Ngauranga railway station
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Ngauranga railway station is a single island platform railway station in the mainly industrial and commercial suburb of Ngauranga on the Wairarapa Line in Wellington, New Zealand. It is on the Wellington suburban rail network and is served by Melling Line trains and some only Hutt Valley Line trains. Wairarapa Connection trains pass this station but do not stop. All trains are run by Transdev as part of the Metlink network.
Ngauranga | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Hutt Road, Ngauranga, Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°14′55.20″S 174°48′48.88″E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Melling Line Hutt Valley Line | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | Single island | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | Main line (2) | ||||||||||||||
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Parking | No | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3[1] | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 20 April 1874 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1966 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | 14 September 1953 | ||||||||||||||
Previous names | Ngahauranga | ||||||||||||||
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Ngauranga formerly handled freight traffic, but is now used exclusively by commuter passenger trains. It is next to a waste disposal facility and at the bottom of the Ngauranga Gorge, next to the major road junction where State Highway 2 joins State Highway 1.
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