File Records:Parnassus
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Parnassus | - | - | - | 26/5/1910 | Parnassus station accommodation – forwarding plan. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44112 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 26/6/1911 | Site for staff cottages, stores, etc. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44113 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 21/9/1911 | Parnassus station – proposed plan. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44114 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 8/12/1911 | Station buildings – schedule of tenders. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44115 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 21/12/1911 | Station buildings – contract let to A Kingsford, Lower Riccarton, amount £2652.12.11. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 34/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44116 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 30/1/1912 | Station buildings – contract signed. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44117 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 3/3/1912 | Water service. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44118 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 20/5/1912 | Road at station. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44119 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 30/5/1912 | Getting station at Parnassus connected by telephone with Mina. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44120 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 21/6/1912 | Above contract completed. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 34/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44121 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 4/7/1912 | Telephone line between station and bridge. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44122 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 24/7/1912 | Parnassus Section – Certificate of Inspection. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44123 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 26/7/1912 | Parnassus Section – Telephone line – requesting authority £15. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44124 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/9/1912 | Accommodation station building, passenger platform (right side), goods shed 30ft x 20ft, loading bank, stockyards, engine shed, turntable 50ft, water service. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3337 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44125 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/9/1912 | Loop 58 wagons, loop 29 wagons, backshunt 28 wagons. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3337 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44126 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/9/1912 | Mina to Parnassus section opened, length 8 miles 43 chains. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W1, 12/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44127 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/9/1912 | Station opened, at 43 miles 53 chains. Stationmaster in charge. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3337 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44128 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/9/1912 | Station opened. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3180, Pub 1/12 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44129 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 9/9/1912 | Postal Department – Proposed erection of a collapsible sound proof telephone box at station by Postal Department. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3734/29 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44130 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 13/9/1912 | Station buildings – letter from Traffic Manager complaining of building being too dark. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44131 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/10/1912 | Four portable huts required at Parnassus station – requesting authority £120. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44132 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 5/11/1912 | Erection of a building for a Post & Telegraph office. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3734/29 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44133 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 12/1912 | Station buildings contract – final certificate. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44134 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 4/7/1913 | Request for improvements to stationmaster's house. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3734/30 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44135 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 17/7/1913 | Stationmaster's house. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44136 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 1/8/1913 | Post Office operated by Railways Department staff opened. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | Mails by Rail in NZ | R Startup | Marlborough | N | 44137 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 1/10/1926 | Withdrawal of engine and locomotive staff from Parnassus. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W2278, 03/1866 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44138 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 20/9/1934 | In the centre of the yard stand seven steam shovels and one oil-driven shovel. In the old fitting shop are half a dozen small locomotives. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W1, 12/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44139 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 20/9/1934 | Parnassus construction depot: main cookhouse, office, main store, fitting shop, petrol store. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W1, 12/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44140 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 20/9/1934 | The workers' cottages, of which there are fifty, are gradually being sold and only seven of them are now occupied. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W1, 12/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44141 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 20/9/1934 | Work closed down on the Wharanui Section on 29/10/1931. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W1, 12/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44142 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 23/6/1936 | Prime Minister announces start to be made to complete line. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W1, 12/1 | PWD | Marlborough | N | 44143 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 27/11/1939 | Work completed on new line between Parnassus and Hundalee. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3180, Pub 3 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44144 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 31/7/1941 | Installation of ground frame levers in hand. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3180, Pub3/10 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44145 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 17/8/1955 | Has an engine turntable. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | R-W3, 11422 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44146 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 13/8/1956 | Will be closed as an officered station at close of business on Saturday, 15/9/1956. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W3199, 03/4107 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44147 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 16/9/1956 | Post Office removed from station. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | Mails by Rail in NZ | R Startup | Marlborough | N | 44148 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/10/1960 | Mileage 84 miles 16 chains from Christchurch. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3337 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44149 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 20/1/1965 | Double trolly shed destroyed by fire – used as a store. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W2382, 039 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44150 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 5/7/1981 | Closed to all traffic. | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3337 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44151 |
Parnassus | - | - | - | 2/11/1987 | Main North Line – 133.00km from Addington (0.00km). | South Island Main Trunk Railway | - | W 3337 | WRD | Marlborough | N | 44152 |