Shannon Railway Station
Encyclopedia
Shannon Railway Station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk serving Shannon
in the Horowhenua District
of New Zealand
. It is served by the Capital Connection long distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North.
In 1893 the original station building was moved to Paraparaumu
and replaced by a WMR Class Four building. Later a luggage/parcels room (1902) and a verandah (1910) were added. The replacement building is one of the few remaining physical relics of the WMR, and has a New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Class I listing.
Shannon, New Zealand
Shannon is a small town in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand's North Island. it is located 28 kilometres southwest of Palmerston North and 15 kilometres northeast of Levin. The town's population at the 2006 census was 1506....
in the Horowhenua District
Horowhenua District
Horowhenua is a district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It forms part of the Manawatu-Wanganui Region.Located north of Wellington and Kapiti, the district stretches from slightly north of the town of Otaki in the south to just south of Himatangi in the north, and from the...
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...
. It is served by the Capital Connection long distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North.
History
A simple Class 6 or flag station type building was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) in 1886 as an intermediate station on the Wellington-Manawatu Line, and was named after company director George Shannon.In 1893 the original station building was moved to Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu Railway Station
Paraparaumu Railway Station in Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand is an intermediate station on the Kapiti Line for Tranz Metro's electric multiple unit commuter trains from Wellington...
and replaced by a WMR Class Four building. Later a luggage/parcels room (1902) and a verandah (1910) were added. The replacement building is one of the few remaining physical relics of the WMR, and has a New Zealand Historic Places Trust
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is a non-profit trust that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand...
Class I listing.
External links
- entry at New Zealand Historic Places Trust website
- Shannon Railway Station in the Cyclopaedia of New Zealand (1897)