File Records:Springfield(2)
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| Name | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Alt 3 | Date | Details | Railway | Rly 2 | Reference | Source | Locality | Island | Sequence |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 28/11/1929 | Approval to provide electric light over ash pit. Estimated cost £25. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3199, 03/3962/1 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53283 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 14/10/1940 | It is proposed to enlarge and renovate the refreshment room building, extend the verandah, and make other improvements. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub 29 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53284 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 18/3/1941 | Railway Department resumed control of the refreshment rooms from 11/1940. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub 29 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53285 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 18/3/1941 | Refreshment rooms have been remodelled. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub 29 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53286 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 17/4/1946 | Post Office removed from station. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | Mails by Rail in NZ | R Startup | Canterbury | S | 53287 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 31/3/1949 | Electric lighting installed in railway houses. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub 1/6 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53288 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 2/10/1960 | Mileage 30 miles 17 chains from Rolleston. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W 3337 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53289 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 26/10/1961 | Weighbridge No 6051. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3199, 05/2635 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53290 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 1/4/1963 | Station badly damaged by fire. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub3/10 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53291 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 11/4/1963 | Part of the old waiting room has been converted for counter service and old station buildings from Opawa have been placed at the rear for a kitchen. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub 29 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53292 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 11/4/1963 | Temporary refreshment rooms opened to replace those destroyed by fire on 1/4/1963. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub 29 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53293 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 11/5/1965 | Land being given up for road purposes. Part of this land is heavily infested with gorse and broom and has little value. Part of old railway formation, about one mile from Springfield station. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W 2493, 93/1996 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53294 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 19/5/1965 | The contract for the new station has been let to Jeel & Skurr Ltd, Oxford. Work began in 6/1964. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub3/10 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53295 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 30/7/1965 | New station building opened on 15/6/1965. It is 140 feet long by 34 feet wide, and is constructed of Summerhill stone. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub3/10 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53296 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 30/7/1965 | The new station replaces the old wooden station building badly damaged and partly destroyed by fire in 4/1963. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W3180, Pub3/10 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53297 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 3/11/1986 | Closed to goods traffic. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | 00/2107/1 | NZRLS | Canterbury | S | 53298 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 28/3/1987 | Locomotive depot closed. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | - | Rails | Canterbury | S | 53299 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 2/11/1987 | Midland Line – 48.33km from Rolleston (0.00km). | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W 3337 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53300 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 20/4/1988 | Still used for timetabled running of trains. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W 3337 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53301 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 26/10/1988 | Reversing triangle for locomotives. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | W5514, 13/2679 | WRD | Canterbury | S | 53302 |
| Springfield(2) | - | - | - | 12/1991 | Triangle removed. | Malvern Branch | Springfield Branch | - | Rails | Canterbury | S | 53303 |