Silverstream Railway Station
Silverstream | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Fergusson Drive and Kiln Street, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°08′50.42″S 175°00′38.63″E / 41.1473389°S 175.0107306°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Wairarapa Line | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | Main line (2) | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Island | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | SILV | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 6 [1] | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1 March 1954 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | 24 July 1955 | |||||||||||||||
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Silverstream Railway Station is a suburban railway station serving Silverstream in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 26.8 km (16.7 mi) north of Wellington, and is served by Tranz Metro on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Trains stopping at Silverstream run to Wellington and Upper Hutt.
The station has an island platform between two tracks, linked to Field Street in the south by a footpath, and to Fergusson Drive in the north-west and Whitemans Road to the north-east via pedestrian level crossings.
Services
Rail
Tranz Metro operates Hutt Valley Line electric suburban services between Wellington and Upper Hutt via Silverstream. The basic daytime off-peak timetable is:
- 2 tph to Wellington, stopping all stations
- 2 tph to Upper Hutt, stopping all stations
The basic morning peak timetable is:
- 3 tph to Wellington, stopping all stations to Taita then Waterloo only
- 2 tph to Upper Hutt, stopping all stations
Bus
The following Metlink bus services serve the station:
Previous timetabled stop | Metlink Bus Services | Next timetabled stop |
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Upper Hutt Station towards Timberlea |
93[2] Upper Hutt Commuter |
Belmont Flat - Western Hutt Road towards Courtenay Place |
Fergusson Drive towards Emerald Hill |
110 Upper Hutt |
Stokes Valley Entrance towards Petone Station |
Upper Hutt Station Terminus |
115 Pinehaven |
Field Street towards Pinehaven |
History
The Silverstream Railway Station replaced the former Silverstream Bridge Railway Station when the Melling-Belmont section of the line on the western side of the Hutt Valley, New Zealand and the first rail bridge at Silverstream was closed on 28 February 1954, and the through line to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa rerouted through the centre of the valley, see Hutt Valley Line.
References
- ↑ Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council.
- ↑ "Upper Hutt Commuter (Timberlea - Wellington) - Timetable". Metlink. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
External links
- Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.