Petone Railway Station

Petone
Metlink suburban rail
Platform one and Ticket Office/Waiting Room
Location	Hutt Road, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Coordinates	41°13′19.91″S 174°52′9.89″E / 41.2221972°S 174.8694139°E / -41.2221972; 174.8694139
Owned by	Greater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s)	Wairarapa Line Melling Branch
Platforms	Dual side platforms (Formerly side and island)
Tracks	Mainline (2)
Connections	Bus services
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PETO
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	June 1875
Rebuilt	2003-2004
Electrified	12 September 1953
Previous names	Korokoro, Petoni
Services
ONTRACK   Preceding station   Tranz Metro   Following station Western Hutt toward Melling Melling Line Ngauranga toward Wellington Ava toward Upper Hutt Hutt Valley Line Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) toward Masterton Wairarapa Connection Wellington Terminus

Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone. It is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) north of Wellington, and is the junction for the Melling Branch to Melling, which diverges westward from the main line to the north of the station. The station is served by Metlink suburban services, operated by Transdev Wellington, to Wellington, Melling, Taita, Upper Hutt and Masterton.

The station has two side platforms, linked by a pedestrian subway to the south and a pedestrian overbridge to the north, which also links west over State Highway 2 to Pito-one Road. A small bus interchange connects buses from Maungaraki and Korokoro to trains to and from Wellington. Other facilities include two park and ride carparks, a ticket office, waiting room, and cycle storage.

The station is on the first section of the Wairarapa Line, opened between Wellington and Western Hutt (then Lower Hutt) on 14 April 1874. Despite this line running through what was to become Petone, it was not until the following year that a station was opened there.

In June 1875 a flag station was opened near the Korokoro Stream, just north of the present station footbridge. It was named Koro-Koro as was the locality at the time.

In about 1879 a replacement station was established near the present site. Although closer to the populace it served, difficulty in accessing it led to most of the residents of the area signing a petition against the relocation.