The station closed on the evening of Saturday 19 June 1937, the day the new Bunny Street building opened.

The line's main terminus it was set up with a goods yard, engine shed, workshop and maintenance facilities.

The first buildings were an engine shed, a workshop and a store all nearing completion in August 1884 though the exact site of the station itself was still undecided.

[3] A special train set out from the Company's sheds on the morning of Wednesday 17 June 1885 carrying the board of directors and their chief and assistant engineers to make their first official inspection of the track to the Porirua bridge.

Their ladies and other guests accompanied them and also press representatives who commended the well-padded second class seats in part describing the journey like this "As the train glided in and out of deep rocky cuttings and round curves, numerous most lovely bits of scenery were caught sight of".

[4] The following Monday a shareholders meeting was to discuss the recommendation of the directors to withdraw the offer of sale to the Government in view of the news that there were good prospects of raising further capital in London.

[5] On 9 July The New Zealand Times reported unqualified success in raising the extra capital and that, among many others, two tenders were to be advertised for building the Wellington station.

This business was established to finish building the second or West Coast line out of Wellington after the new Government decided to abandon the project.

Thorndon closed in June 1937 so the railway yards could be reconfigured for the new platforms of the Bunny Street building.