So Greymouth has alot of heritage buildings, some in not so good condition and others still looking like the day they were built.
This baby is situated pretty much in amongst supermarkets and restaurants and was first opened in 1876 with the purpose of being used back and forth between town and the Brunner Mine.
Once the rail system on the West Coast grew, this station became the centre of the railway network and started being used for the goods network from the main port area.
As it became busier it was rebuilt in the 1890s and was re-opened in 1897 but what was done became in adequate and extra facilities were added several times in the 1900s. These days it's used for the TransAlpine train tours between Greymouth and Christchurch - it's sort of a feature and is a category 1 place by Heritage NZ.
Linking up with Skywatch Friday and Tom's signs.
19 comments:
...I love old train stations and this one is great.
The era is written all over it. Good shots of the station
It looks perfect - like it's new
Great railway station.
That's a beauty. I don't know why most train stations are modernised when there is so much character in the grand oldies. Pauline
We love the way they used old railway lines as supports for the platform roof
It is not unlike the Ashburton railway station in the east but tourism has saved yours and the Ashburton one is vlosed to passengers these days - no passenger trains stop there despite being on the main north south line.
I was pleased to hear that it is still in use. It looks a lovely old station.
That is one beautiful train station. Everything is spotless.
Looks very good indeed.
beautiful old station
That's a nice, well kept train station. Really good dissertation of what we are seeing. Here many of our tracks have been removed, the truck industry took over back in the 1900's. Cross country and coal and the likes are still running. Also some depots have been converted for other use. The Nebraska side of the tracks from Omaha to Souix City are gone, the east side over in Iowa still remain.
Also want to cheer for your new kittens. Pretty too.
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What a great looking building. I think I'd enjoy that train tour.
Nice looking railway station.
So nice and clean. We have seen a couple of programmes recently about the transalpine. I'd love to make the trip and begin or end here
Beautiful old train station. I'd love to have rail as an option for travel. Tulsa used to have two major passenger train stations back in the day.
A beautiful old building and looks to be very well maintained!
It's beautiful. I really like the circular bracing holding up the roof (if that is what you call it).
I like the look of it.
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