List of railway stations in the Wellington Region

This is a list of railway stations in the Wellington Region, the local government region covering the southernmost portion of New Zealand's North Island. It includes all railway stations in the region with regularly scheduled passenger services.

Schematic map of the regional rail network

The regional public transport service, Metlink, operates four electrified suburban services and the Wairarapa Connection, serving all stations in the region except Ōtaki. Two KiwiRail services, the Capital Connection and the Northern Explorer, also serve the region. All stations in the region are owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council except Wellington, which is owned by KiwiRail.^[1][2]

The first railway line in the region opened on 14 April 1874 between Wellington and Lower Hutt.^[3] Over the next two decades, two main railway lines were constructed from Wellington; the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, running north along the west coast through Porirua and the Kāpiti Coast, and the Wairarapa Line along the Hutt and Wairarapa valleys. The W&MR was later incorporated into the North Island Main Trunk route between Auckland and Wellington. These lines have both been rerouted substantially since, with the Johnsonville Branch and the Melling Branch being former alignments of these lines respectively.^[4][5] The present network takes a radial form centred on Wellington, with 49 stations in total.

List

Name	Photo	Line(s)	Service(s)	Territorial authority	Opened
Ava		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	27 May 1927[6]
Awarua Street		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	2 July 1938[7]
Box Hill		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	16 July 1956[8]
Carterton		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Carterton	1 November 1880[9]
Crofton Downs		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	25 March 1963[8][7]
Epuni		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	7 January 1946[8]
Featherston		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	South Wairarapa	12 October 1878[8]
Heretaunga		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Upper Hutt	1908[10]
Johnsonville		Johnsonville Line	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	21 September 1885[11][12]
Kenepuru		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Porirua	8 April 1963[8]
Khandallah		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	21 September 1885[11][12]
Linden		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Wellington	28 July 1940[8]
Mana[a]		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Porirua	5 September 1949[8]
Manor Park		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	1 March 1954[13]
Masterton		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	1 November 1880[9]
Matarawa		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Carterton	1 November 1880[9]
Maymorn		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Upper Hutt	3 November 1955[14]
Melling[b]		Melling Branch	Melling Line	Lower Hutt	26 May 1908[8]
Naenae		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	7 January 1946[15]
Ngaio		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	21 September 1885[11][12]
Ngauranga		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line Melling Line	Wellington	20 April 1874[16]
Ōtaki		North Island Main Trunk	Capital Connection	Kāpiti Coast	2 August 1886[17]
Paekākāriki		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Kāpiti Coast	31 March 1886[8]
Paraparaumu		North Island Main Trunk	Capital Connection Kāpiti Line Northern Explorer	Kāpiti Coast	2 August 1886[8]
Paremata		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Porirua	24 September 1885[8][11][12]
Petone		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line Melling Line Wairarapa Connection	Lower Hutt	June 1875[16]
Plimmerton		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Porirua	2 October 1885[8]
Pomare		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	9 August 1954[8]
Porirua		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Porirua	24 September 1885[8][11][18]
Pukerua Bay[c]		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Porirua	25 December 1885[8]
Raroa		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	17 June 1940[8]
Redwood		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Wellington	15 December 1963[8]
Renall Street		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	1936[19]
Silverstream		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Upper Hutt	21 November 1954[8]
Simla Crescent		Johnsonville Branch	Johnsonville Line	Wellington	2 July 1938[7]
Solway		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	Masterton	1 November 1880[9]
Taitā		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	14 April 1947[13]
Takapu Road		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Wellington	20 June 1937[8]
Tawa		North Island Main Trunk	Kāpiti Line	Wellington	24 September 1885[8][11][12]
Trentham		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Upper Hutt	8 January 1907[8]
Upper Hutt		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line Wairarapa Connection	Upper Hutt	1 February 1876[20]
Waikanae		North Island Main Trunk	Capital Connection Kāpiti Line	Kāpiti Coast	2 August 1886[8]
Wallaceville		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Upper Hutt	1 February 1876[8]
Waterloo		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line Wairarapa Connection	Lower Hutt	27 May 1927[6]
Wellington		North Island Main Trunk Wairarapa Line Johnsonville Line	Capital Connection Hutt Valley Line Johnsonville Line Kāpiti Line Melling Line Northern Explorer Wairarapa Connection	Wellington	19 June 1937[21]
Western Hutt[d]		Melling Branch	Melling Line	Lower Hutt	14 April 1874[3]
Wingate		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	25 September 1950[8]
Woburn		Wairarapa Line	Hutt Valley Line	Lower Hutt	27 May 1927[6]
Woodside		Wairarapa Line	Wairarapa Connection	South Wairarapa	14 May 1880[8]

Notes

^a Was known as Dolly Varden (after a ship) until 1960 when local pressure resulted in the area being renamed Mana.^[10][22]

^b With the closure of the Western Hutt section of the Wairarapa Line and the formation of the Melling Branch from the remainder, Melling station was relocated to the south side of the Melling Link road.

^c Originally Pukerua.

^d Originally Lower Hutt.