page_title: Wellington railway station
section_title: Services
hierarchical_section_title: Wellington railway station / Services
caption_attribution_description: Matangi trains lined up at Wellington Railway Station
context_page_description: Wellington railway station is the main railway station serving Wellington, New Zealand, and is the southern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk, Wairarapa Line and Johnsonville Line.
  The station opened in June 1937, replacing the two previous Wellington termini, Lambton and Thorndon.
context_section_description: The station copes with large daily passenger numbers with very little alteration having proved necessary.
  In its first year, 7,600 passengers made 15,200 trips on 140 trains daily. In the 1960s it was estimated that over 42,000 people used the station each day. Today, 29,000 passengers make 44,000 trips on 390 trains, excluding long-distance services.
  Work from 2019 as part of the Wellington Metro upgrade improved the station approaches, and new foundations were built for 80 masts for the traction overhead as steel masts are to replace wooden masts.
caption: "Matangi" trains at Wellington railway station in 2013
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