Pipitea Point railway station

The site was as close as the line from the Hutt could be laid to Wellington's business district or the commercial and industrial centre of Te Aro.

[4] The Hutt railway was opened for traffic on Tuesday 14 April 1874 "without the slightest demonstration of any kind", not even a cheer, from about twenty gentlemen and "a large number of small boys" gathered to see the departure of the first train at 8:15 with 21 passengers including members of the Provincial Council: Mr Rhodes and Mr Cruickshank.

The stop became obsolete on 30 September 1884[1] when the railway lines were relocated much further to the east on newly reclaimed land.

[6] A new building named Wellington railway station and a goods station built on reclaimed land[note 1][note 2] opposite the entrance to the new Railway Wharf[7] and fronting Featherston Street between Whitmore and Bunny Streets opened on 1 November 1880.

[8] The Wairarapa Line over the Rimutaka Incline was opened right through to Masterton the same day by a train of 21 carriages pulled by Fell engines, Mount Cook and Mont Cenis.