Petone Railway Station
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Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station serving Petone
, a suburb of Hutt City in the Wellington
region of New Zealand
’s North Island. Facilities at this station include a bus terminal, carpark, ticket office, and cycle storage. Pedestrian access between the two side platform
s is by way of either a subway or a footbridge.
This station is served by Melling Line, Hutt Valley Line and Wairarapa Connection trains. Trains are operated by Tranz Metro
using the Metlink
brand. It is the last station on the Wairarapa Line
before its junction with the Melling Branch
.
The old station building was later removed and sited on the corner of Korokoro and Hutt Roads where it served as a Police lock-up for many years. It remained on site until 1964 when it was destroyed along with several other buildings in the vicinity.
was inaugurated on a new site, when the new double main line between Petone Junction and Lower Hutt was opened. This new line passed by the Petone Workshops to the east, whereas the main line had previously been to the west of the workshops. The double tracking from Lower Hutt and Petone to Wellington authorised in 1903 by the Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act was completed in stages between 1905 and 1911,
The following year several options were considered and public input into the decision sought. The new facility had, as one of its design considerations, a bus interchange in light of the Hutt Valley Bus Review and the new bus routes that were introduced from October 2003.
The Hutt City Council agreed in 2003 to, for legal reasons, become the nominal owner of the station and four tenders for the construction works were received. Construction commenced in June 2003 and, with the enacting of the Land Transport Management Act towards the end of 2003, it was decided that Greater Wellington Regional Council would become the owner of the station at the completion of the construction work.
The refurbished station was officially opened on 3 March 2004 and included the following amenities:
is currently working on the Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project which involves some changes to the facilities and egress at Petone Station. The current car park will be extended south and a new highway overbridge – Mackenzie Avenue – will become a new ingress and egress for car park users. The current car park ingress for southbound traffic from State Highway 2 will remain. Mackenzie Avenue will connect to Pito-One Road in Korokoro, from which motorists will be able to travel north onto State Highway 2 via Priests Avenue, or access Hutt Road via the new Korokoro overbridge. This project also involved an upgrade for the pedestrian overbridge which links the station to the western side of State Highway 2.
Both serviceable platforms were upgraded in 2009 with new fronts, lights and hotmix as part of a program of upgrades for the new Matangi EMUs. Platform 1 reopened to southbound trains on 7 December 2009 and the whole platform upgrade project is expected to be completed by Christmas 2009.
bus services serve this station:
Petone
Petone is a major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the narrow triangular plain of the Hutt River, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour...
, a suburb of Hutt City in the Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
region of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
’s North Island. Facilities at this station include a bus terminal, carpark, ticket office, and cycle storage. Pedestrian access between the two side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s is by way of either a subway or a footbridge.
This station is served by Melling Line, Hutt Valley Line and Wairarapa Connection trains. Trains are operated by Tranz Metro
Tranz Metro
Tranz Metro, part of KiwiRail, is the operator of Metlink suburban trains owned by the Greater Wellington Regional Council in the Wellington Region of New Zealand....
using the Metlink
Public transport in Wellington
Public transport in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is well developed compared to other parts of the country. The system covers the Greater Wellington region, including Wellington city, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, the Kapiti Coast and the Wairarapa.-Administration:Public transport in...
brand. It is the last station on the Wairarapa Line
Wairarapa Line
The Wairarapa Line is a secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city of Wellington with the Wairarapa region. The line ends at Woodville, where it joins the Palmerston North - Gisborne Line...
before its junction with the Melling Branch
Melling Branch
The Melling Branch is a railway branch line in the Hutt Valley, north of Wellington, New Zealand. It is part of the national rail network and formerly part of the Wairarapa Line...
.
History
Petone Station is sited on the first section of the Wairarapa Line which opened between Wellington and Western Hutt (née Lower Hutt) on 14 April 1874. Despite this line running through what was to become Petone, it was not until the following year that a station was opened there.First station
Petone was first served with a railway station when, in June 1875, a flag station was opened near the Korokoro Stream which is just north of the present day road overbridge. It was named Koro-Koro as was the locality at the time.Second station
In about 1879 a new station was established at Petone near the present station site to replace the old flag station. Although closer to the populace it served, difficulty in accessing it led to most of the residents of the area signing a petition against the relocation.The old station building was later removed and sited on the corner of Korokoro and Hutt Roads where it served as a Police lock-up for many years. It remained on site until 1964 when it was destroyed along with several other buildings in the vicinity.
