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Gracefield Branch

Gracefield Branch
Gracefield Branch 01.JPG
The start of the Gracefield Branch, curving off to the left, just south of Woburn station. The double track curving right is the Wairarapa Line.
Overview
Type Industrial siding
Status Open to Hutt Workshops (freight only), remainder mothballed
Locale  Wellington, New Zealand
Termini Woburn
Hutt Workshops
Stations 1
Operation
Opened 1 April 1929
Owner ONTRACK
Operator(s) KiwiRail
Character Industrial
Technical
Line length 1.6 km
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification 14 September 1953 (1953-09-14)–1966 (Woburn–Hutt Park)
1966–1982 (Woburn–Gracefield)
Route map
Wairarapa Line
0.00 Woburn Station
Whites Line
Wairarapa Line
Workshops entrance (rail)
York St - Awamutu Gr
Elizabeth St workshops entrance (road)
1.62 Hutt Park Station
Waiwhetu Stream
Parkside Road
Ministry of Works siding
Hutt Park Road
2.57 Gracefield Freight Terminal
Gibraltor Board siding
Ford Motors siding
Mobil Oil siding
Caltex Oil siding
Goods shed
Europa Oil siding
Seaview Road
Oil siding
Government Stores

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