File Records:Rolleston
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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 |