Porirua Railway Station
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Porirua
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2013 aerial view of Porirua City Centre and Station
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| Location | Station Road, Porirua, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°08′15″S 174°50′36″E / 41.1376°S 174.8434°ECoordinates: 41°08′15″S 174°50′36″E / 41.1376°S 174.8434°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail (platform and track); Greater Wellington Regional Council (building and subway) | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island Platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | |||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 September 1885 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1960 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1940 | |||||||||||||||
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Porirua Railway Station is an important intermediate station in New Zealand on the Kapiti Line from Wellington and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Transdev.
The island platform urban railway station is on a double track section of the North Island Main Trunk which was opened in 1885, on the alignment of today's Down (southbound) line. There is subway access to Porirua city centre and bus stops serving the Porirua area.
Porirua is served by electric multiple units owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council and operated on its behalf by Tranz Metro, part of KiwiRail. Trains run every 30 minutes outside peak times, and more frequently during peak periods.
The station is the hub for bus services west to Titahi Bay and east to Porirua East and Ascot Park. Hoy wrote in 1968 that the importance of Porirua
In 2014 it was described as, "the region's second busiest station".
In 2010-11 improvements costing over $1 million were made to the station building, platforms etc.
On 10 March 2014 works on improvements to the southern part of the commuter parking started, they are expected to take some 3 months. Further expansion in 2015 brought the park and ride provision to 480, with 172 to be added in 2017. Car parking is free, whereas fares on connecting local buses are $2.
The line was built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR), and the section via Johnsonville through Porirua to Paremata was opened on 24 September 1885. The line was taken over by the government in 1908, and electrified in 1940 (with locomotive-hauled carriage trains) after the opening of the Tawa Flat deviation.
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