Paraparaumu railway station

Paraparaumu railway station in Paraparaumu on the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand, is an intermediate station on the Kāpiti Line section of the North Island Main Trunk for Metlink's electric multiple unit commuter trains from Wellington. Paraparaumu was the northern terminal for Kāpiti Line services from 7 May 1983 until 20 February 2011 when the electrification and Kāpiti Line services were extended to Waikanae.

Paraparaumu is the last station before Waikanae, the northern terminal for Kāpiti Line commuter trains operated by Transdev Wellington under the Metlink brand operating between Wellington and Porirua or Waikanae. Services are operated by electric multiple units of the FT/FP class (Matangi). Two diesel-hauled carriage trains, the Capital Connection and the Northern Explorer, stop at Paraparaumu. Travel times by train are six minutes to Waikanae, thirty-three minutes to Porirua, and fifty-four minutes to Wellington for trains stopping at all stations and forty-nine minutes for express trains that do not stop between Porirua and Wellington. Trains run every twenty minutes during daytime off-peak hours, more frequently during peak periods, and less frequently at night. Before July 2018, off-peak passenger train services between Wellington and Waikanae ran every thirty minutes but were increased to one every twenty minutes from 15 July 2018. Off peak trains stop at all stations between Wellington and Waikanae. During peak periods, some trains from Wellington that stop at all stations may terminate at Porirua and return to Wellington while a number of peak services run express or non-stop between Wellington and Porirua before stopping at all stations from Porirua to Waikanae. The station is also served by the Capital Connection in both directions, which runs express between Paraparaumu and Wellington. It was formerly a stop on the Overlander service between Auckland and Wellington, but was not retained initially when that service was replaced by the Northern Explorer in June 2012. Following public feedback, it was reinstated as a stop for the Northern Explorer in October 2012. The station also serves as a major interchange point with Metlink bus ser

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