Christchurch | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1st, 2nd station: Moorhouse Avenue 3rd station: Troup Drive, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1st, 2nd: 43°32′25.18″S 172°38′28″E / 43.5403278°S 172.64111°E 3rd: 43°32′23.74″S 172°36′28.41″E / 43.5399278°S 172.6078917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | 1st: Canterbury Provincial Railways 2nd: New Zealand Railways Department 3rd: KiwiRail | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 1st, 2nd: Main South Line 3rd: Main North Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Single side | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Main line (1) Loop (1) | ||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1st: 1 December 1863 2nd: 21 December 1877 3rd: 5 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1st: 20 December 1877 2nd: 4 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2nd: 1 November 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2nd: 14 February 1929 – 18 September 1970 | ||||||||||||||
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Christchurch railway station is in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is on the Main North Line at Addington junction, and is the only remaining passenger railway station in the city: suburban passenger trains were cancelled due to lack of demand in the 1970s. It is the terminus of the South Island's two remaining long-distance passenger trains, the Coastal Pacific to Picton and the TranzAlpine to Greymouth.
The current station is the third to serve Christchurch. The two earlier stations were adjacent to each other on Moorhouse Avenue, a short distance to the east on the Main South Line, closer to the city centre.