Shannon Railway Station

Shannon
File:Shannon railway station NZ.jpg
Coordinates
Owned by	KiwiRail
Line(s)	North Island Main Trunk
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1886
Rebuilt	1893
Services
KiwiRail   Preceding station   Tranz Scenic   Following station Palmerston North Terminus Capital Connection Levin toward Wellington
Heritage New Zealand - Category I
Designated	25-Sep-1986
Reference no.	4703

Shannon Railway Station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk serving Shannon in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand. It is served by the Capital Connection long distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North.

History

A simple Class 6 or flag station type building was opened by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) in 1886 as an intermediate station on the Wellington-Manawatu Line, and was named after company director George Shannon.

In 1893 the original station building was moved to Paraparaumu and replaced by a WMR Class Four building. Later a luggage/parcels room (1902) and a verandah (1910) were added. The replacement building is one of the few remaining physical relics of the WMR, and has a New Zealand Historic Places Trust Class I listing.

References

• Cassells, K.R., Uncommon Carrier: The History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882-1908 (Wellington, NZRLS, 1994, ISBN 0-908573-63-4)
• Hoy, Douglas, West of the Tararuas: An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Wellington, Southern Press, 1972)

External links

• entry at New Zealand Historic Places Trust website
• Shannon Railway Station in the Cyclopaedia of New Zealand (1897)