Matarawa Railway Station
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| Matarawa Metlink regional rail |
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| Address | Railway Road, Matarawa | ||||||||||||||||
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| Lines | Wairarapa Connection | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Single | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Baggage check | No | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880-11-01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Tranz Metro | ||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 13[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Matarawa railway station is a single platform railway station on the Wairarapa Line that serves the small rural community of Matarawa in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. It is served by the Wairarapa Connection, and sees five services each way Monday to Thursday, six on Friday and two on Saturday and Sunday.
[edit] History
This station opened on 1 November 1880, when the line between Woodside Junction and Masterton was officially opened. Initially, it had a shelter shed, loading bank and crossing loop and was used to cross trains until the introduction of signalling at the larger Wairarapa stations. In its early years, several sawmills flourished in the vicinity, with timber making up a bulk of the goods loaded at this station. The crossing loop and private sawmill sidings have since been removed.[2]
In 2006, with the introduction of the SW-class carriages for the Wairarapa Connection looming, it was proposed that this station be closed due to its low patronage and the cost involved in making the necessary improvements in order for passengers through this station to safely board and disembark from the new carriages. After vocal opposition from concerned local residents, this proposal was rescinded.[3]
This station was temporarily closed from 17 May 2007 to 4 June 2007 to enable construction work to proceed on preparations for the arrival of the new carriage fleet. The station was reopened on 7 June 2007 with a new platform (prior to the upgrade, it did not have a platform).[4][5][6]
[edit] External links
- Passenger service timetables from Tranz Metro and Metlink.
- Turner, Eric. Help Save Matarawa Station. Wairarapa Greens. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- Matarawa SOS. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- (2007-02-21). Matarawa - Save Our Station Protest. Matarawa, Wairarapa, New Zealand: mikerb. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- CROMBIE, NATHAN. "SOS call to save Matarawa station from closure", Wairarapa Times-Age, 2007-02-20. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Metlink. Text description of fare zone boundaries. Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
- ^ Cameron, Walter Norman (1976). A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. Wellington: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-908573-00-6.
- ^ Radley, Matt. "Matarawa station to stay open", Greater Wellington, 2007-03-27. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ Radley, Matt. "New Metlink Wairarapa train and Wairarapa station improvements", Greater Wellington Regional Council, 2007-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ Radley, Matt. "More new carriages introduced on Wairarapa line", Greater Wellington, 2007-06-14. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ "Rail upgrades near end", Wairarapa Times-Age, 2007-09-13. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
