Napier railway station, New Zealand
Napier | |||||||||||
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Napier railway station 1959 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Station Road then Munroe Street, Napier New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°29′50″S 176°54′56″E / 39.4971°S 176.9156°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Zealand Railways Department | ||||||||||
| Line | Palmerston North–Gisborne | ||||||||||
| Distance | Palmerston North 178.26 km (110.77 mi) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 October 1874 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 7 October 2001 (passengers) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1989-1991 | ||||||||||
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The Napier railway station in Napier, New Zealand was the main railway station in Napier and an intermediate stop on the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line.
The original Napier station building was on the corner of Station Street and Millar Street, close to the centre of Napier. The facilities on the site increased to include the passenger station plus a goods yard, locomotive depot, workshop, and a way and works (maintenance) depot. The line was on a difficult to work curve and the site was limited by level crossings at each end, leaving no room for expansion. Since 1990, the passenger station has been 820 m (900 yd) further south, at 85 Munroe Street, and is still used by occasional passenger trains.
Napier was the terminus for both Gisborne and Wellington goods trains, though some passenger trains ran straight through, such as the Endeavour express. This section north was mothballed in 2012, reopened to Wairoa in 2019, but was closed again by Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023. Increased costs at the Wairoa Log Yard resulted in rail not being competitive.