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Station style - railway stations
Railway stations came in all shapes and sizes, ranging from imposing big-city monuments to elegant wooden provincial structures and tiny rural shelter sheds.
Oamaru railway station
Oamaru's long wooden station is typical of the stations built in major provincial centres around the turn of the 20th century.
NZR floor tiles, Dunedin station
These decorative floor tiles are just one of the many striking design features of the George Troup-designed Dunedin station.
Dunedin railway station
Dunedin’s spectacular station – look no further for evidence of the prominence and prestige of rail in early 20th-century New Zealand.
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