Khandallah Railway Station

Infobox Station
name=Khandallah
type=Metlink commuter rail


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address=Station Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand
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line=Johnsonville Line
other=Bus services
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platform=Dual side
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tracks=Main line (1)
Crossing loop (1)
parking=8 spaces
bicycle=No
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opened=1885-09-21
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electrified=1938-07-02
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owned=Tranz Metro
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Khandallah railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Line, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand’s North Island. The station was erected and operated by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) on their line from Wellington to Longburn. From the acquisition of the WMR by the New Zealand Railways Department in 1908 until the opening of the Tawa Flat deviation in 1937, the station was on the North Island Main Trunk Railway.

Electric multiple unit trains are operated by Tranz Metro under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south).

History

Khandallah was one of three stations constructed by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company on what is now known as the Johnsonville Branch. [cite book |last=Hoy |first=Douglas G. |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Rails Out Of The Capital |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year=1970 |month= |publisher=The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society |location=Wellington |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=22 |chapter=The Second Railway |chapterurl= |quote=As well as Johnsonville two other stations were erected on this section, the first at Crofton, now called Ngaio, and at Khandallah. ] It was opened on 21 September 1885, along with the first section of the company’s line between Wellington and Paramata. [cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Rails Out Of The Capital |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |location= |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=23 |chapter=The Second Railway |chapterurl= |quote=... to Paramata, at which point the line was opened on September 21st, 1885. ]

As originally constructed by the WMR, the station had a single side platform, a small wooden passenger shelter, and a crossing loop. Later, after the government assumed control of the line, the station had a signal box built at the north end of the platform, a second loop and a back shunt. By 1947, there was only one loop and the second platform had been installed with its own passenger shelter. The back shunt and signal box were removed more recently.

Operation

Up trains use the loop at this station, with Down trains remaining on the main line. Safety sidings are located at the northern and southern ends of the loop for Up and Down trains (respectively). Colour light signals are also located at both ends of the platforms.

Services

Trains run in both directions through this station, departing at half-hourly intervals, supplemented by a 13/13/26 schedule at peak times on week days.

The following Metlink bus routes connect with this station:
* 46: Broadmeadows – Wellington

Facilities

This station has dual side platforms with a passenger shelter on each. There is a small station car park behind the Up train platform. Pedestrian access to the station is from the north ends of the platforms, via Station Road (Up platform) or Cashmere Avenue (Down platform), which is also the point at which there is access between the platforms via a level crossing.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/Gov13_03Rail-fig-Gov13_03Rail041a.html Photo of the first unit at Khandallah Station, 1938 trial]
* Train timetables from [http://www.metlink.org.nz/section10.php Metlink] and [http://www.tranzmetro.co.nz/ Tranz Metro] .
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