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Manor Park Railway Station, Lower Hutt
Manor Park railway station is a suburban railway station serving the suburb of Manor Park, New Zealand, Manor Park in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley Line, Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, northeast of Wellington railway station, Wellington. The station is served by Public transport in Wellington, Metlink's electric multiple unit trains of the New Zealand FP class electric multiple unit, "Matangi" FP class. Trains stopping at Manor Park run to Wellington and Upper Hutt railway station, Upper Hutt. The station has an island platform between two tracks. The station is one of only three Hutt Valley line stations west of Hutt River, New Zealand, Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River, the others being the Petone railway station, Petone and Ava railway station, Ava railway stations. History In 1954 the Hutt Valley Line, Hutt Valley Branch became the main line, and the Melling-Haywards section was closed, with the western part of the old line bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport In Wellington
Public transport in the Wellington Region, branded under the name ''Metlink'', is the public transport system serving Wellington and its surrounding Wellington Region, region. It is the most used public transport system in New Zealand per capita, and consists of Bus, electric and diesel buses, commuter train, suburban trains, ferry, ferries and a funicular (the Wellington Cable Car). It also included trams until 1964, and trolleybuses until 2017. Buses and ferries are privately owned, with the infrastructure owned by public bodies, and public transport is often subsidy, subsidised. The Wellington Region, Greater Wellington Regional Council is responsible for planning and subsidising public transport, and pays around NZ$30 million for bus and train services each year. The system covers Wellington City, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, the Kāpiti Coast and the Wairarapa. System Extent The Greater Wellington Regional Council#Governance, Regional Council's Regional Public Transp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutt River, New Zealand
The Hutt River (, or ; officially Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River) flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand. It flows south-west from the southern Tararua Range for , forming a number of fertile floodplains, including Kaitoke, central Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt. The Hutt River Trail, a regional park administered by Wellington Regional Council, runs alongside the eastern side of the river. Toponymy Early Māori residents, such as Ngāi Tara, called the river Te Awa Kairangi. Later Māori settlers named it Te Wai o Orutu after Orutu, a Ngāti Mamoe ancestor. By the time European settlers arrived, Māori called it Heretaunga, a name adopted by an Upper Hutt suburb and secondary school. The river was named ''Hutt'' after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company. This name was given by Captain Edward Main Chaffers and Colonel William Wakefield while charting Port Nicholson in 1839. The official name since 2011 is Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River. Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In Wellington
Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Railway track or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films * ''Rail'' (2024 film), a Tamil-language film Magazines * ''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical * ''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical Other arts *The Rails, a British folk-rock band * Rail (theater) or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung Technology *Rails framework or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework *Rail system (firearms), a mounting system for firearm attachments *Front engine dragster *Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an approach lighting system *Rule Augmented Interconnect Layout, a specification for expressing guidelines for printed circuit boards; companion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taitā Railway Station
Taitā railway station is a suburban railway station serving Taitā in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, north of Wellington. The station is served by Metlink's electric multiple unit trains of the "Matangi" FP class. The station has an island platform between double tracks. History Taitā railway station opened on 14 April 1947, when a single-track extension of the then Hutt Valley Branch from Naenae to Taitā (then known as Taita) opened. The station originally only had one platform (the current up platform) in operation; the second platform opened when track was laid in 1952. The double track from Naenae to Taitā opened on 22 February 1953. On 1 March 1954, Taitā became a through station with the opening of a single track to Haywards (now called Manor Park), and with the closure of the Melling to Haywards line the route via Taitā became the main route to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa. The official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metlink Train At Manor Park
Metlink was the marketing body and umbrella brand for public train, tram and bus transport operators in Melbourne, Australia. On 2 April 2012, the operations of Metlink were transferred to the newly created public transport planning and management authority, Public Transport Victoria. History In 1999, the public transport system in Melbourne was disaggregated and privatised. Immediately after privatisation, there was no active system-wide branding or marketing. As a result, branding, marketing and the provision of customer information became fragmented and disjointed. In 2003, the Victorian Government and operators joined forces to create ‘Metlink’ which provided a single identity for Melbourne's public transport system. Metlink involved the provision of integrated signage, consumer information and advertising. Responsibilities Metlink was responsible for the promotion of travel by public transport. It published timetables, maps and guides, operated a multi-modal website, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haywards
