page_title: Paekakariki railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Paekakariki railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Signal House, Paekakariki Railway Station, an NZHPT classified category 1 historic building
context_page_description: 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.
  The large wooden station building on an island platform is used by a museum, and has a bookshop run by Irving Lipshaw and Michael O’Leary in one section. There are a restored signal box and a level crossing at the south end.
  Steam Incorporated has taken over most of the rail yard for rail preservation.
  Several buildings are listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust: Category I; Signal Box and Water Vats; or Category II; Station, and Goods Shed. The station and yard is a historic area.
context_section_description: 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.
  The large wooden station building on an island platform is used by a museum, and has a bookshop run by Irving Lipshaw and Michael O’Leary in one section. There are a restored signal box and a level crossing at the south end.
  Steam Incorporated has taken over most of the rail yard for rail preservation.
  Several buildings are listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust: Category I;  Signal Box and Water Vats; or Category II;  Station, and Goods Shed. The station and yard is a historic area.
caption: Signal House, Paekākāriki railway station
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