Featherston
Featherston railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Featherston in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, between Harrison Street West and Harrison Street East.Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station
- Also known as: “Featherston railway station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Featherston Library and Featherston School.
Featherston Library
Library
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston Library is situated 540 metres south of Featherston.
Featherston School
School
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston School is situated 660 metres south of Featherston.
Featherston prisoner of war camp
Historic site
Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. Featherston prisoner of war camp is situated 2 km east of Featherston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Featherston and Tauwharenīkau.
Featherston
Town
Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53. Tauwharenīkau is situated 4 km east of Featherston.
Featherston
- Categories: station located on surface, building, station, and transportation
- Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.11338° or 41° 6′ 48″ southLongitude
175.32974° or 175° 19′ 47″ eastOperator
MetlinkOpen location code
4VCQV8PH+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 374396428OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q5439640
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Featherston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Featherston”
- French: “Featherston”
- Urdu: “فیدرسٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Featherston Assembly of God and St Teresa’s School (Featherston).
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