Heretaunga railway station is a suburban railway station serving Heretaunga in

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. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the

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, north of

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. The station is served by Metlink's

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trains of the "Matangi" FP class. Trains stopping at Heretaunga run to Wellington and

. The station has an

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between two tracks, linked by pedestrian overbridges to Bathurst Street and Maadi Place in the south, and pedestrian level crossings to Marion Street and Somme Road in the north.

History

The station was opened in 1908. From 1941 to 1954 the Trentham Army Camp had a set of railway sidings used for freight and for troop trains, with a shunting locomotive owned by the Army. Most of the track were removed in the 1970s. The siding was 0.63 km from Heretaunga railway station and 0.53 km from Trentham railway station.

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