Tawa | |||||||||||
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| Metlink suburban rail | |||||||||||
 1937–2013 station building | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Melville Street, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°10′9.48″S 174°49′42.20″E / 41.1693000°S 174.8283889°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council (buildings) KiwiRail (platform, track | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Island Main Trunk | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 Sept 1885 (WMR as Tawa Flat) relocated 24 July 1935 (freight); 19 June 1937 (passenger) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1937, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | June 1940 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tawa Flat | ||||||||||
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Tawa railway station, originally called Tawa Flat, is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) and is part of the suburban rail network of Wellington, New Zealand. It is double tracked with an island platform, and is 13.75 kilometres (8.54 mi) from Wellington railway station, the southern terminus of the NIMT. The station serves the suburb of Tawa.