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Pitcaithly's railway station

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said that moving the station from Pitcaithlys (sic) to Andrews had been decided two years ago, as the settlement in the vicinity of the new station was several times greater than the population adjacent to Pitcaithlys. It did not relate to general improvements to Hutt Valley rail facilities, which
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south of Gosse and Co’s siding. The distance moved south was about 1.2 km on the sketch map, but 3.65 km (2.27 mi) based on the difference in distance from Wellington (11.13 and 13.40 miles). However Hoy does note that 13.40 miles, the distance of Pitcaithly’s from Wellington, is an
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Hoy has a photo of the station building at Pitcaithly’s, which is a small Flag Station shelter building with a two-part pitched roof highest at the middle. The name on the building is
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Pitcaithly’s was one of several stations opened in 1908 on the Hutt Valley section of the line, along with
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without an apostrophe. Note that in the index, sketch map and Appendix A, Hoy spells the name
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north of Melling, which ran up the western side of the valley until 1954. It was replaced by
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Pitcaithly’s was closed in 1938 and the building moved to the
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