Solway | |||||||||||
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| Metlink regional rail | |||||||||||
 Historic station shelter | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ngaumutawa Road, Solway, Masterton, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°57′11.94″S 175°37′30.72″E / 40.9533167°S 175.6252000°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 124 metres (407 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Wairarapa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 88.09 kilometres (54.74 mi) from Wellington | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Single side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 main line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Transdev Wellington | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Vogel class 6 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | SOLW | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1880 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 13 October 1986 (freight) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kurupuni, Purakau | ||||||||||
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Solway railway station is a suburban railway station serving Solway and the southern end of Masterton, New Zealand. The station is located on the Wairarapa Line, 88.1 km (54.7 mi) north of Wellington and 2.9 km (1.8 mi) south of Masterton. The Wairarapa Connection serves the station several times daily with services to Wellington and Masterton. The station has a single track served by a four-car platform on the Ngaumutawa Road side.
As part of the Wairarapa station upgrade programme to prepare stations for the SW-class passenger carriages, this station was upgraded between 14 May 2007 and late August 2007.[2][3]
- ^ Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- ^ Radley, Matt (14 May 2007). "New Metlink Wairarapa train and Wairarapa station improvements". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
- ^ MOIR, JO (13 June 2007). "Station upgrades on schedule". Wairarapa Times-Age. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2007.