File:Dunedin Railway Station, Queenstown Tourism Poster (11455537075).jpg
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On January 2 1880, the first excursion train trip from Dunedin to Lake Wakatipu took place. Dunedin was linked to Christchurch by rail in 1878, with a link south to Invercargill completed the following year, and the first railway workshops were opened at Hillside in South Dunedin in 1875. Early plans were for a grand main station on Cumberland Street, but these did not get further than the laying of a foundation. The foundation stone was laid by the Minister of Railways Joseph Ward on June 3, 1904. The Prime Minister Richard Seddon was also present. The station was opened by Ward, by then Prime Minister, in 1906. Construction was kept within budget, and cost £40,000 In its early days the station was the country's busiest, handling up to 100 trains a day, including suburban services to Mosgiel and Port Chalmers, railcars to Palmerston and the Otago Central Railway and other trains to Christchurch and Invercargill. The reduction in the prominence of rail transport means that only a handful of trains use the station today. The journey from Dunedin to Queenstown is today made via rail and coach connections on the Taieri Gorge Railway. The poster presented here is from New Zealand Railways Studios Archives Reference: AAOK W3241 R18837571 The image of Dunedin Railyway Station is from a collection of 'Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot' scrapbook of cards, photographs, newspaper clippings and card greetings for Christmas/New Year from various railway stations in New Zealand Archives Reference: ABIN W3337 207 R19600150 For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material supplied by Archives New Zealand |
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