| Company type | Division of NZR |
|---|---|
| Industry | Railways |
| Predecessor | Pipitea Point Workshops |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Defunct | 1929 |
| Fate | Replaced |
| Successor | Hutt Workshops |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Wellington region |
| Services | Heavy rail maintenance and vehicle assembly |
| Parent | New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR) |
The Petone Workshops were a government-owned railways maintenance and repair facility located in Petone, in Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island. It took over construction and maintenance of rolling stock in the Wellington region from the Pipitea Point facility, starting in 1876,[1] and became the only such facility in the region from 1878[2] until the opening of the replacement Hutt Workshops facility in 1929.[3]
Petoni offered the best proposition for siting the workshops, and it was here that a very modest start was made in 1876.
... work did not start in earnest until 1878.
... the whole plant was completed by 1929, and the first locomotives began emerging the following year.