Location

Fergusson Drive and Kiln Street, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Coordinates

41°08′50.42″S 175°00′38.63″E / 41.1473389°S 175.0107306°E

Owned by

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Line(s)

Wairarapa Line

Tracks

Main line (2)

Construction

Structure type

Island

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Station code

SILV

Fare zone

6 ^[1]

History

Opened

1 March 1954

Electrified

24 July 1955

Services

Preceding station		Tranz Metro		Following station
	ONTRACK
Heretaunga toward Upper Hutt		Hutt Valley Line		Manor Park toward Wellington

Silverstream Railway Station is a suburban railway station serving Silverstream in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 26.8 km (16.7 mi) north of Wellington, and is served by Tranz Metro on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Trains stopping at Silverstream run to Wellington and Upper Hutt.

The station has an island platform between two tracks, linked to Field Street in the south by a footpath, and to Fergusson Drive in the north-west and Whitemans Road to the north-east via pedestrian level crossings.

Services

Rail

Tranz Metro operates Hutt Valley Line electric suburban services between Wellington and Upper Hutt via Silverstream. The basic daytime off-peak timetable is:

2 tph to Wellington, stopping all stations
2 tph to Upper Hutt, stopping all stations

The basic morning peak timetable is:

3 tph to Wellington, stopping all stations to Taita then Waterloo only
2 tph to Upper Hutt, stopping all stations

Bus

The following Metlink bus services serve the station:

Previous timetabled stop	Metlink Bus Services	Next timetabled stop
Upper Hutt Station towards Timberlea	93^[2] Upper Hutt Commuter	Belmont Flat - Western Hutt Road towards Courtenay Place
Fergusson Drive towards Emerald Hill	110 Upper Hutt	Stokes Valley Entrance towards Petone Station
Upper Hutt Station Terminus	115 Pinehaven	Field Street towards Pinehaven

History

The Silverstream Railway Station replaced the former Silverstream Bridge Railway Station when the Melling-Belmont section of the line on the western side of the Hutt Valley, New Zealand and the first rail bridge at Silverstream was closed on 28 February 1954, and the through line to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa rerouted through the centre of the valley, see Hutt Valley Line.

References

↑ Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council.
↑ "Upper Hutt Commuter (Timberlea - Wellington) - Timetable". Metlink. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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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