Station to be 'reopened'

Photo by Liam Cavanagh.
Photo by Liam Cavanagh.
Vincent Community Board chairwoman Clair Higginson and Promote Dunstan president Rory Butler explore Clyde Railway Station, which will be officially ''reopened'' today.

The public are welcome at the celebration, which runs from 2pm to 4pm.

Mr Butler said the function would mark the completion of preservation work on the 108-year-old building - a project first mooted about a decade ago.

About $90,000 has been spent on repairing and preserving the station and half of the building has been converted into a satellite office for a cycle tourism business.

The remaining half will be used for a museum featuring railway memorabilia.

Today's function will include free ''tea and scones'' and railway songs will add to the atmosphere.

A scale model of the station and surrounding buildings, made by Clyde man Bob Allen, will be a special feature of the celebrations and it will remain on display in the station permanently.

The building was last used as a station about 35 years ago, when a new railhead was built on the outskirts of the town to serve the Clyde dam traffic.

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