List of Wellington railway stations

This page lists all railway stations in Wellington, New Zealand that are or were on Wellington's suburban passenger rail network. Ownership of all station buildings except Wellington was transferred to Greater Wellington Regional Council on 1 July 2011.^[1] Wellington Station is owned by KiwiRail, along with all station platforms and other railway network infrastructure.^[2] All stations have platforms, the majority of which were designed to accommodate 9-car DM/D EMUs. Exceptions to this include the Wairarapa stations, which have platforms long enough for either 3 or 7 car sets of SW-class carriages; and those on the Johnsonville Line, which have platforms designed for 6-car Matangi sets. Most stations in the suburban network have been upgraded to accommodate the "Matangi" electric units which were introduced from 2010.^[3] The train services are run by Transdev Wellington.

Maps

Schematic map

Geographic map

List

Current stations

StationA	Metlink code	Line(s)	Service(s)	Serves	km from Wellington	Fare zone(s)	OpenedB
Ava	AVA	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Ava, Petone	12.5	4	27 May 1927[4]
Awarua Street	AWAR	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Ngaio	6.0	3	2 July 1938[5]
Box Hill	BOXH			Khandallah	7.2		16 July 1956[6]
Carterton	CART	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Carterton	76.6	13	1 November 1880[7]
Crofton Downs	CROF	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Crofton Downs, Chartwell	4.9	3	25 March 1963[6][5]
Epuni	EPUN	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Epuni, Boulcott	16.5	5	7 January 1946[6]
Featherston	FEAT		Wairarapa Connection	Featherston	57.2	11	12 October 1878[6]
Heretaunga	HERE		Hutt Valley	Heretaunga	28.2	6	1908[8]
Johnsonville	JOHN	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Johnsonville	10.5	3	21 September 1885[9][10]
Kenepuru	KENE	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Kenepuru, Linden	16.2	5	8 April 1963[6]
Khandallah	KHAN	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Khandallah	8.0	3	21 September 1885[9] [10]
Linden	LIND	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Linden	14.9	4	28 July 1940[6]
Mana[d]	MANA			Mana	23.2	6	5 September 1949[6]
Manor Park	MANO	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Manor Park	23.7		1 March 1954[11]
Masterton	MAST		Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	91.0	14	1 November 1880[7]
Matarawa	MATA			Carterton	69.6	13	1 November 1880[7]
Maymorn	MAYM			Maymorn	38.8	8	3 November 1955[12]
Melling[e]	MELL	Melling Branch	Melling	Melling, Lower Hutt city centre	13.5	4	26 May 1908[6]
Naenae	NAEN	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Naenae, Avalon	18.3	5	7 January 1946[13]
Ngaio	NGAI	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Ngaio	5.2	3	21 September 1885[9][10]
Ngauranga	NGAU	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Melling	Ngauranga	4.8		20 April 1874[14]
Paekākāriki	PAEK	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Paekākāriki	38.8	8	31 March 1886[6]
Paraparaumu	PARA			Paraparaumu, Raumati	48.3	9	2 August 1886[6]
Paremata	PARE			Paremata	21.9	6	24 September 1885[6][9][10]
Petone	PETO	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Melling, Wairarapa Connection	Petone	10.5	4	June 1875[14]
Plimmerton	PLIM	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Plimmerton	24.5	6	2 October 1885[6]
Pomare	POMA	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Pomare, Stokes Valley	22.0	5	9 August 1954[6]
Porirua	PORI	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Porirua city centre	17.7		24 September 1885[6][9][15]
Pukerua Bay[g]	PUKE			Pukerua Bay	30.4	7	25 December 1885[6]
Raroa	RARO	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Raroa	9.2	3	17 June 1940[6]
Redwood	REDW	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Redwood	13.1	4	15 December 1963[6]
Renall Street	RENA	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	89.4	14	1936[16]
Silverstream	SILV		Hutt Valley	Silverstream, Pinehaven	26.8	6	21 November 1954[6]
Simla Crescent	SIML	Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville	Khandallah	6.9	3	2 July 1938[5]
Solway	SOLW	Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	88.1	14	1 November 1880[7]
Taitā	TAIT		Hutt Valley	Taitā	20.6	5	14 April 1947[11]
Takapu Road	TAKA	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Redwood, Grenada North	11.9	4	20 June 1937[6]
Tawa	TAWA			Tawa	13.8		24 September 1885[6][9][10]
Trentham	TREN	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Trentham	29.4	6/7	8 January 1907[6]
Upper Hutt	UPPE		Hutt Valley, Wairarapa Connection	Upper Hutt city centre	32.4	7	1 February 1876[17]
Waikanae	WAIK	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Waikanae	55.4	10	2 August 1886[6]
Wallaceville	WALL	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Wallaceville, Trentham	31.3	7	1 February 1876[6]
Waterloo	WATE	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley, Wairarapa Connection	Waterloo, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt city centre	15.5	4	27 May 1927[4]
Wellington	WELL	All		Wellington city centre	0.0	1	19 June 1937[18]
Western Hutt[k]	WEST	Melling Branch	Melling	Alicetown, Lower Hutt city centre	11.9	4	14 April 1874[19]
Wingate	WING	Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley	Wingate, Avalon	19.5	5	25 September 1950[6]
Woburn	WOBU			Woburn, Waiwhetu	14.4	4	27 May 1927[4]
Woodside	WOOD		Wairarapa Connection	Greytown	65.1	12	14 May 1880[6]

