Woburn Timetable

Trains From Woburn To Wellington

This page lists the times at which a weekday commuter could catch a train from Woburn to Wellingon.

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How It All Began

The Hutt Valley Branch Railway to Waterloo was officially opened by the Prime Minister, the Right Hon Mr J G Coates, on Thursday 26th May 1927. The ceremony took place at Woburn. Scheduled trains began running the next day. Several days previously the following public notices had been published in the Wellington Evening Post:

WELLINGTON - WATERLOO

The following trains, stopping where required, will run on and after Friday, 27th May:-

FOR WELLINGTON-
Waterloo dep 6.50am, 7.16, 7.54, 8.15, 10.45, 11.33 am (Sat); 12.50 pm (Sat), 1.5 (not Sat), 1.50 (Sat), 2.30, 4.46, 5.50, 6.50 and 10.55pm.

FOR WATERLOO-
Wellington dep 7.15 am, 7.35, 10.0, 12.0 noon, (not Sat), 12.11 pm (Sat), 1.10 (Sat), 1.45, 4.0, 5.10, 6.5, and 10.15pm.

For further particulars re times, also fares, see free pocket folder, obtainable at stations and Central Booking Office, Willis street, on 23rd.

Public notice Evening Post 21 May 1927

OPENING OF NEW HUTT VALLEY LINE TO WATERLOO STATION

The official opening of the new Hutt Valley Railway Line to Waterloo Station will take place at Woburn on THURSDAY 26th inst. For the convenience of persons desiring to witness the function, a special train will leave Wellington at 2.0p.m. and run to Woburn and Waterloo. Return Special will leave Waterloo at 4.25 pm, arriving Wellington 4.56pm. The full timetable over this section of the line commences on FRIDAY, 27th inst.

Public notice Evening Post 24 May 1927

Trains To Wellington

The times at which a weekday commuter could catch a train from Woburn to Wellington are listed below. Note that the following dates are significant:

26 May 1927 Branch to Waterloo opened.
12 Oct 1953 Electric services to Taita.
24 July 1955 Upper Hutt services re-routed via Taita.
26 Nov 1988 Waterloo Interchange opened. Wainuiomata passengers transfer from bus to train at Waterloo rather than Woburn.
5 March 1989 Cityline intoduces a new train timetable with Express services (non-stop Waterloo - Wellington).
4 Sept 2006 GWRC takes over responsibility for rail timetables. Timetable unchanged.

