Muri railway station

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Muri
Metlink suburban rail
Muri Station.jpg
Muri Station in 2001
General information
Coordinates 41°2′2″S174°53′35.99″E / 41.03389°S 174.8933306°E / -41.03389; 174.8933306
Owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s)North Island Main Trunk
PlatformsDual Side
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
ParkingNo
History
Opened28 July 1952
Closed30 April 2011
Services
Preceding station Transdev Wellington Following station
Paekākāriki
towards Waikanae
Kapiti Line Pukerua Bay
towards Wellington

Muri railway station is a former railway station was on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand; part of the Kapiti Line section of the suburban rail network of Wellington. The station was double tracked with side platforms on a straight section between two curves, 31.2 km from Wellington railway station, the southern terminus of the NIMT.

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It was closed in 2011, but Pukerua Bay station remains open.

Services

Muri was served by Kapiti Line commuter trains operated by Tranz Metro under the Metlink brand until 2011. Trains running every 30 minutes off-peak, and more frequently during peak periods used to stop in Muri until its closure. [1] The platform and buildings remain in their original state.

Commuter trains were operated by electric multiple units. These were originally DM/D class units, but from the 1980s EM/ET class. Two diesel-hauled carriage trains, the Capital Connection and the Northern Explorer (previously Overlander), pass through the station but did not stop even when the station was still open.

Muri and Kenepuru stations had been considered for closure by the Greater Wellington Regional Council, claiming that both had low usage and would require considerable expenditure to upgrade for the new Matangi units and for safety considerations ($600,000 estimated for Muri). [2] Following a sub-committee meeting of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, Muri station was closed on 30 April 2011. [3]

History

The line through Muri was built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR), completed to Longburn in 1886. During the last stage of finishing the tunnels on the coastal escarpment towards Paekākāriki, the last stop coming from Wellington was called Pukerua, near where Muri Station was. There were no roads into the area yet and passengers had to leave the train, climb down to the beach and continue by rail on temporary tracks to Paekākāriki.

Material for the construction of the railway north of Muri (the North South Junction) was offloaded from ships anchored off Pukerua Bay into small boats and brought to the beach. From there, a tramway took the rails, sleepers and bricks up to the railway track at Muri.

Muri opened on 28 July 1952, 45 chains (905 m) north of Pukerua Bay, and was closer to the centre of the population of Pukerua Bay at the time.

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References

  1. ↑ Metlink, Paraparaumu Line timetable Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 30 October 2007.
  2. ↑ The Dominion Post 28 July 2009 page A5 & Kapi-Mana News 21 July 2009 page 1
  3. ↑ Dando, Kris (22 March 2011). "Pukerua Bay residents forced to walk as Muri Station receives death sentence". Kapi-Mana News. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
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