Wellington Station

This building dates from 1937 and replaced two earlier stations - both in the same general area. The building is quite grandiose as evidenced by the frontage and the former ticketing area. These days electronic cards have effectively replaced paper tickets. There aren't many intercity trains running but the local suburban network carries a lot of commuters every day so the station is busy at rush hour.

A unique hub of buses and trains housed in a historic building. It has seen an incredible volume of souls in its time as the busiest transit place in NZ. Sadly that has now changed. A revamp of the New World metro taking place. Still a beautiful building, inside and out.

New Zealand metro trains are as scarce as kiwis the birds, not the folks so it's nice to come here and see not only an architecturally interesting station but a few trains. Admittedly, Wellington would not be the easiest place to run suburban train lines and most of them head along the bay anyway. We caught the train to Johnsonville, probably the most interesting line.

This morning, I witnessed one of your train conductors, Eleine, show intelligence, ingenuity and compassion in dealing with a special needs client. Class Act!! All of you are a class act!nnThanks and God Bless you all,nnForeign Tourist

A train station with a very nice architecture. The people at the counter are very kind and helpful. If you came as a tourist, I recommend that you go all the way to Petone and back. There are not many places in the world with train tracks by the sea.

Directions to Wellington Station with public transportation

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