1928	1937	1946	1953	1955	1971	1980	1987	1991	2006
Mon-Sat	Mon-Sat	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri	Mon-Fri
WTT	WTT	Public TT	Public TT	Public TT	Public TT	Public TT	Public TT	Public TT	Public TT
Steam	Steam	Steam	Electric	Electric	Electric	Electric	Electric	Electric	Electric
	07:01	00:04TF		00:02TS			00:31TF		00:28S
			00:22TF	13:12TF	13:12TF	01:08TF
				02:57	02:22	02:23	02:26
				04:07	03:57			04:59	04:57
					05:07	05:06	05:05
				05:17			06:00	05:59	05:57
				06:22	06:22	06:18			06:26E
			06:32				06:30	06:29	06:30
06:54	06:57	06:57	06:54	06:50	06:42	06:42	06:41		06:46E
								06:56E	06:50
				07:02E	07:03	07:03	07:01		07:06E
		07:16	07:12	07:12	07:10	07:06	07:07	07:03
07:20	07:22NS	07:22	07:22	07:19	07:17	07:17	07:11	07:13E	07:16E
	07:28	07:27	07:32	07:25	07:24	07:24	07:17	07:19	07:26E
	07:34NS			07:32	07:28	07:35	07:33	07:34	07:30
		07:50	07:51	07:47	07:38	07:44	07:42	07:43E	07:44
07:58	08:00	07:59	08:02E	07:53	07:44	07:46	07:50	07:49
					07:49	07:52		07:56E	07:56
				08:02		08:01	08:02
			08:05	08:04	07:59			08:07	08:06E
08:19	08:22	08:19	08:22		08:01	08:19	08:21	08:19	08:11
		08:26	08:32	08:22	08:22	08:30		08:26E	08:26
				08:27	08:30		08:30	08:34	08:34
			09:02	09:02	09:02	09:02	09:00	08:59	08:57
	09:38	09:38	09:37	09:32	09:32	09:32	09:30	09:29	09:27
'			10:02	10:02	10:02	10:02	10:00	09:59	09:57
'		10:33	10:32	10:32	10:32	10:32	10:30	10:29	10:27
10:49			11:02	11:02	11:32	11:32	11:00	10:59	10:57
11:37S		11:33	11:32	11:32			11:30	11:29	11:27
	11:45S		12:02	12:10			12:00	11:59	11:57
	12:22S	12:33	12:32	12:32	12:32	12:32	12:30	12:29	12:27
12:54S	12:57S		13:02	13:02			13:00	12:59	12:57
13:34NS	13:23	13:33	13:32	13:32	13:32	13:32	13:30	13:29	13:27
13:54S	13:57S		14:02	14:02			14:00	13:59	13:57
14:34	14:38S	14:33	14:32	14:32	14:32	14:32	14:30	14:29	14:27
			15:02	15:02			15:00	14:59	14:57
			15:32	15:32	15:32	15:32:00	15:30	15:29	15:27
		15:33	16:02	16:02	16:02	16:02			16:02
	16:22W	16:20	16:19W	16:19W	16:19W	16:19W	16:06	16:05	16:06E
			16:32	16:32:00	16:32	16:32	16:30	16:26E	16:12T
								16:31	16:32T
16:50	16:51	16:51			16:46	16:42		16:43E	16:37
17:54							16:50	16:49	16:52T
	M		17:02	17:02E				16:57E	16:57
18:21NS							17:10	17:05E	17:06E
				17:20	17:17	17:17		17:18	17:12T
							17:30	17:32E	17:32T
			17:32					17:45	17:37
	17:55	17:55		17:42	17:42	17:42	15:50	17:54E	17:52T
		18:11	18:02	17:57	17:57	17:57		18:01	17:57
				18:12	18:12	18:08	18:10		18:12T
								18:16	18:17F
	18:21NS						18:25	18:32	18:32T
		18:37	18:32					18:46	18:37
18:54				18:42	18:48	18:48	18:56	18:59	18:57
	18:53NS	18:59	19:02	19:12				19:13	18:58T
19:09NS	19:07	19:12	19:17	19:37	19:14	19:14	19:30	19:29	19:27
		19:21	19:32
			19:57	20:02	20:02	19:58	20:00	19:59	19:57
		20:03	20:32	20:32	20:32	20:28	20:30	20:29	20:27
			21:02	21:02	21:07	21:05	21:00	20:59F	20:57F
		21:08	21:32	21:32	21:37	21:33	21:30	21:29	21:27
	21:27NS		22:02	22:02F	22:12	22:08	22:00	21:59F	21:57F
21:59F		22:04					22:30	22:29	22:27
								22:59F
22:59	21:59F	22:53		22:12
	22:59NS		22:32	22:42	22:40	22:40
23:49WS			22:52	23:02
	23:41WS		23:22	23:32	23:22	23:22	23:30	23:29	23:27
			23:52			23:58

Notes

Some notes and also the codes used in the timetable.

Notes
1953 Electric to Taita. Upper Hutt trains via Lower Hutt.
1955 Electric to Taita & Upper Hutt. Upper Hutt trains via Taita.

Key
E Express. Passes but does not stop. Waterloo + 2 minutes.
T Express. Passes but does not stop. Taita + 6 minutes.
W From Workshops?

F Friday only.
S Saturday only.
NS Not Saturday.
TF Tue - Fri.
TS Tue - Sat.
Wed Wednesday
WS Wednesday & Saturday
M May be a train. Cannot read part of my xerox copy of the timetable where it is close to the spine of the book.

Timetable Dates
12 Oct 1953
24 July 1955
8 Nov 1971
1 July 1991
4 Sept 2006 (first Metlink Timetable)

Journey Times

The time in minutes for a journey from Woburn to Wellington. These are indicative times only. Actual times varied - for example depending on time of day or whether or not a train stopped at Ngauranga or Kaiwharawhara.

1928	1937	1947	1955	2006
WTT	WTT	WTT	Public	Public
Steam	Steam	Steam	Electric	Electric
26	23	21	18/20	18

Last Updated: Wed Mar 14 19:48:38 NZDT 2007