Manor Park Railway Station, New Zealand

Manor Park
Metlink suburban rail
Location Golf Road, Manor Park, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Coordinates 41°09′22.87″S 174°58′44.07″E / 41.1563528°S 174.9789083°E / -41.1563528; 174.9789083
Owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s) Wairarapa Line
Platforms Island
Tracks Main line (2)
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code MANO
Fare zone 6 [1]
History
Opened 1 March 1954 (1954-03-01)
Electrified 24 July 1955 (1955-07-24)
Previous names Haywards
Services
  ONTRACK  
Preceding station   Tranz Metro   Following station
toward Upper Hutt
Hutt Valley Line
toward Wellington

Manor Park Railway Station is a suburban railway station serving the suburb of Manor Park in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 23.7 km (14.7 mi) north of Wellington, and is served by Tranz Metro on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Trains stopping at Manor Park run to Wellington and Upper Hutt. The station has an island platform between two tracks.

In 1954 the Hutt Valley Branch became the main line, and the Melling-Haywards section was closed. A new station was erected at Haywards (now called Manor Park) where the new line from Pomare joined the existing line north. The old Haywards Railway Station had been opened (with Belmont Railway Station) on 15 December 1875.[2]

The station is to get a new "park and ride" car park with a linking pedestrian overbridge as part of the new $42 million interchange south of the station between State Highway 2 and State Highway 58 over Haywards. Work on the interchange is to commence in 2015.[3]

References

  1. Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council.
  2. Hoy, D.G. Rails out of the Capital pp. 15, 94 (Note A) (NZRLS, 1970)
  3. "Fast track for new $42m interchange". Stuff/Fairfax. 14 March 2015.


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