A northbound train servicing the Kapiti Line after departing from Wellington railway station.
Overview
Status
Open
Owner
KiwiRail (track) Greater Wellington Regional Council (stations)
Locale
Wellington region, New Zealand
Termini
Wellington
Waikanae
Stations
16
Service
Type
Commuter rail
System
Metlink
Operator(s)
Transdev Wellington
Rolling stock
FP/FT class "Matangi" EMUs
Ridership
4,461,000 per annum (2011–12)[1]
Technical
Character
Suburban
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map
Legend
km[2]
North Island Main Trunk
(Wellington–Manawatu Line)
Waikanae
Waikanae River
SH 59
(single track)
48.3
Paraparaumu
Raumati
(proposed)
SH 1
Mackays Crossing
38.8
Paekakariki
North Junction (single track)
SH 59
Tunnels 3 - 7
South Junction (single track)
31.2
Muri
30.4
Pukerua Bay
SH 59
24.5
Plimmerton
23.2
Mana
Pauatahanui Inlet
21.9
Paremata
17.7
Porirua
16.2
Kenepuru
14.9
Linden
13.8
Tawa
13.1
Redwood
to Johnsonville Line
closed 1938
11.9
Takapu Road
Tunnel 2 (4,323 m)
SH 1
Tunnel 1 (1,238 m)
Hutt Valley Line
(Wairarapa Line)
Interislander
Ferry Terminal
SH 1
Wellington
freight terminal
Johnsonville Line
0.0
Wellington
km
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Metlink's Kapiti Line[3][4] is the electrified southern portion of the North Island Main Trunk railway between New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, and Waikanae on the Kāpiti Coast, operated by Transdev Wellington on behalf of Greater Wellington Regional Council.[3] Trains run frequently every day, with stops at 16 stations. Until 20 February 2011 it was known as the Paraparaumu Line.[5]
^"Wellington Metropolitan Rail 2011/12 Annual Report" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 30 June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
^Yonge, John, ed. (1993). New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (4th ed.). Essex: Quail Map Company. p. 15-16. ISBN 090060932X.
^ ab"Metlink - Kapiti Line". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
^"Metlink, January 2011". January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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the Johnsonville Line through the hillside suburbs north of central Wellington; the KapitiLine along the NIMT to Waikanae on the Kāpiti Coast via Porirua...
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Bay no longer had to be continually staffed for Tablet operation; see KapitiLine and North–South Junction. Electrification eliminated the need to relieve...
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