Former stations

StationA	Line(s)	Service(s)	Serves	OpenedB	ClosedB
Andrews	Wairarapa Line	—	—	26 June 1938[6]	28 February 1954[13]
Beach	Hutt Park Railway	—	—	6 February 1885	31 January 1950[6]
Belmont	Wairarapa Line	—	—	15 December 1875[6]	28 February 1954[13]
Clareville		—	—	1 November 1880[7]	30 November 1970[6]
Cross Creek		—	—	12 October 1878	30 October 1955[20]
Dalefield		—	—	1 November 1880[7]	1 February 1981[6]
Fernside		—	—	14 May 1880[6]	30 March 1975[6]
Gracefield[a]	Gracefield Branch	—	—	4 April 1943[6]	1 May 2002[6]
Greytown	Greytown Branch	—	—	14 May 1880[21]	25 December 1953[22]
Haywards[b]	Wairarapa Line	—	—	15 December 1875[6]	1 March 1954[13]
Hutt Park	Hutt Park Railway	—	—	6 February 1885[6]	19 November 1915[6]
Hutt Park	Gracefield Branch	—	—	17 September 1927 27 February 1960	5 February 1949 11 May 1965
Kaitoke	Wairarapa Line	—	—	28 December 1877[23]	30 October 1955[20]
Kaiwharawhara		—	—	20 April 1874[14]	21 November 2013[24]
Lambton[c]		—	Wellington	1885[8]	19 June 1937[18]
Mangaroa		—	—	1 January 1878[6]	30 October 1955[20]
Middleton		—	—	8 February 1881[6]	April 1891[6]
Muri	North Island Main Trunk	Kapiti	Pukerua Bay	28 July 1952[6]	30 April 2011[25]
Otaihanga		—	—	2 August 1886[6]	1902[6]
Pigeon Bush	Wairarapa Line	—	—	12 October 1878	30 October 1955[20]
Pipitea Point		—	—	14 April 1874[26]	30 September 1884[6]
Pitcaithly's[f]		—	—	December 1903[6]	26 March 1938[6]
Silverstream Bridge[h]		—	—	26 May 1908[6][8] 17 August 1942[6]	1917[8] 1954[13]
Summit		—	—	12 October 1878	30 October 1955[20]
Te Aro	Te Aro Extension	—	Wellington	27 March 1893[27]	23 April 1917[27]
Thorndon	North Island Main Trunk	—	—	24 September 1885	8 June 1937[28]
Waingawa	Wairarapa Line	—	—	30 March 1921[6][16]	-
Wainui[i]	North Island Main Trunk	—	—	1 December 1886[6]	3 February 1900[6][29]
Wellington[j]	Wairarapa Line	—	Wellington city centre	1 November 1880[7]	1885[8]

Notes

• ^ Stations

^a Parkside until 1964. Never used for passenger traffic.^[8]

^b Renamed Manor Park when the Hutt Valley Branch became the main line.^[8]

^c Demolished in 1938.

^d Was known as Dolly Varden (after a ship) until 1960 when local pressure resulted in the area being renamed Mana.^[8][30]

^e With the closure of the Western Hutt section of the Wairarapa Line and the formation of the Melling Branch from the remainder, Melling station was relocated to the south side of the Melling Link road.

^f Replaced by Andrews, to the south.

^g Originally Pukerua.

^h Thought to have been reopened during WW II to serve the nearby hospital. On or near the site of the Silver Stream Railway's McKirdy station.

ⁱ Near Mackays Crossing.

^j On closure relocated and later named Lambton.^[8]

^k Originally Lower Hutt.

• ^ Dates

• A date with a question mark means the date is from an ambiguous source or sources.
• – in the Closed column means the station is still open.
•  ? without a date means that the date is not known, but the station has definitely been opened/closed.

