Woodside Railway Station, New Zealand

This station is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Greytown. It should not be confused with Greytown Railway Station.

For other uses of "Woodside Railway Station", see Woodside railway station (disambiguation).

Woodside

Metlink regional rail

Woodside Station

Location

Wallace Street, Woodside, New Zealand

Coordinates

41°4′2.61″S 175°24′7.05″E / 41.0673917°S 175.4019583°E

Elevation

91 metres (299 ft)

Owned by

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Line(s)

Wairarapa Line

Distance

65.12 kilometres (40.46 mi) from Wellington

Platforms

Single side (originally Island)

Tracks

main line x 1

Train operators

Tranz Metro

Bus routes

Bus operators

Tranzit Coachlines

Connections

204 Woodside Station - Greytown

Construction

Structure type

at-grade

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Other information

Station code

WOOD

Fare zone

12^[1]

History

Opened

14 May 1880

Electrified

Previous names

Woodside Junction

Traffic

Passengers (2011)

>168 passengers/day^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Tranz Metro		Following station
	KiwiRail
Matarawa toward Masterton		Wairarapa Connection		Featherston toward Wellington

Woodside railway station is a rural railway station located in the Wairarapa, 5 km west of and serving Greytown, New Zealand. The station is located on the Wairarapa Line, 65.1 km (40.5 mi) north of Wellington and 25.9 km (16.1 mi) south of Masterton. The Wairarapa Connection serves the station several times daily with services to Wellington and Masterton.

The station building has in recent years been restored by the Woodside Station Preservation Society.

History

The original survey for the Wairarapa Line, completed in 1876, considered two routes for the line between Featherston and Masterton: the Central route and the Western route. Despite the protestations of the residents of Greytown, the Western route was chosen due to concerns about the possibility of flooding north of Greytown, which meant that the line bypassed Greytown and passed through Woodside instead.

Woodside opened on 14 May 1880 with the extension of the line from Featherston. Until the line from Woodside to Masterton was completed and opened in November of that year, Woodside was the northern terminus of the Wairarapa Line and was operated by the Public Works Department, initially with two mixed trains between Greytown and Wellington each day.

The amenities at Woodside initially consisted of a station building and stationmaster’s house. The station building was on an island platform between the main line and the Greytown Branch, with the junction at the southern end of the platform. There was road access from north of the platform. The branch (eastern) side had two loops, with capacities of 18 and 11 wagons, while on the main line (western) side there were two loops with capacities of 44 and 35 wagons.

Some years after the closure of the Greytown Branch in 1953 the main line yard was removed, and the station building relocated to a new platform on the western side of the main line. A new crossing loop was installed, and the branch sidings reconfigured. In 1954 the Greytown station building was relocated to Woodside and modified to serve as a goods shed. It is now disused and the loop and sidings have been removed.

With the opening of the line to Masterton and the reversion of the line to Greytown to branch-line status, Woodside became known as Woodside Junction until the closure of the Greytown Branch in 1953: the platform name board read "Woodside Junction. Change here for Greytown."

Services

There are five Metlink Wairarapa Connection trains both ways on Monday to Thursday, six on Friday and two each way on Saturday and Sunday.

A shuttle bus service to Greytown, Route 204, connects with trains. It is operated by Tranzit Coachlines for Metlink, and operates Monday to Saturday (it does not operate on Sundays or public holidays).

Previous Stop	Metlink Bus Services	Next Stop
Terminus	204 Woodside Station - Greytown	Woodside Road towards Greytown

Gallery

Disused goods shed (ex Greytown Railway Station).
The station platform was significantly augmented as part of the 2007 Wairarapa station upgrade programme.
A reminder of bygone days. The original Woodside station building and a platform signboard that is reminiscent of the one that was on the original island platform, which read: "Woodside Junction. Change here for Greytown."
An ample carpark is provided for commuters.

Preceded by Terminus	Stations on the Greytown Branch	Succeeded by Greytown Railway Station

References

↑ Metlink. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
↑ "Results of survey of Wairarapa train passengers" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 12 October 2013.

Cameron, Walter Norman (1976). A Line Of Railway: The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas. Wellington: New Zealand Railway And Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-908573-00-6.
Braddock, Rob (2007-10-09). "Wairarapa’s bright new buses improve passenger access". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-10-29.

External links

Passenger service timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.
"Tranzit Coachlines". Retrieved 2007-12-21.
Tank locomotive WF 400 on a Greytown train at Woodside, a photo of a Greytown Branch train waiting at Woodside station.
Woodside - change for Greytown, a photo showing passengers transferring between trains at Woodside station.

Wairarapa Connection passenger train stops

Masterton Renall Street Solway Carterton Matarawa Woodside Featherston Maymorn Upper Hutt Lower Hutt (Waterloo Interchange) Petone Wellington

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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