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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's long wooden station is typical of the stations built in major provincial centres around the turn of the 20th century.

These decorative floor tiles are just one of the many striking design features of the George Troup-designed Dunedin station.

Dunedin’s spectacular station – look no further for evidence of the prominence and prestige of rail in early 20th-century New Zealand.