Third station
On 27 July 1905 a new Petone station building designed by George TroupGeorge Troup (architect)
Sir George Alexander Troup, CMG was a New Zealand architect, engineer and statesman. He was nicknamed "Gingerbread George" after his most famous design, the Dunedin Railway Station in the Flemish Renaissance style . He was the first official architect of the New Zealand Railways...
was inaugurated on a new site, when the new double main line between Petone Junction and Lower Hutt was opened. This new line passed by the Petone Workshops to the east, whereas the main line had previously been to the west of the workshops. The double tracking from Lower Hutt and Petone to Wellington authorised in 1903 by the Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act was completed in stages between 1905 and 1911,
Modern developments
In 2000 preliminary investigations into a refurbishment of the Petone station were begun, motivated by the Wellington Regional Land Transport Strategy, which had identified Petone station as requiring such works by 2004.The following year several options were considered and public input into the decision sought. The new facility had, as one of its design considerations, a bus interchange in light of the Hutt Valley Bus Review and the new bus routes that were introduced from October 2003.
The Hutt City Council agreed in 2003 to, for legal reasons, become the nominal owner of the station and four tenders for the construction works were received. Construction commenced in June 2003 and, with the enacting of the Land Transport Management Act towards the end of 2003, it was decided that Greater Wellington Regional Council would become the owner of the station at the completion of the construction work.
The refurbished station was officially opened on 3 March 2004 and included the following amenities:
- New bus access
- Upgraded canopy
- Covered bus shelter area
- Re-sealed eastern platform
- Shelter screens for the southern end of the veranda
- Platform seating
- Ground lighting for restored historic flagpole
Future changes
Transit New ZealandTransit New Zealand
Transit New Zealand was, from 1989 to 2008, the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for operating and planning the New Zealand State Highway network...
is currently working on the Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project which involves some changes to the facilities and egress at Petone Station. The current car park will be extended south and a new highway overbridge – Mackenzie Avenue – will become a new ingress and egress for car park users. The current car park ingress for southbound traffic from State Highway 2 will remain. Mackenzie Avenue will connect to Pito-One Road in Korokoro, from which motorists will be able to travel north onto State Highway 2 via Priests Avenue, or access Hutt Road via the new Korokoro overbridge. This project also involved an upgrade for the pedestrian overbridge which links the station to the western side of State Highway 2.
Both serviceable platforms were upgraded in 2009 with new fronts, lights and hotmix as part of a program of upgrades for the new Matangi EMUs. Platform 1 reopened to southbound trains on 7 December 2009 and the whole platform upgrade project is expected to be completed by Christmas 2009.
Rail
The following Rail services use this station:- Wairarapa Connection (to MastertonMastertonMasterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...
) - Melling Line (to Melling)
- Hutt Valley Line (to Taita and Upper HuttUpper HuttUpper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...
)
Bus
The following MetlinkPublic transport in Wellington
Public transport in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is well developed compared to other parts of the country. The system covers the Greater Wellington region, including Wellington city, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, the Kapiti Coast and the Wairarapa.-Administration:Public transport in...
bus services serve this station:
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Route 84 Gracefield |
Jackson Street towards Gracefield Gracefield -Railway:*Gracefield Branch, a section of railway line in Lower Hutt, New Zealand... |
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Route 85 Eastbourne Express |
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| Route 120 Stokes Valley |
Jackson Street towards Stokes Valley Stokes Valley Stokes Valley is a major suburb of Lower Hutt, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the northeastern edge of the city seven kilometres northeast of the city centre, in the valley of a small tributary of the Hutt River, called Stokes Valley stream which flows north to meet the main... |
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| Route 130 Naenae |
Jackson Street towards Naenae Naenae Naenae is a suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the eastern edge of the floodplain of the Hutt River, four kilometres from the Lower Hutt Central business district. A small tributary of the Hutt, the Waiwhetu Stream, flows through the suburb.Naenae has a... |
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| Route 150 Western Hills |
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Route 154 Korokoro |
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External links
- Photo (lower) of station and special train in 1929
- Railcar passing through station, 1936
- Petone Railway Station War Memorial, 1916 & today
- Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.
- Korokoro Intersection. A diagram of the new station layout when the Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project is complete.