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{| class="wikitable"
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/11/1886
|Post Office operated by Railways  Department staff opened.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|Mails by Rail in NZ
|R Startup
|Canterbury
|S
|50403
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/12/1874
|Rolleston – Malvern Section opened for traffic.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pub 1/12
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50404
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/5/1879
|Loop 36 wagons
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50405
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/5/1879
|Loop 42 wagons; water service loop 35 wagons
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50406
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/5/1879
|Mileage 14 miles 4 chains from Christchurch.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50407
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/8/1898
|Accommodation 4th class station, passenger platform, cart  approach to platform, goods shed 50ft x 20ft, goods shed 40ft x 20ft, engine  reversing triangle, engine shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house,  urinals.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|R4, 98/2756
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50408
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/8/1898
|Loop 24 wagons, loop 45 wagons, loop 33 wagons, loop 21 wagons  (branch), loop 16 wagons (branch), backshunt 58 wagons (engine shed).
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|R4, 98/2756
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50409
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/9/1882
|Accommodation (1) Pro. Rooms, goods shed 50ft x 20ft  (2) 4th class station, passenger platform,  goods shed 40ft x 20ft; crane, water service, coal accommodation, engine  shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50410
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|1/9/1882
|Loop 69 wagons (main line), loop 41 wagons (branch)
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50411
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|12/10/1866
|Open for goods traffic.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50412
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|12/12/1881
|Loop 69 wagons (main line), loop 22 wagons (branch)
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50413
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|12/8/1884
|Requesting authority £60 for a siding.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3
|PWD
|Canterbury
|S
|50414
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|13/10/1866
|The Christchurch – Hornby – Rolleston Section officially  opened for traffic.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pub3/10
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50415
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|14/11/1881
|Approved siding extension.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50416
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|15/10/1879
|Loop 36 wagons
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50417
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|15/10/1879
|Loop 42 wagons; water service loop 35 wagons
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50418
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|15/3/1897
|Copper for ganger's house.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50419
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|15/9/1866
|The first installment of the Great Southern Railway will be  opened on the 15th October.  Line from  Christchurch to Rolleston is about 14½ miles.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50420
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|15/9/1866
|The line from Christchurch to Rolleston (14½ miles) is  completed.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50421
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|16/10/1866
|Officered station.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50422
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|16/10/1866
|Station opened for passenger traffic.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50423
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|16/10/1879
|Requesting authority £84 to extend dummy siding.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50424
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|16/5/1866
|Government has ordered the contractors to proceed immediately  with the construction of that portion of the line between Rolleston and the  Selwyn.  A further distance of nine  miles.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50425
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|18/11/1867
|Tenders called for the fixing of a wire on the telegraph poles  from Lyttelton to Selwyn.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50426
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|19/1/1875
|Rolleston & Oxford lies opened on 1/12/1874.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3
|PWD
|Canterbury
|S
|50427
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|19/4/1886
|Accommodation (1) Pro. Rooms, goods shed 50ft x 20ft  (2) 4th class station, passenger platform,  goods shed 40ft x 20ft; crane, water service, coal accommodation, engine  shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50428
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|19/4/1886
|Loop 38 wagons, loop 73 wagons, loop 38 wagons, loop 21 wagons  (branch), loop 16 wagons (branch), backshunt 58 wagons (branch, engine shed)
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50429
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|2/11/1866
|Station has a refreshment room.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50430
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|21/1/1874
|Engine shed at Rolleston.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 3
|PWD
|Canterbury
|S
|50431
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|21/8/1866
