Upper Hutt station
A Ganz Mavag unit at the main platform of Upper Hutt station, current terminus of electric unit operation from Wellington, 32km distant. Photo: Hugh McCracken.
View north from Upper Hutt station. The Rimutaka Incline Railway proposal would see trains head uphill via Tranz Rail track to Maymorn. Photo: Hugh McCracken.
Upper Hutt station in 2003, view from carpark, multiple unit berthed at main platform. Photo: Hugh McCracken.
The railway from Wellington to Upper Hutt was opened on 1 February 1876, on completion of the Hutt Contract by Mr Charles McKirdy. Approximately half of the original route is still in use, including much of the foreshore route from Wellington to Petone Junction and Melling and from Silverstream to Upper Hutt. Silver Stream Railway has seen the reinstatement of former Wellington and Masterton Railway formation near Silverstream.
The Rimutaka Incline Railway proposal would see heritage trains depart from Upper Hutt station for the railway proper at Maymorn via existing Tranz Rail track.
References:
Cameron, W.N., 1992. 'Rimutaka Railway', New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Wellington, New Zealand.
