Ava Railway Station

Ava

Metlink suburban rail

Location

North Street, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Coordinates

41°13′10.52″S 174°53′30.06″E / 41.2195889°S 174.8916833°E

Owned by

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Line(s)

Wairarapa Line

Platforms

Island

Tracks

Main line (2)

Construction

Parking

Yes

Other information

Station code

AVA

Fare zone

History

Opened

27 May 1927

Rebuilt

Electrified

14 September 1953

Services

Preceding station		Tranz Metro		Following station
	ONTRACK
Woburn toward Upper Hutt		Hutt Valley Line		Petone toward Wellington

Ava Railway Station is a suburban railway station serving parts of Petone and Alicetown in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section section of the Wairarapa Line, 12.5 km (7.8 mi) north of Wellington, and is served by Tranz Metro on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Trains stopping at Ava run to Wellington, Taita and Upper Hutt.

The station has an island platform between double tracks with a pedestrian overbridge at each end of the platform, connecting the station with Wakefield Street and Alicetown to the north, and North Street and Petone to the south.

History

The station was one of the three new stations on the then Hutt Valley Branch, opened on 26 May 1927. From 1 March 1954 with the closing of the Melling-Haywards section, this route became the main route to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa. Ava initially had sidings, which have been removed long ago (Hoy).^[1]

On the night of 8 December 2014, a northbound "Matangi" FP/FT unit 4397 hit a downed traction pole at the station, and became entangled in the overhead lines. No passengers or crew were injured, but the unit suffered frontal damage from the impact with the pole. Electric train services between Taita and Petone were cancelled the following day while three traction poles and 150 metres of overhead line were repaired.^[2]

Services

No Metlink bus routes connect to Ava Station directly, although the following pass by closely:

Previous Stop	Metlink Bus Services	Next Stop
Cuba Street towards Courtenay Place	83 Eastbourne via Lower Hutt	Cuba Street towards Eastbourne
Cuba Street towards Upper Hutt	91 Airport Flyer	Jackson Street towards Wellington Airport
Cuba Street towards Emerald Hill	110 Upper Hutt	Cuba Street towards Petone

References

↑ Hoy, D.G. Rails out of the Capital (NZRLS, 1970) pp. 53,54
↑ Hunt, Tom (9 December 2014). "Power pole in train's path". Wellington: The Dominion Post. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

External links

Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.

Stations on the Wairarapa Line

Original route	Te Aro Lambton Kaiwarra Ngahauranga Petone Lower Hutt Melling Belmont Andrews Pitcaithly's Haywards Silverstream Bridge Silverstream Heretaunga Trentham Wallaceville Upper Hutt Mangaroa Kaitoke Summit Cross Creek Pigeon Bush Featherston Fernside Woodside Junction Matarawa Dalefield Carterton Clareville Middleton Waingawa Solway Renall Street Masterton Opaki Kopuaranga Mauriceville Mangamahoe Eketahuna Newman Hukanui Mangamaire Konini Pahiatua Mangatainoka Ngawapurua Woodville

Current route	Wellington Kaiwharawhara Ngauranga Petone Ava Woburn Waterloo Epuni Naenae Wingate Taita Pomare Manor Park Silverstream Heretaunga Trentham Wallaceville Upper Hutt Maymorn Featherston Fernside Woodside Matarawa Dalefield Carterton Clareville Middleton Waingawa Solway Renall Street Masterton Opaki Kopuaranga Mauriceville Mangamahoe Eketahuna Newman Hukanui Mangamaire Konini Pahiatua Mangatainoka Ngawapurua Woodville

Bold indicates stations at which the Wairarapa Connection stops Italics indicates stations that have closed to passengers

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