|The line for thirteen miles, as far as Rolleston, is all but  complete, and the contract has been let out for nine miles further, as far as  the Selwyn River.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50432
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|21/9/1867
|Well at Rolleston - £25.0.0.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|Report
|CPR
|Canterbury
|S
|50433
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|22/1/1885
|Recommending alterations to platelayers' cottages.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50434
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|22/6/1866
|The line for thirteen miles, as far as Rolleston, is all but  completed.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50435
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|24/6/1877
|Grain store site.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 70
|PWD
|Canterbury
|S
|50436
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|25/8/1897
|Necessity for a triangle at Rolleston.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50437
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|27/9/1884
|Proposing to grant Public Works Department use of engine shed  for storing material.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50438
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|3/11/1883
|Requesting authority £120 for shifting goods shed and forming  approach road to station.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50439
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|3/4/1867
|Pumps for well - £89.13.0.  (Fulton)
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|Report
|CPR
|Canterbury
|S
|50440
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|4/10/1866
|It is intended immediately to build receiving sheds for the  wool and grain at Rolleston and the Selwyn.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50441
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|4/1866
|Well at Rolleston - £48.8.0.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|Report
|CPR
|Canterbury
|S
|50442
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|5/10/1866
|The Great Southern Railway will be opened as far as Rolleston,  a point 15 miles from Christchurch, on the 15th instant.  The line is in excellent order and reflects  great credit on the contractors.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50443
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|5/10/1867
|At present the line is only open for passengers from Rolleston  to Selwyn, goods being carried only as far as Rolleston station.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pro24/33
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50444
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|5/1866
|Well at Rolleston - £12.2.0.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|Report
|CPR
|Canterbury
|S
|50445
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|5/2/1883
|Requesting authority £320 for additional water services at  Rolleston by connecting with the Malvern water race.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50446
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|6/8/1885
|Postal Department – proposing to open Money Order &  Savings Bank at Rolleston Junction.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W 1820
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50447
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|7/9/1867
|On July 20 a trial trip took place on the Great Southern  Railway to the Selwyn.  A train left  Christchurch station at 11.45 am and accomplished the journey in about an  hour.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50448
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|7/9/1867
|The train stopped for a short time at Rolleston and the  intervening stations, both going and returning.  The new carriages were greatly admired both  for their easy motion and the elegance of the appointments.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|A&NZG
|ATL
|Canterbury
|S
|50449
|-
|Rolleston
| -
| -
| -
|N/d
|Rolleston – Brett's Corner Section (12 miles) opened for  traffic.
|Great Southern Railway
| -
|W3180, Pub 1/12
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|50450
|-
|Rolleston
|
|
|
|10/11/1982
|Station building broken into.
|
|
|W3440, 110
|WRD
|
|S
|50451
|}

Revision as of 09:04, 22 January 2022

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Rolleston - - - 1/11/1886 Post Office operated by Railways Department staff opened. Great Southern Railway - Mails by Rail in NZ R Startup Canterbury S 50403
Rolleston - - - 1/12/1874 Rolleston – Malvern Section opened for traffic. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pub 1/12 WRD Canterbury S 50404
Rolleston - - - 1/5/1879 Loop 36 wagons Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50405
Rolleston - - - 1/5/1879 Loop 42 wagons; water service loop 35 wagons Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50406
Rolleston - - - 1/5/1879 Mileage 14 miles 4 chains from Christchurch. Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50407
Rolleston - - - 1/8/1898 Accommodation 4th class station, passenger platform, cart approach to platform, goods shed 50ft x 20ft, goods shed 40ft x 20ft, engine reversing triangle, engine shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals. Great Southern Railway - R4, 98/2756 WRD Canterbury S 50408
Rolleston - - - 1/8/1898 Loop 24 wagons, loop 45 wagons, loop 33 wagons, loop 21 wagons (branch), loop 16 wagons (branch), backshunt 58 wagons (engine shed). Great Southern Railway - R4, 98/2756 WRD Canterbury S 50409
Rolleston - - - 1/9/1882 Accommodation (1) Pro. Rooms, goods shed 50ft x 20ft  (2) 4th class station, passenger platform, goods shed 40ft x 20ft; crane, water service, coal accommodation, engine shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals. Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50410
Rolleston - - - 1/9/1882 Loop 69 wagons (main line), loop 41 wagons (branch) Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50411
Rolleston - - - 12/10/1866 Open for goods traffic. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50412
