List of Nelson railway stations
For station in Lancashire, England, see Nelson railway station.
This is a list of the stations that were established on the Nelson Section, an isolated 96 kilometres (60 mi) long railway in the Tasman district of New Zealand’s South Island. Most stations handled passenger traffic until passenger services were withdrawn in 1954, and most also handled freight. One, Gowanbridge, was never used in revenue service, and Kawatiri had a relatively short lifespan of only 5 years and 21 days. All stations, other than Gowanbridge and Kawatiri, were closed along with the line on 3 September 1955.
List
| Station | Distance (km) | Opened | Closed | Notes |
| Port Nelson | 00.00 | 17 May 1880 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Nelson | 01.61 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Hampden St. Crossing | - | - | Listed in some Working Timetables as a place where the train could stop if required for school students to disembark. Not a real station. | |
| Bishopdale | 04.67 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Stoke | 08.67 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Freezing Works | 11.10 | April 1909 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Richmond | 13.52 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Appleby | 15.13 | 23 April 1895 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Hope | 16.74 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Brightwater | 21.24 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Spring Grove | 23.50 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Wakefield | 27.84 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Wai-iti | 32.19 | 29 January 1876 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Foxhill | 34.12 | 25 July 1881 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Belgrove | c35.63 | 25 July 1881 | c.1890 | First location of this station was about 100 metres south-west of the highway due to the original route chosen for the railway which was later changed. |
| Belgrove | 35.63 | c.1890 | 3 September 1955 | The second location of Belgrove station was established with the change of route from 1890. |
| Motupiko | 51.34 | 16 February 1899 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Mararewa | 56.49 | 22 October 1906 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Tapawera | 59.22 | 6 August 1906 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Rakau | 63.73 | 6 August 1906 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Tadmor | 68.08 | 6 August 1906 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Kiwi | 76.28 | 18 December 1908 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Tui | 81.43 | 2 September 1912 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Kaka | 85.94 | 2 September 1912 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Glenhope | 96.64 | 2 September 1912 | 3 September 1955 | |
| Kawatiri | 103.20 | 21 June 1926 | 21 June 1931 | |
| Gowanbridge | 109.50 | August 1930 | 3 October 1932 | Never used for timetabled or revenue traffic. |
See also
- Nelson Section
- Nelson Railway Society, which has the Tui Railway Station
References
- Quail Map Company (1993). Yonge, John, ed. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). England: The Quail Map Company. p. 17. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.
- O’Donnell, Barry (2005). When Nelson Had A Railway: The Life And Death Of New Zealand’s Last Isolated Railway 1876–1955. Wellington: Schematics Limited. ISBN 0-476-01119-1.
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