Kaiwharawhara Railway Station

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Kaiwharawhara
Metlink regional rail
Kaiwharawhara railway station 02.JPG
Location Westminster Street, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s) Melling Line
Hutt Valley Line
Kapiti Line
Platforms Island (2)
Tracks Main line (4)
Construction
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Fare zone 2[1]
History
Opened 20-04-1874
Closed 23-11-2013
Rebuilt 1911, 1935
Electrified June 1940
Previous names Kaiwarra
Services
  Former Services  
Preceding station   Tranz Metro   Following station
toward Melling
 Melling Line
Terminus
toward Upper Hutt
 Hutt Valley Line
toward Waikanae
 Kapiti Line

Kaiwharawhara railway station was a railway station on the North Island Main Trunk and the Wairarapa Line in Wellington, New Zealand that closed in 2013.[2] It was the first station north of Wellington, and prior to its closure it was served by trains operated by Tranz Metro as part of the Metlink network on the Melling Line, the Hutt Valley Line and the Kapiti Line.

Kaiwharawhara Station was temporarily closed on 13 June 2013, because of safety concerns about the pedestrian overbridge, which was found by visual inspection carried out by the Regional Council to have advanced corrosion.[3] The station was closed permanently on 21 November 2013 and the overbridge was dismantled in March 2014.[4]

Kaiwharawhara had a unique platform arrangement for New Zealand.[5] Looking north, the left-hand island platform was for up trains, the right-hand platform for down trains. The inner faces were used by Kapiti Line services on the NIMT, the outer faces by Melling Line and Hutt Valley Line services on the Wairarapa Line.

History

The Wairarapa Line reached the south bank of the Kaiwarra Stream in July 1873,[6] and this section of line opened on 14 April 1874.[7] Trains initially ran non-stop from Wellington, but on 20 April Kaiwarra opened as a stop.[8]

Kaiwarra received its first building in late 1875.[8] About 1879 the station received a class 6 passenger shelter costing £160. It did not have either crossing loops or sidings.[9]

File:Kaiwharawhara railway station 01.JPG
Kaiwharawhara railway station, looking south in the direction of Wellington.

Early in the 20th century it was decided to duplicate the line between Wellington and Lower Hutt. Preparatory work was started in 1903 with construction commencing the following year, reaching Kaiwarra in 1909 and Wellington on 4 April 1911.[10] A new station building designed by George Troup was erected in 1911.

In preparation for the construction of the new Wellington station in the mid-1930s and the closure of the old Thorndon and Lambton stations, new lines were laid through Kaiwarra and Kaiwarra signal box was dismantled.[11]

The station was renamed from Kaiwarra to Kaiwharawhara from 9 February 1951 by a decision of the New Zealand Geographic Board [12]

In 1968 there was a fifth track running along the western side of the station, as evidenced today by the extra overhead wiring still in place, used to access an oil depot (just south of the Kaiwharawhara Stream), the NZR Signals Depot and several warehouses.[13] There were small waiting sheds on each platform.[14] All have been removed.

Services

Off-peak trains stopped here half-hourly on the Hutt Valley and Kapiti Lines, and hourly on the Melling Line.

Bus

The following Metlink bus services serve this station:

Previous Stop Metlink Bus Services Next Stop
Hutt Road
towards Khandallah		 44
Khandallah - Strathmore		 Hutt Road
towards Strathmore
Hutt Road
towards Broadmeadows		 46
Broadmeadows		 Hutt Road
towards Courtenay Place
Hutt Road
towards Johnsonville		 52
Johnsonville via Newlands
53
Johnsonville West
Hutt Road
towards Churton Park		 54
Churton Park
Hutt Road
towards Grenada Village		 55
Grenada Village via Johnsonville
Hutt Road
towards Johnsonville		 56
Johnsonville via Newlands
Hutt Road
towards Woodridge		 57
Woodridge
Hutt Road
towards Baylands		 58
Baylands via Newlands
Hutt Road
towards Eastbourne		 83
Eastbourne via Lower Hutt
Hutt Road
towards Porirua		 211
Porirua

Facilities

There are no shelters or other buildings nor any dedicated car parking. Access was via a footbridge from Westminster Street. The overbridge was found to be seriously corroded in 2013 and the station was closed as a result. It was demolished in March 2014 with the stairs being relocated to Trentham station. The platforms will be retained for emergency egress from trains.[15]

Footnotes

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  12. ↑ New Zealand Railway Observer volume 18, January–February 1951 page 17
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External links

  • Train timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.
  • Julie Bremner, Wellington’s Northern Suburbs 1919-1945 (Wellington: Millwood Press, 1987) ISBN 0-908582-80-3, see 1934 photo of gang moving rails next to Kaiwarra Station on page 63.
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