Pomare Railway Station
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Pomare
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| Location | Eastern Hutt Road, Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°10.159′S 174°58.189′E / 41.169317°S 174.969817°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Wairarapa Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Main line (2) | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | POMA | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 9 August 1954 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 24 July 1955 | |||||||||||||||
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Pomare Railway Station is an intermediate station in Lower Hutt, New Zealand served by Tranz Metro's electric multiple unit trains on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line.
The island platform station between double tracks serves the suburb of Pomare.
The then Hutt Valley Branch to Waterloo, opened 1927 and extended to Haywards (now called Manor Park) 1946-54, became the main route to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa from 1 March 1954 with the closing of the Melling-Haywards section. Pomare opened soon after, on 9 August 1954.
In 2010 42 new "park and ride" parking places were provided at Pomare, particularly for commuters from Stokes Valley.
The following Metlink bus routes serve Pomare station:
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