NEW RAILWAY STATION

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 50, 22 November 1928, Page 11

NEW RAILWAY STATION

LAY-OUT EXPLAINED A HANDSOME BUILDING On Tuesday afternoon members of the executive of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce met officers of the Railway Department and discussed the lay-out of the new railway station and goods yards at Wellington. A plan on a large scale showing the lay-out and the positions of the various buildings aud the railway lines covering the area to be utilised was fully described by Mr. W. R. Davidson, acting-chief engineer, and Mr. W. Gray Young, architect for the new station building, explained the proposals in regard to the building and the facilities to be provided. An interesting feature of the discussion was a study of a plan showing the present lay-out of the railway stations and yards with the new station and yards superimposed in colours. This gave a good impression of the magnitude of the undertaking, and the care necessary to carry out the work without disorganising the regular business of the Wellington railway terminus. The provision of cattle yards was gone into, and it was decided that those interested in the live stock business would formulate their requirements for consideration at a later date. The plans for the new station show a very convenient arrangement of offices and platforms. Twelve platforms are to be provided for, ranging from 800 feet to 1000 feet in length, and roofed to give protection from the weather. The main entrance will be from the Bunny Street frontage, and travellers will proceed straight through to the departure platforms. In the centre of the main vestibule is to be an information bureau, and on the right of the entrance will be ticket offices, cloak room, reservations, cheeked luggage, parcels, telephone boxes, and shops? and on the left publicity office, taxi office, dining rooms, general, and ladies’ waiting rooms, and stationmaster’s office. Facing Featherston Street will be the suburban traffic entrance, leading past the lunch rooms, shops, and ladies’ and general waiting rooms. On the Waterloo Quay front will be situated the mail room, parcels office, and. taxi entrance. The Bunny Street entrance will be conveniently nlaced for ferry steamer passenger traffic. The members of the deputation expressed their satisfaction with the proposed plans and lay-out and their appreciation of the opportunity afforded them to be acquainted with the facilities to be provided which will give Wellington an up-to-date railway station, thoroughly modern in every way, and comparable with similar structures overseas in relation to the magnitude of the traffic to be anticipated for a considerable number of years ahead. The building itself will be a handsome addition to the architecture of the city.