List of Nelson railway stations

This is a list of the stations that were established on the Nelson Section, an isolated 96 kilometres (60 mi) long railway in the Tasman district of New Zealand’s South Island. Most stations handled passenger traffic until passenger services were withdrawn in 1954, and most also handled freight. One, Gowanbridge, was never used in revenue service, and Kawatiri had a relatively short lifespan of only 5 years and 21 days. All stations, other than Gowanbridge and Kawatiri, were closed along with the line on 3 September 1955.

For station in Lancashire, England, see Nelson railway station.

List

Station	Distance (km)	Opened	Closed	Notes
Port Nelson (Wakefield Quay)	00.00	17 May 1880	3 September 1955	Station building preserved by Nelson Railway Society. Currently located at Founders Heritage Park.
Nelson	01.61	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Hampden St. Crossing		-	-	Listed in some Working Timetables as a place where the train could stop if required for school students to disembark. Not a real station.
Bishopdale	04.67	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Stoke	08.67	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Freezing Works	11.10	April 1909	3 September 1955
Richmond	13.52	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Appleby	15.13	23 April 1895	3 September 1955
Hope	16.74	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Brightwater	21.24	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Spring Grove	23.50	29 January 1876	3 September 1955	Station building preserved by Nelson Railway Society. Renamed to "Grove Station" and located at the end of Sovereign Street.
Wakefield	27.84	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Wai-iti	32.19	29 January 1876	3 September 1955
Foxhill	34.12	25 July 1881	3 September 1955
Belgrove	c35.63	25 July 1881	c.1890	First location of this station was about 100 metres south-west of the highway due to the original route chosen for the railway which was later changed. Station building preserved at Belgrove.
Belgrove	35.63	c.1890	3 September 1955	The second location of Belgrove station was established with the change of route from 1890.
Motupiko	51.34	16 February 1899	3 September 1955
Mararewa	56.49	22 October 1906	3 September 1955
Tapawera	59.22	6 August 1906	3 September 1955
Rakau	63.73	6 August 1906	3 September 1955
Tadmor	68.08	6 August 1906	3 September 1955
Kiwi	76.28	18 December 1908	3 September 1955	Station building preserved at Tapawera, housing a museum.
Tui	81.43	2 September 1912	3 September 1955	Station building preserved by Nelson Railway Society. Located near Miyazu Japanese Gardens, Nelson.
Kaka	85.94	2 September 1912	3 September 1955
Glenhope	96.64	2 September 1912	3 September 1955	Station building preserved, at original location.
Kawatiri	103.20	21 June 1926	21 June 1931
Gowanbridge	109.50	August 1930	3 October 1932	Never used for timetabled or revenue traffic.

See also

• Nelson Section
• Nelson Railway Society, which has the Tui railway station

References

• Quail Map Company (1993). Yonge, John (ed.). New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). England: The Quail Map Company. p. 17. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.
• O’Donnell, Barry (2005). When Nelson Had A Railway: The Life And Death Of New Zealand’s Last Isolated Railway 1876–1955. Wellington: Schematics Limited. ISBN 0-476-01119-1.