Paekakariki railway station
Paekakariki railway station in Paekākāriki on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand is an intermediate station on the Kapiti Line for Metlink's electric multiple unit commuter trains from Wellington. Paekākāriki was the terminal station of the commuter service from 1940 to 1983, when the service was extended to Paraparaumu, and to Waikanae in 2011. The station was opened in 1886. Initially banking locomotives were attached at Paekākāriki for the steep "hill" up to Pukerua Bay, and steam locomotives were changed there for electric locomotives to Wellington from 1940 to the 1960s.
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Paekakariki railway station
Paekakariki railway station in Paekākāriki on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand is an intermediate station on the Kapiti Line for Metlink's electric multiple unit commuter trains from Wellington. Paekākāriki was the terminal station of the commuter service from 1940 to 1983, when the service was extended to Paraparaumu, and to Waikanae in 2011. The station was opened in 1886. Initially banking locomotives were attached at Paekākāriki for the steep "hill" up to Pukerua Bay, and steam locomotives were changed there for electric locomotives to Wellington from 1940 to the 1960s.
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Robertson Road, Paekākāriki, New Zealand
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1886-11-03
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Island Platform
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Robertson Road, Paekākāriki, New Zealand
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1940-07-24
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Signal House, Paekākāriki railway station
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North Island Main Trunk
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Paekākāriki
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1886-11-03
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Island Platform
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Paekakariki railway station in ...... ington from 1940 to the 1960s.
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Paekakariki railway station
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