Pukerua Bay station, New Zealand
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superstein
S 41° 02.305 E 174° 53.188
60G E 322346 N 5454826
The present Pukerua Bay Station, from the south end of the platform. Note the station platforms have been upgraded since this picture was taken, although the shelter structures remain.
Waymark Code: WMPKY2
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 09/16/2015
Views: 1
This station is an island type, reached via a grade crossing at the southern end. There is a car park on the west side of the tracks and a row of houses at the east, set amongst dense coastal bush.
The present station buildings are back-to-back versions of those at Mana, and represent salutary examples of early 1980s architecture.
Other features of interest in the area include one remaining railway house (on the east side, just visible through the vegetation), a foundation wall remnant of the former stationmasters house, now forming an edge to a skate park at the north of the railway house, the remains of the water pumping works serving the station and stockyards down the bank adjacent to the creek to the south of the railway house, and at the south end of the station area, the Pukerua Bay over-bridge (and nearby cycle bridge), and a large industrial shed of unknown provenance. Source:Cassells, K. R. Uncommon Carrier - The History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company 1882-1908 Wellington 1994
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Kiwi Rail
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Not listed
Station/Depot Web Site: Not listed
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