WELLINGTON’S STATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6, 4 May 1912, Page 5

WELLINGTON’S STATION.

TO COST £-100,000. (For Press Association.) Wellington, May 3. A large deputation waited on the Minister of Railways to-day, urging the need for proceeding as soon as possible with the erection of a new railway station for Wellington. Tho Minister; said that plan* had been prepared for building on a site fronting Runny Street, just beyond the present Lnmbton Station. Ho believed our public buildings should he a monument to our civic patriotism, and the town planning aspect must be considered. The .plans provide for five platforms to accommodate the trains. He was not prepared to recommend Cabinet to put the matter in hand this year. There were many other demands, some of an urgent nature, including backblocks facilities. He proposed to send the chief engineer and chief traffic manager to Australia, and, if necessary, further, to get information on the subject. Work in connection with the new station would cost something like £350,000 or £400,000. The building would be one of tbo most up-to-date in Australasia.