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Western Hutt railway station

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At one time the station had an "infamous" manure siding, to which loads of horse manure from Wellington streets were railed in a special "manure train". The station was still an important goods facility after 1954, but in 1981 the Melling Branch lost the last of its freight traffic when the goods
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was opened in 1906. The line from Lower Hutt to Petone was double tracked in 1905, although not completed to Wellington until 1911. The second (double) track from Lower Hutt to the Hutt Valley Junction was removed by 1958. Hoy remarked in 1968 that
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was closed and the through line to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa rerouted through the centre of the valley. The truncated line to Melling via the Western Hutt Station was then electrified.
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facilities at Lower Hutt station were closed and the local goods shunts to Lower Hutt ceased. Goods handling was transferred to a new facility at Gracefield.
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In the 19th century, the line from Wellington to the Hutt and the Lower Hutt Station were opened on 14 April 1874.
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A new station building was erected in 1892, containing a ladies as well as a general waiting room.
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until 1 March 1954, when the Melling-Belmont section of the line on the western side of the
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Lower Hutt station was renamed Western Hutt railway station following the opening of the
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The building is now leased to various shops and businesses, and is called
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Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Wellington Region
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Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways
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Building is privately owned as a pub, platform owned by
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Bromby, Robin (2003). "Branch Lines – North Island".
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A large new Lower Hutt Station building designed by
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Index

Lower Hutt railway station
Metlink
suburban rail

Alicetown
41°12′43.22″S 174°53′23.48″E / 41.2120056°S 174.8898556°E / -41.2120056; 174.8898556
KiwiRail
Melling Branch
Transdev Wellington
Melling
Melling Line
Petone
Wellington
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Melling Line
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
electric multiple unit
Transdev Wellington
Metlink
Hutt Valley Line
Wairarapa Line
Hutt Valley

Lower Hutt
motor train
George Troup
Waterloo interchange

Metlink

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