Wallaceville Railway Station
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Wallaceville Railway Station is a single-platform urban railway station serving the suburb of Wallaceville
in Upper Hutt
. The station lies on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line
between Upper Hutt Railway Station
and Trentham Railway Station
, and is located on Maclean Street, off Ward Street. This station is served by Tranz Metro
's electric multiple unit
trains, typically of the EM/ET class. Tranz Metro tickets can be purchased from the dairy on the corner of Maclean and Ward Streets. It is popular amongst commuters as there is a large park and ride
facility as well as bicycle lockers.
Currently the stretch between Upper Hutt and Trentham is single track, but there is space to double track in the future should this be needed.
The station was opened in 1879
Wallaceville
Wallaceville is a suburb of Upper Hutt located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is named after John Howard Wallace , an early New Zealand settler, local body politician, businessman and author of one of the first published histories of New Zealand. It is home to the oldest surviving...
in Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt
Upper 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...
. The station lies on the Hutt Valley Line section of 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...
between Upper Hutt Railway Station
Upper Hutt Railway Station
Upper Hutt railway station is a two-platform urban railway station serving the city of Upper Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, and is on Station Crescent, off Fergusson Drive...
and Trentham Railway Station
Trentham Railway Station
Trentham Railway Station is an urban railway station in Trentham, 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 and has two side platforms...
, and is located on Maclean Street, off Ward Street. This station is served 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....
's electric multiple unit
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
trains, typically of the EM/ET class. Tranz Metro tickets can be purchased from the dairy on the corner of Maclean and Ward Streets. It is popular amongst commuters as there is a large park and ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
facility as well as bicycle lockers.
Currently the stretch between Upper Hutt and Trentham is single track, but there is space to double track in the future should this be needed.
The station was opened in 1879
External links
- Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.