Silverstream Bridge Railway Station
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Silverstream Bridge Railway Station was a station on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line
in New Zealand
from 1908 until 28 February 1954, when the Melling-Belmont section of the line and the first rail bridge at Silverstream was closed. It was replaced by the Silverstream Railway Station
.
The station was just across the old rail bridge, in the corner of the Silverstream Hospital grounds. The building was built on a slight curve. It was unusual, being extra long and open on three sides. The back wall had three double doors from the platform.
, Gosse and Co’s Siding, Pitcaithly's Railway Station
, and the Belmont Quarry Co’s Siding (which is not to be confused with the Belmont Railway Station
). The main line ran up the western side of the Hutt Valley until 1954.
The station was closed in 1917, but was reopened on 17 August 1942 in World War II to serve the Silverstream Hospital built for American casualties from the Pacific.
Some of this section of the line is now preserved by the Silver Stream Railway
, opened in 1978.
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...
in 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...
from 1908 until 28 February 1954, when the Melling-Belmont section of the line and the first rail bridge at Silverstream was closed. It was replaced by the Silverstream Railway Station
Silverstream Railway Station
Silverstream Railway Station is an island platform urban railway station in Silverstream, a suburb of the city of Upper Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line...
.
The station was just across the old rail bridge, in the corner of the Silverstream Hospital grounds. The building was built on a slight curve. It was unusual, being extra long and open on three sides. The back wall had three double doors from the platform.
History
The Silverstream Bridge Railway Station was opened on 26 May 1908, and was one of several stations opened in 1908 on the Hutt Valley section of the line, along with Melling Railway StationMelling Railway Station
Melling Railway Station is the terminal station on the single track Melling Line in in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The island platform station serves the suburb of Melling...
, Gosse and Co’s Siding, Pitcaithly's Railway Station
Pitcaithly's Railway Station
Pitcaithly’s Railway Station and siding was a station on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line in New Zealand north of Melling, which ran up the western side of the valley until 1954...
, and the Belmont Quarry Co’s Siding (which is not to be confused with the Belmont Railway Station
Belmont Railway Station, New Zealand
Belmont Railway Station was a station on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line until 28 February 1954, when the Melling-Belmont section of the line on the western side of the Hutt Valley, New Zealand was closed and the through line to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa rerouted through the...
). The main line ran up the western side of the Hutt Valley until 1954.
The station was closed in 1917, but was reopened on 17 August 1942 in World War II to serve the Silverstream Hospital built for American casualties from the Pacific.
Some of this section of the line is now preserved by the Silver Stream Railway
Silver Stream Railway
The Silver Stream Railway is a heritage railway at Silverstream in the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand. It regularly operates preserved New Zealand Railways Department locomotives along a restored section of the Hutt Valley Line before a deviation was built in 1954.- History :The...
, opened in 1978.