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The station was one of the three new stations on the then Hutt Valley Branch opened on 26 May 1927. Provisionally referred to as "the Cuba Street station", it was eventually named Ava after another nearby street. From 1 March 1954 with the closing of the
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on 14 November and, due to safety risks, was removed during the weekend of 17â18 December, leaving the station inaccessible by wheelchair, as the eastern access ramp only has stairs. The western ramp was rebuilt and reopened in
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between double tracks with a pedestrian overbridge at each end of the platform, connecting the station with
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452:Hunt, Tom (9 December 2014).
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503:13 December
419:Hoy, D. G.
315:New Zealand
214:Electrified
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86:Coordinates
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1133:Ngawapurua
1105:Mangamaire
1077:Mangamahoe
1063:Kopuaranga
1020:Clareville
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960:Heretaunga
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463:9 December
407:References
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319:Wellington
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624:Belmont
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352:History
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