Levin railway station

Levin railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk serving Levin in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand. It is served by the Capital Connection long-distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North. Prior to the service's cessation in 2012, it was also served by the Overlander long-distance train between Wellington and Auckland.

History

The station was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) in 1886 as an intermediate station on the Wellington-Manawatu Line. The first station was built in the northern part of Levin near Tyne Street, and was replaced in 1894–95 by a station near the centre of Levin. In 1909 this station was destroyed by fire, and replaced by a station 10 chains (200m) south. There was a nearby station in the southern part of Levin at Weraroa from c1886 to 1894.

In 1940 a 61y old married man Mr John Hepburn of Ashburton was killed when he slipped off a carriage platform 300 yards (275m) north of the station on 28 July; he was travelling to Palmerston North to visit his sons after attending his brother's funeral in Wellington.^[1][2]

Two former railway (staff) houses in Levin have Class II listing with Heritage New Zealand, 29 Keepa Street and 31 Keepa Street.

References

Further reading

• Cassells, Ken (1994). Uncommon Carrier: The History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882–1908. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-908573-63-4.
• Hoy, Douglas, West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company pp. 59, 60, 120 (Wellington, Southern Press, 1972)

External links

• Levin in the Cyclopaedia of New Zealand (1908)

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