Pipitea Point Railway Station

Pipitea Point then Lambton
New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
Location Wellington
Coordinates 41°16′42.52″S 174°46′46.11″E / 41.2784778°S 174.7794750°E / -41.2784778; 174.7794750 (Lambton)
Owned by Railways Department
Line(s) Hutt Valley Line
Platforms Island
Tracks Main line (1)
History
Opened 1874 (as Pipitea Point)
Closed 19 June 1937 (as Lambton)

Pipitea Point Station (1874-1880) and Lambton Station (1880-1937) were successive names for the main Wellington Railway Station in Wellington, New Zealand before the opening of the current Wellington Railway Station in 1937.

The new station also replaced the Thorndon Railway Station built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) but owned by the New Zealand Railways (NZR) since 1908.

The first station, Pipitea Point Station, was opened (1874) with the opening of the Hutt Valley Line. The railway line from Wellington to Lower Hutt, the first railway line in Wellington, was started in 1872 and opened in 1874.

Lambton Railway Station (opened 1880) was north of the present Wellington Railway Station; and Pipitea Point Railway Station was further north, but south of Thorndon Railway Station. All are within the present rail yard area.

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