Heretaunga railway station

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. The station is served by Metlink's electric multiple unit trains of the "Matangi" FP class. Trains stopping at Heretaunga run to Wellington and Upper Hutt.

Heretaunga
Metlink suburban rail
LocationBathurst Street, Heretaunga, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Coordinates41°08′32″S 175°01′33″E
Owned byGreater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s)Hutt Valley Line
PlatformsIsland
TracksMain line (2)
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilities?
Other information
Station codeHERE
Fare zone6 [1]
History
Opened1908
Electrified24 July 1955
Services
  ONTRACK  
Preceding station   Tranz Metro   Following station
toward Upper Hutt
Hutt Valley Line
toward Wellington

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]

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References
  1. Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010.
  2. Hoy, D.G. Rails out of the Capital p. 93 (NZRLS, 1970)
  3. Parsons, David (2010). Wellington’s Railway: Colonial Steam to Matangi. Wellington: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. pp. 110, 143, 194. ISBN 978-0-908573-88-2.


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