Haywards is a small hillside suburb in the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand. It is notable for its large electrical substation, which is the main switching point for the Wellington region, and the home of the North Island converter station for the HVDC Inter-Island, which links the North and South Island electricity networks together. History Haywards railway station was opened on 15 December 1875, along with Belmont railway station. It was closed in 1954 and replaced by Manor Park railway station. Haywards was listed in the 1881 New Zealand census as being part of both Mungaroa Riding and Epuni Riding, with a combined population of 58. Transport State Highway 58 is the primary route from the Hutt Valley to Pāuatahanui and Porirua Porirua, () a list of cities in New Zealand, city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand State Highway 58
State Highway 58 (SH 58) is a New Zealand state highway in the Wellington Region linking the Hutt Valley to Porirua City. Route The two-lane highway covers and connects State Highway 2 from a junction at Haywards north of Lower Hutt to State Highway 59 at Paremata, north of the Porirua City Centre. The road traverses the steep Haywards Hill on the western side of the Hutt Valley, continues through Judgeford to an interchange with the Transmission Gully Motorway (State Highway 1) at Pāuatahanui, and skirts the southern side of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour and the suburb of Whitby. History The road was first formed during the 1870s. From the 1940s to the 1970s there were proposals for a railway line, the Haywards–Plimmerton Line, via this route. In June 2010 a road assessment programme found that the Haywards Hill road was amongst the worst in the Wellington region, scoring only 2 out a possible 5. In November 2014 upgrades costing $30 million were announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand State Highway 2
State Highway 2 (SH 2) runs north–south through eastern parts of the North Island of New Zealand from the outskirts of Auckland to Wellington. It runs through Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings and Masterton. It is the second-longest highway in the North Island, after State Highway 1, which runs the length of both of the country's main islands. For most of its length it consists of a two-lane single carriageway, with frequent passing lanes. There are sections of four-lane dual-carriageway expressway at Maramarua, Tauranga and Wellington. Route SH 2 leaves just north of Pōkeno, south of central Auckland. It heads east, crossing the Hauraki Plains before running the length of the Karangahake Gorge, a break in the hills between the Coromandel Peninsula and Kaimai Ranges. From the mining town of Waihi it runs southeast, skirting the edge of Tauranga Harbour, which it crosses on the Tauranga Harbour Bridge before connecting to the Tauranga Eastern Link, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZRLS
The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc is a society of railway enthusiasts, based in Wellington. It was incorporated in 1958. The society archives are in the ''Thomas McGavin Building'' on Ava railway station's former goods yard in the Hutt Valley. At one time an old railway carriage held at the Ngaio railway station was used. Publications The society publishes a magazine, the ''New Zealand Railway Observer'' (), that was first published by the New Zealand Railway Correspondence Society on a Gestetner The Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner (1854–1939). During the 20th century, the term ''Gestetner'' was used as a verb—as in ''Gestetnering''. The Gestetner company established its base in Lo ... in 1944, and a newsletter ''Turntable''. The society publishes books on railway subjects. There are about 25 books available, as listed on the website. Most are about New Zealand railways, but there is a book ''Cane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont Railway Station, New Zealand
Belmont railway station was a station on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line The Wairarapa Line is a secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand. The line runs for , connecting the capital city Wellington with the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line at Woodville, New Zealand, Woodville, ... until 28 February 1954, when the Melling-Belmont section of the line on the western side of the Hutt Valley, New Zealand, was closed and the through line to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa rerouted through the centre of the valley. The station was opened on 15 December 1875, along with the Haywards railway station (now called Manor Park Railway Station). It was 10.22 miles from Wellington, and 54 feet in altitude. It served the suburb of Belmont, then a rural area. The station initially catered for freight, but after a few months this was discontinued except for that which could be taken in passenger brake vans.Hoy, D.G. ''Rails out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomare Railway Station
Pomare railway station is an intermediate railway station in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, served by Metlink's electric multiple-unit trains of the "Matangi" FP class, on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line. The island platform station between double tracks serves the suburb of Pomare and provides the nearest rail connection for Stokes Valley. History The then Hutt Valley Branch to Waterloo, opened 1927 and extended to Haywards (now called Manor Park) 1946–54, became the main route to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa from 1 March 1954 with the closing of the Melling-Haywards section. Pomare opened soon after, on 9 August 1954. In 2010, 42 new "park and ride" parking places were provided at Pomare, particularly for commuters from Stokes Valley. Services The following Metlink Metlink was the marketing body and umbrella brand for public train, tram and bus Transport in Melbourne, transport operators in Melbourne, Australia. On 2 April 2012, the operations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
