Ōtaki railway station
Otaki | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Arthur Street, Otaki | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′46″S 175°09′23″E / 40.7629°S 175.1564°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1886 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1909, 1911 | |||||||||||||||
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| Designated | 5-Sep-1985 | |||||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 4099 | |||||||||||||||
Otaki railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk railway line serving Otaki in the Kapiti Coast District of New Zealand. It is served by the Capital Connection long distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North.
History
The station was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (W&MR) as an intermediate station on the Wellington-Manawatu Line in 1886, with an excursion train from Palmerston North to Otaki on 2 August.
The station building was similar to a Fourth Class railway station built for the NZR by the Public Works Department. The station building had a ladies' waiting room and an office for the stationmaster. The yard had four tracks, a loading ramp, a goods shed, and an engine house and turntable. Initially the station was known as New Otaki to differentiate it from the original settlement, but was soon changed to Otaki. A refreshment room was added in 1893.[1]
Following the nationalisation of W&MR in 1908, a new station was opened in 1909, but was destroyed by fire on 24 July 1910. The replacement Type B station was designed by the notable NZR architect George Troup, and opened in February 1911. It has a New Zealand Historic Places Trust Class II listing.
Services
The following Metlink bus routes serve Otaki station:
- 290: Otaki Beach
Future
There is currently a campaign to extend the electrified commuter services to Otaki, following a recent extension of the Kapiti Line to Waikanae.[2] In 2012 the Greater Wellington Regional Council investigated extension of the electrification with Matangi trains north of Waikanae to Otaki (estimated cost $30 million for the Otaki project) and north of Upper Hutt to a new station at Timberlea.[3] Extension of electrification north to Otaki was removed from official long-term rail improvement plans in 2014.[4]
References
- ^ Kerr 2001, p. 14f.
- ^ Nigel Wilson. "Raumati Station Now". Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ Forbes, Michael (24 November 2012). "Electric extension for trains". The Dominion Post. Wellington: Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
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Biblilography
- Cassells, K.R., Uncommon Carrier: The History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882-1908 (Wellington, NZRLS, 1994, ISBN 0-908573-63-4)
- Hoy, Douglas, West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Wellington, Southern Press, 1972)
- Kerr, Rex (2001). Otaki Railway: A station and its people since 1886. Otaki: Otaki Railway Station Community Trust. ISBN 0-473-08081-8.
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