Proposals

The GWRC 2009 Long Term Community Plan (LTCCP) indicates that it is considering introducing user-pays charges to some station carparks where demand exceeds supply. Some stations are being considered for expanded parking facilities where sufficient demand exists and suitable land is available, but necessary station upgrades to accommodate new rolling stock have constrained the amount of funding that can be committed to projects like improved Park-and-Ride facilities.^[3]

There are several proposals for new stations to be built along existing lines.

Kapiti Line

GWRC's Western Corridor Plan calls for improvements to rail services in the Kapiti area, including two new stations: Raumati, proposed for completion in 2009, south of Paraparaumu, probably just north of the intersection of State Highway 1 and Poplar Avenue; and Lindale, proposed for completion in 2010, would be part of a larger transport hub north of Paraparaumu. However, a more recent decision by the council to invest its funds and resources in electrification and double-tracking to Waikanae, and the upgrade of Paraparaumu and Waikanae stations, has meant that consideration will now not be given to these new stations before 2010.^[31][32] GWRC's passenger transport committee has also recommended that electrification be extended to Waikanae, bringing the existing station there into the Wellington rail network – although the Western Corridor Plan did not envisage this occurring within the next 20 years, work was completed in February 2011.

The following stations have also been proposed, but not approved:

• between Porirua and Paremata, to serve the new Aotea development;
• south of Takapu Road, to serve Glenside and other expanding residential areas near Johnsonville;
• at Mackays Crossing, between Paekākāriki and Raumati (near the site of the former Wainui station);
• in Tawa No 2 tunnel, to serve Newlands.

There have also been proposals to close either Redwood or Takapu Road, and either Pukerua Bay or Muri,^[33] to reduce transit times by reducing the number of stops. The suggestions were not included in the Plan, but Muri station was closed on 30 April 2011.

Hutt Valley Line

Greater Wellington's Hutt Corridor Plan calls for it to "[d]esign and implement extension of electrification and services northward beyond Upper Hutt, including new stations at Timberlea and Cruickshank Road." These stations are not planned for construction until after 2016. A branch line to Wainuiomata has been proposed as recently as the 1970s, but is not planned.

References

1. "Rail station-upgrade cost check". The Dominion Post. Wellington. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
2. CHAPMAN, KATIE (5 July 2011). "$168m Wellington rail package signed". The Dominion Post. Wellington. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
3. KOPP, MICHAEL (19 May 2009). "GW may charge for station carparks". Hutt News. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
4. Cameron 1976, pp. 293–294.
5. Churchman 1998, chpt. "Electrified Operations".
6. Scoble 2010.
7. Cameron 1976, p. 131.
8. Hoy 1970, pp. 93–95.
9. Hoy 1972, p. 36.
10. Hoy 1972, pp. 119–120.
11. Bromby 2003, p. 41.
12. Bromby 2003, p. 42.
13. Bromby 2003, p. 40.
14. Hoy 1970, p. 13.
15. Hoy 1972, pp. 119.
16. Cameron 1976, p. 244.
17. Cameron 1976, p. 83.
18. Mahoney 1987, p. 102.
19. Hoy 1970, p. 11.
20. Cameron 1976, p. 170.
21. Cameron 1976, p. 283.
22. Cameron 1976, p. 286.
23. Cameron 1976, pp. 100, 103.
24. "Station closes for good". Stuff. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
25. DANDO, KRIS (22 March 2011). "Muri station to close". Kapi-Mana News. Porirua. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
26. Cameron 1976, p. 215.
27. Bromby 2003, p. 74.
28. Mahoney 1987, p. 104.
29. Hoy 1972, p. 53.
30. Churchman 1995, p. 27.
31. Blundell, Kay (15 April 2008). "Railway station plans go on hold". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 14 April 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
32. "Kapiti Coast railway upgrade details revealed" (Press release). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008. The future of extra stations at Lindale and Raumati will be determined after 2010 when the benefits of the first tranche of work and subsequent travel patterns are established.
33. TUCKEY, KAROLINE (23 June 2009). "Station work too costly for regional council". Kapi-Mana News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

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• Churchman, Geoffrey Basil (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. Wellington: IPL Books. ISBN 0-908876-79-3.
• Churchman, Geoffrey Basil (1998) [1988]. The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway (Second ed.). Wellington: IPL Books. ISBN 0-908876-05-X.
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• Hoy, Douglas George (1972). West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. Wellington, Dunedin: Southern Press.
• Mahoney, John Daniel (1987). Down at the Station: A study of the New Zealand Railway Station. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press. ISBN 0-86469-060-6.
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