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Epuni railway station

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The line through Epuni was electrified at 1500 V DC in September 1953. As part of the works, a "cross-tie" traction substation was built on the Epuni platform; this substation did not feed power into the overhead lines but provided a switching point halfway between the two feeder traction
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On Good Friday 10 April 2009, the wooden section of the original station building was demolished leaving on the concrete Cross-Tie Electric Traction equipment building and subway entrances remaining. Over the course of the Easter weekend two small glass shelters were installed at each end of the
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station. Tranz Metro also announced that a third larger shelter will be installed on the site of the original station building. The station was closed from 15 August 2009 to June 2009 for what was called
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In 2019, automatic pedestrian gates which lock shut are to be installed as some pedestrians and cyclists ignore the flashing lights on the adjacent level crossing.
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between double tracks, which linked via a pedestrian subway to Cambridge Terrace and Fairfield in the east, and to Oxford Terrace and Epuni in the west.
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In March 1954, the Wairarapa Line was diverted onto the Hutt Valley Branch, putting Epuni on the mainline between Wellington and Upper Hutt.
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Epuni station opened on 7 January 1946, as part of the extension of the then Hutt Valley Branch line from
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The station was closed temporarily on 15 May 2008 due to the possible presence of
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Metlink
suburban rail

41°12.458′S 174°55.809′E / 41.207633°S 174.930150°E / -41.207633; 174.930150
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Hutt Valley Line
Transdev Wellington
Naenae
Upper Hutt
Hutt Valley Line
Waterloo
Wellington
Epuni
Fairfield
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
Hutt Valley section
Wairarapa Line
Wellington
Metlink
electric multiple unit
"Matangi" FP class
Taita
Upper Hutt
island platform
Waterloo
Naenae
asbestos
Metlink
Metlink Bus Services

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