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Christchurch railway station building (Moorhouse Avenue) One of the more notable events in the history of this station was the commissioning of New Zealand's first electrified suburban rail service in 1929. This service operated between Christchurch station and Lyttelton using Ec class locomotives.
This is a list of railway stations in the Christchurch region of New Zealand.It includes both those still in service and those that have been closed. Included are stations on the following lines: Eyreton Branch, Little River Branch, Main North Line out to Rangiora, Main South Line out to Burnham, Midland Line out to Springfield, Oxford Branch, Southbridge Branch, Whitecliffs Branch.
Christchurch railway station (1862–1886), the original station in Christchurch, Dorset, on the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about railway and public transport stations with the same name.
The first railway to open in Christchurch was the Ferrymead railway, linking the province's main port with Christchurch, a distance of 7 km. With the opening of the Lyttelton rail tunnel in 1867 and subsequent rise of Lyttelton as the region's port, Ferrymead lost its importance and the railway was closed, having outlived its usefulness.
After the reduction in services, a new Christchurch railway station was established at Addington Junction. The Main North Line railway travels northwards via KaikÅura to Picton and is served by the Coastal Pacific scheduled passenger train while the Main South Line heads to Invercargill via Dunedin and was used by the Southerner until its ...
Christchurch was a railway station in Christchurch in Dorset, England.It was opened on 13 November 1862 by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway.Becoming part of the London and South Western Railway, it was closed on 30 May 1886, and replaced by the current Christchurch railway station located to the west of the newly created junction with the rail route to Hinton Admiral, New ...
Christchurch has listings in the former two categories. As of July 2011 [update] , there were 315 historic places and seven historic areas listed. In August 2011, Heritage New Zealand started the process of removing listings of buildings demolished after the earthquakes, starting with the Manchester Courts and the NZ Trust and Loan Building ...
This was the second site of a Christchurch railway station, following the provincial council's broad gauge station a short distance away. The building was sold in 1991, and served as a museum and multiplex cinema until its demolition in 2012 following damage due to the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.