Rolleston - - - 12/12/1881 Loop 69 wagons (main line), loop 22 wagons (branch) Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50413
Rolleston - - - 12/8/1884 Requesting authority £60 for a siding. Great Southern Railway - W 3 PWD Canterbury S 50414
Rolleston - - - 13/10/1866 The Christchurch – Hornby – Rolleston Section officially opened for traffic. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pub3/10 WRD Canterbury S 50415
Rolleston - - - 14/11/1881 Approved siding extension. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50416
Rolleston - - - 15/10/1879 Loop 36 wagons Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50417
Rolleston - - - 15/10/1879 Loop 42 wagons; water service loop 35 wagons Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50418
Rolleston - - - 15/3/1897 Copper for ganger's house. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50419
Rolleston - - - 15/9/1866 The first installment of the Great Southern Railway will be opened on the 15th October.  Line from Christchurch to Rolleston is about 14½ miles. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50420
Rolleston - - - 15/9/1866 The line from Christchurch to Rolleston (14½ miles) is completed. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50421
Rolleston - - - 16/10/1866 Officered station. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50422
Rolleston - - - 16/10/1866 Station opened for passenger traffic. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50423
Rolleston - - - 16/10/1879 Requesting authority £84 to extend dummy siding. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50424
Rolleston - - - 16/5/1866 Government has ordered the contractors to proceed immediately with the construction of that portion of the line between Rolleston and the Selwyn.  A further distance of nine miles. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50425
Rolleston - - - 18/11/1867 Tenders called for the fixing of a wire on the telegraph poles from Lyttelton to Selwyn. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50426
Rolleston - - - 19/1/1875 Rolleston & Oxford lies opened on 1/12/1874. Great Southern Railway - W 3 PWD Canterbury S 50427
Rolleston - - - 19/4/1886 Accommodation (1) Pro. Rooms, goods shed 50ft x 20ft  (2) 4th class station, passenger platform, goods shed 40ft x 20ft; crane, water service, coal accommodation, engine shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals. Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50428
Rolleston - - - 19/4/1886 Loop 38 wagons, loop 73 wagons, loop 38 wagons, loop 21 wagons (branch), loop 16 wagons (branch), backshunt 58 wagons (branch, engine shed) Great Southern Railway - W 3337 WRD Canterbury S 50429
Rolleston - - - 2/11/1866 Station has a refreshment room. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50430
Rolleston - - - 21/1/1874 Engine shed at Rolleston. Great Southern Railway - W 3 PWD Canterbury S 50431
Rolleston - - - 21/8/1866 The line for thirteen miles, as far as Rolleston, is all but complete, and the contract has been let out for nine miles further, as far as the Selwyn River. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50432
Rolleston - - - 21/9/1867 Well at Rolleston - £25.0.0. Great Southern Railway - Report CPR Canterbury S 50433
Rolleston - - - 22/1/1885 Recommending alterations to platelayers' cottages. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50434
Rolleston - - - 22/6/1866 The line for thirteen miles, as far as Rolleston, is all but completed. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50435
Rolleston - - - 24/6/1877 Grain store site. Great Southern Railway - W 70 PWD Canterbury S 50436
Rolleston - - - 25/8/1897 Necessity for a triangle at Rolleston. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50437
Rolleston - - - 27/9/1884 Proposing to grant Public Works Department use of engine shed for storing material. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50438
Rolleston - - - 3/11/1883 Requesting authority £120 for shifting goods shed and forming approach road to station. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50439
Rolleston - - - 3/4/1867 Pumps for well - £89.13.0. (Fulton) Great Southern Railway - Report CPR Canterbury S 50440
Rolleston - - - 4/10/1866 It is intended immediately to build receiving sheds for the wool and grain at Rolleston and the Selwyn. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50441
Rolleston - - - 4/1866 Well at Rolleston - £48.8.0. Great Southern Railway - Report CPR Canterbury S 50442
Rolleston - - - 5/10/1866 The Great Southern Railway will be opened as far as Rolleston, a point 15 miles from Christchurch, on the 15th instant.  The line is in excellent order and reflects great credit on the contractors. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50443
Rolleston - - - 5/10/1867 At present the line is only open for passengers from Rolleston to Selwyn, goods being carried only as far as Rolleston station. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pro24/33 WRD Canterbury S 50444
Rolleston - - - 5/1866 Well at Rolleston - £12.2.0. Great Southern Railway - Report CPR Canterbury S 50445
Rolleston - - - 5/2/1883 Requesting authority £320 for additional water services at Rolleston by connecting with the Malvern water race. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50446
Rolleston - - - 6/8/1885 Postal Department – proposing to open Money Order & Savings Bank at Rolleston Junction. Great Southern Railway - W 1820 WRD Canterbury S 50447
Rolleston - - - 7/9/1867 On July 20 a trial trip took place on the Great Southern Railway to the Selwyn.  A train left Christchurch station at 11.45 am and accomplished the journey in about an hour. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50448
Rolleston - - - 7/9/1867 The train stopped for a short time at Rolleston and the intervening stations, both going and returning.  The new carriages were greatly admired both for their easy motion and the elegance of the appointments. Great Southern Railway - A&NZG ATL Canterbury S 50449
Rolleston - - - N/d Rolleston – Brett's Corner Section (12 miles) opened for traffic. Great Southern Railway - W3180, Pub 1/12 WRD Canterbury S 50450
Rolleston 10/11/1982 Station building broken into. W3440, 110 WRD S 50451