Christchurch Railway Station

Christchurch railway station is an urban railway station serving the city of Christchurch, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand’s South Island. It is located on the Main North Line at Addington Junction, and is the only remaining operational passenger railway station in the city, after suburban passenger rail services were cancelled due to lack of demand in the 1970s. The present-day station serves as the terminus of the South Island’s only two remaining long-distance passenger rail services, the TranzAlpine and the TranzCoastal. The current Christchurch station (Christchurch (Addington)) is the third railway station in Christchurch to bear the name. The two earlier stations (Christchurch (Madras Street) and Christchurch (Moorhouse...