Pukerua Bay railway station
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Pukerua Bay
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Pukerua Bay Railway Station prior to its upgrade in 2010.
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| Location | Takutai Road, Pukerua Bay, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°2′16.6″S 174°53′12.2″E / 41.037944°S 174.886722°ECoordinates: 41°2′16.6″S 174°53′12.2″E / 41.037944°S 174.886722°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Tranz Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 December 1885 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1940, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Pukerua (to 1923), Waimapihi (1920) | |||||||||||||||
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Pukerua Bay Railway Station is located on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand and is part of the suburban rail network of Wellington. It is double tracked, has an island platform layout, and is 30.4 km from Wellington Railway Station, the southern terminus of the NIMT. It is one of two railway stations in Pukerua Bay, the other one at Muri being closed.
Pukerua Bay is served by Kapiti Line commuter trains operated by Transdev Wellington under the Metlink brand. Trains run every thirty minutes off-peak, and more frequently during peak periods. All services running between Waikanae and Wellington stop in Pukerua Bay.
The commuter trains are operated by electric multiple units of the Matangi class. They were formerly of the DM/D class or EM/ET class. Two diesel-hauled carriage trains, the Capital Connection and the Northern Explorer, pass through the station but do not stop.
The line through Pukerua Bay was originally part of the Wellington - Manawatu Line, built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (W&MR). The W&MR was a private railway built as an alternative to the government's Wairarapa Line. The railway from Plimmerton to Pukerua Bay was constructed during 1885 under the no. 12 or "Pukerua" contract. Pukerua Bay railway station was opened on Christmas Day 1885, while the full line to Longburn was completed in November 1886.
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