page_title: Pahiatua railway station
section_title: Replacement station: 1971
hierarchical_section_title: Pahiatua railway station / History / Facilities / Replacement station: 1971
caption_attribution_description: English: Pahiatua railway station Rolling Stock Storage Shelter. This building was moved to the station precinct in June 2002.
context_page_description: Pahiatua railway station is on the Wairarapa Line in New Zealand’s North Island. It was opened in May 1897, shortly before the line was opened to Woodville in December of that year. The station is 1.7 kilometres from Pahiatua, in contrast to the original plans for the railway line to run through the town.
  As Pahiatua is one of the more significant towns in the northern Wairarapa, the station was for many years one of the few staffed stations on the northern section of the line. Though passenger traffic ceased in 1988, the station continues to be the source of freight traffic thanks to the neighbouring dairy factory, and it is also the home of the Pahiatua Railcar Society.
context_section_description: The new railway station was completed by Railways staff at a cost of $20,000 in 1971.  The building, on concrete foundations, had weatherboard cladding and an aluminium roof, and contained a general office, stationmaster's office, a waiting room, booking office, and public amenities in 1,200 square feet (110 m²) of space. The platform and yard fences were replaced as part of the project.  It was expected that a new goods shed and loading shelter would be added in the future. The signals and communications equipment was housed in a separate building.  This was one of the last wooden station buildings of its type erected by the Railways Department before it switched to more modern materials.
  Arrangements were made in January and February for the official opening ceremony, for which the dates of 10 March and 17 March were initially proposed.  The Ways and Works Branch were requested to have the old station building removed and the site tidied up prior to this time. The date of the ceremony was later moved to 31 March, and members of the public were invited to attend.
  Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake officially opened the station, with around 100 guests and members of the public in attendance. Special guests included Colonel W. R. Burge, son of Pahiatua's first stationmaster; past station masters, including J. Weston; W. W. Day, chairman of the Pahiatua County Council; T. M. Small, Deputy General Manager of the Railways; and the mayor, J. L. Terry.  A bronze plaque had been ordered to mark the occasion, which was unveiled by the Prime Minister, and read:
  After the ceremony, the official party and invited guests repaired to the Club Hotel for afternoon tea.
caption: Pahiatua railway station Rolling Stock Storage Shelter. This building was moved to the station precinct in June 2002.
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