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Wellington Third Track A record of the changes at Distant Junction and the Throat during the installation of the third track in 2009 and 2010. The work involved the installation of a third main between Distant Junction and A-Box as part of the Wellington Regional Rail Project (WRRP). Note that Distant Junction is also known as Wellington Junction. |
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Home > Wellington The Throat Distant Junction S & Is Local Instructions Older S & I Circulars |
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The Throat
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These diagrams show changes at the throat during the third track project. |
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August 2009 - Changes to F1 & E3 Roads September 2009 - The throat and platforms (diagram not finished) |
Distant (Wellington) Junction
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These diagrams show changes at Distant Junction during the third track project (and a few extras!). |
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Signalling Down Trains in 2004. 5th/6th September 2009. CBI commissioned at Distant Junction. Signals renumbered. November 21/22 2009 - Up intermediate signals 222 and 224 relocated 26m south. 26th December 2009 - 5th January 2010. Xmas/New Year Block of Line. Up main realigned. Easter 2010. BOL over weekend but no signalling or track changes. Queens Birthday weekend. BOL. (Monday 7/6/10). (2941 see bulletin 371 3/6/10). Middle main brought into service. Physical work complete. Down main out of service because interface with A-Box not completed.
24th/25th July. Final signalling work in A-Box to bring the new down main into use. |
Third Track Signalling & Interlocking Circulars
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This is a list of S&I circulars issued during the third track project. I have not posted the S & I circulars on this site because of copyright and the size of the PDF files. |
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2774 July 2008. 2924 (Draft only) August 2009 Changes to F1 and E3 roads. 2932 September 2009 CBI installed at Distant Junction. Signals renumbered. 2933 Xmas/New Year 2009/2010 BOL. Up main at Distant Junction realigned. 2941 Queens Birthday. Middle main in use. Down main connected but not in use. |
Older S & I Circulars
Thanks to Terence Delaney for supplying this information.
S & I Number |
Name of Circular |
Date |
Supercedes Circular No |
Drawing No or superceding Circular No |
2 |
Wellington |
1.04.1901 |
111 |
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21 |
Ballast Siding 9m.10ch Wellington |
2.05.1904 |
Cancelled |
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43 |
Ballast Siding 14m. 61ch Wellington |
3.12.1906 |
Cancelled |
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56 |
Turner's Siding Wellington |
9.03.1908 |
Cancelled |
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111 |
Wellington (Lambton) |
2.04.1911 |
2 |
472 |
209 |
Wellington Defence Siding |
21.07.1915 |
395 |
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377 |
Wellington - Lower Hutt |
20.03.1922 |
30 |
31 |
474 |
Wellington |
Thorndon and Engine Roads |
27.04.1934 |
451 |
478 |
Wellington Station Distant Junction |
29.10.1935 |
479 |
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479 |
Wellington Goods Yard and Distant Junction |
20.11.1935 |
478 |
491 |
484 |
Wellington Station 'A' Box |
13.07.36 |
492 |
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487 |
Wellington - Tawa Flat Deviation |
Not issued |
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490 |
Wellington - Porirua |
15.05.1937 |
477 |
481 |
491 |
Wellington Distant Junction and Goods Yard |
15.05.37 |
479 |
600 |
492 |
Wellington 'A' Box |
15.05.1937 |
484 |
513 |
501 |
Wellington Station Distant Junction |
25.03.1938 |
600 |
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503 |
Wellington - Johnsonville |
17.10.1957 |
497 |
499 |
506 |
Wellington Train Departure Annunciator |
30.08.1938 |
Cancelled |
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513 |
Wellington 'A' Box |
16.11.1938 |
492 |
600 |
527 |
Wellington |
12.09.1939 |
600 |
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552 |
Wellington - Paremata |
6.12.1940 |
481 |
490 |
557 |
Lower Hutt - Wellington |
5.09.1940 |
34 |
81 |
557A |
Lower Hutt - Wellington |
612 |
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600 |
Wellington |
7.07.1944 |
111 |
491 |
612 |
Lower Hutt - Wellington |
10.1945 |
557 |
557A |
680 |
Wellington |
13.09.1953 |
600 |
763 |
763 |
Wellington |
4.12.1956 |
680 |
998 |
818 |
Wellington - Johnsonville |
10.6 |
503 |
1122 |
998 |
Wellington |
24.07.1963 |
763 |
1048 |
1048 |
Wellington |
4.12.1963 |
998 |
1104 |
1104 |
Wellington |
2.04.1965 |
1048 |
1291 |
1122 |
Wellington - Johnsonville |
5.1965 |
818 |
1381 |
1262 |
Wellington - Johnsonville |
Not Issued |
1122 |
1381 |
1291 |
Wellington |
18.08.1968 |
1122 |
1315 |
1315 |
Wellington |
3.1969 |
1291 |
1554 |
1381 |
Wellington - Johnsonville |
6.07.1969 |
1122 |
1383 |
1554 |
Wellington - Kaiwharawhara |
4.03.1973 |
1241 |
Part 1315 |
1846 |
Wellington - Kaiwharawhara |
3.09.1978 |
1554 |
1929 |
1929 |
Wellington - Kaiwharawhara |
6.12.1980 |
1846 |
1956 |
1956 |
Wellington - Kaiwharawhara |
15.11.1982 |
1929 |
2361 |
2361 |
Wellington |
5.11.1994 |
1956 |
2533 |
2533 |
Wellington |
15.06.1997 |
2361 |
2587 |
2587 |
Wellington |
23.05.1998 |
2533 |
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2616 |
Wellington |
2587 |
2683 |
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2683 |
Wellington |
26.02.2001 |
2616 |
2774 |
2718 |
Wellington |
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2774 |
Wellington |
25.07.2008 |
2683 |
Last Updated: Fri Jul 23 13:50:34 NZST 2010
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