Auckland railway station - Wikipedia
The Auckland Railway Station is the former main railway station of Auckland. Opened in 1930 on Beach Road, it replaced the previous Queen Street railway terminus which is approximately where the current main railway station, Britomart is located. The 1930 station was the third station to serve as the rail terminus for Auckland, and remained the ...
Railway Stations | NZ History
All aboard! The North Island main trunk railway was 100 years old in 2008. Take a trip back in time to explore the epic story of its construction, the heyday of the steam passenger train and the place of the iconic railway refreshment room in New Zealand life. Read the full article
Railway stations - New Zealand History
In the 1950s New Zealand had more than 1350 railway stations, ranging from grand urban monuments to tiny weatherboard sheds. As passenger numbers declined and rail services were cut over the following decades, many stations became redundant. Hundreds were closed and demolished; others suffered from problems with vandalism and graffiti.
Rail history - KiwiRail
A chronological history of New Zealand rail. 1862 - First railway opens - a horse-drawn tramway from Dun Mountain copper mine to Port Nelson. 1863 - First steam railway opened on the Christchurch-Lyttelton line, via the Lyttelton tunnel.
Stations and Associated Buildings - Rail Heritage
New Zealand’s Heritage of 1,400 Railway Stations: from Simple Timber and Corrugated Iron to those of Considerable Architectural Merit. Nearly 1400 railway stations have existed on the New Zealand rail network. Most were simple buildings, constructed mainly …
Auckland's railway -- the old and the new - Blogger
2009年8月7日 · There is quite a bit about the old station on the web. These articles come from the New Zealand Railways Magazine: The Development of Auckland's New Station (1 June 1927)
Auckland Station (1930) - Rail Heritage
Auckland was one of New Zealand’s finest stations. Lauded at the time of its erection, the building represented an attempt to emulate the large American railway stations built earlier in the 20th century.
New Zealand’s rail network, 1880–1940 – Railways - Te Ara: The ...
This map shows New Zealand’s rail network between 1880 and 1940. The length of the network peaked at more than 5,500 kilometres in 1953. From the late 1950s branch lines closed, and by the 2000s, there were less than 4,000 kilometres of railway lines.
Wellington Railway Station | Engineering NZ
When opened in 1937, this railway station was New Zealand’s largest building and one of the first seismic proofed structures in the country. Old and new railway stations, Wellington [circa 1935]. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15.
Station style - New Zealand History
Railway stations came in all shapes and sizes, from imposing big-city monuments to elegant wooden provincial structures and tiny rural shelter sheds. Like most buildings in colonial New Zealand, early stations were invariably made of timber.
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