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Wellington railway station

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Wellington railway station

Wellington railway station was completed in 1937, and was New Zealand’s largest building at the time. In the 2000s it was New Zealand’s busiest railway station.

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Neill Atkinson, Railways – Stations and refreshment rooms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21409/wellington-railway-station (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Neill Atkinson, published 6 April 2010.