Thorndon railway station

Thorndon railway station
Thorndon railway station
commuter rail and regional rail
	Thorndon Railway Station (after November 1908)
General information
Coordinates	41°16′19.81″S 174°47′1.68″E / 41.2721694°S 174.7838000°E
Owned by	Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) until 7 December 1908; then New Zealand Railways Department (NZR);
Line(s)	Wellington-Manawatu Line; North Island Main Trunk from December 1908;
Platforms	Side
Tracks	Siding (1)
History
Opened	24 September 1885
Closed	19 June 1937 demolished July 1937

Thorndon railway station in Wellington, New Zealand, was opened in 1885 as the southern terminus of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company’s Wellington-Manawatu Line and then known as Wellington and Manawatu railway station. This line is now part of the Kapiti section of the North Island Main Trunk.

The station closed on the evening of Saturday 19 June 1937, the day the new Bunny Street building opened. Tracks were moved and the building was demolished by the end of July.

^ Closing of Old Stations The Evening Post, page 11, 19 June 1937
^ All that remained. The Evening Post, 28 July 1937

[EP19370619-1] Closing of Old Stations The Evening Post, page 11, 19 June 1937

[EP19370728-2] All that remained. The Evening Post, 28 July 1937

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