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Trentham Railway Station is an urban railway station in Trentham, a suburb of the city of Upper Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line and has two side platforms. The station is served by Tranz Metro's electric multiple unit trains of the FP class or EM class. The double-tracking of the Wairarapa Line ends just north of Trentham station, with the line becoming single track as it continues north. However, in normal operation, southbound trains use the Ararino Street (western) platform and switch over to the down line south of the station. The Racecourse Road (eastern) platform is only used during race days and for other special occasions that occur at the adjacent Trentham Racecourse. The 20102035 Regional Rail Plan (RRP) proposed duplicating the track between Trentham and Upper Hutt in the 20112012 year, however as of December 2014 work has yet to commence. Tranz Metro tickets can be purchased from the Racecourse Dairy, opposite the railway station. ==History== The station was opened in 1907.〔Hoy, D.G. ''Rails out of the Capital'' p. 93 (NZRLS, 1970)〕 It initially was single track station with a loop containing the racecourse platform, which served the recently opened Trentham Racecourse. Double track reached Trentham in June 1955, with electrification following in September. Trentham was originally controlled from its own signal box on the main platform. Following double tracking of the line to Trentham, the southern crossover points (number 18, now 1) and the associated signals protecting the crossover and the single line north could be controlled from the signal box at Upper Hutt, requiring the Trentham signal box only to be used on race days to operate the other crossovers and signals. On 6 February 2007, the Trentham and Upper Hutt signal boxes were decommissioned and control of both stations was moved to Train Control in central Wellington, and all crossovers and signals were renumbered. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trentham Railway Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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