Masterton railway station
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| Location | Perry Street, Masterton, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°56.420′S 175°39.321′E / 40.940333°S 175.655350°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 115 metres (377 ft) | ||||||||||
| System | Metlink regional rail | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council | ||||||||||
| Line | Wairarapa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 90.96 kilometres (56.52 mi) from Wellington | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Single side | ||||||||||
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| Train operators | Transdev Wellington | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | George Troup (1904 building) Ivan Clarkson (1967 station) | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Vogel-era Special Class (1880 building) Vintage Troup (1904 building) Mid-century modern (1967 station) | ||||||||||
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| Station code | MAST | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1880 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1967 | ||||||||||
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Masterton railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Masterton in New Zealand's Wairarapa district. Located at the end of Perry Street, it is one of three stations in Masterton, the others being Renall Street and Solway. Masterton station is the terminus for Wairarapa Connection passenger services on Metlink's Wairarapa Line from and to Wellington. The average journey time to Wellington is one hour and forty-three minutes.
The station building has a ticket office and café; the yard has working freight-handling facilities, a goods shed, a turntable, and engine/railcar shed.
With the introduction of the New Zealand BEMU class electric multiple unit from 2030 for passenger services from Wellington, they will have charging points at the station. Alstom will establish a 4000-square-meter maintenance depot for the BEMUs, with a staff of thirty and three servive and maintenance tracks.