Wairarapa Summer Timetable
Wairarapa Line
Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 25 January 2027
The Wairarapa Line will be fully closed from Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 4 January 2027.
From Tuesday 5 January to Monday 25 January 2027, the line will be partially closed on weekdays and fully closed on weekends.
Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 4 January 2027
Buses will replace trains between Wellington and Masterton.
Tuesday 5 January to Monday 25 January 2027
On weekdays buses will replace trains between Upper Hutt and Masterton only. Passengers travelling between Wairarapa and Wellington will transfer between rail replacement buses and Hutt Valley Line train services at Upper Hutt Station.
On weekends buses will replace trains for the entire journey between Wellington and Masterton.
Normal Wairarapa Line train services resume on Tuesday 26 January 2027.
How to pay when buses replace trains
Hutt Valley, Melling, Kāpiti and Johnsonville Lines
Tag on using the onboard card reader when you board a rail replacement bus, and tag off before you get off the bus.
Wairarapa Line only
Tag on using a platform card reader before you get on the rail replacement bus. Tag off using a platform card reader at your destination.
If you are boarding or getting off a rail replacement bus at Greytown, use the card reader located outside 73 Main St (Studio 73).
Transferring between rail replacement bus and train
Hutt Valley, Melling, Kāpiti and Johnsonville Lines
Tag on and off for both the bus trip (using the onboard card reader) and the train trip (using platform card readers).
Wairarapa Line only
Tag on using a platform card reader at the start of your journey and tag off at your destination using a platform card reader.
Wairarapa Buses
Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 25 January 2027
All Wairarapa buses will run on a summer timetable between Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 25 January 2027.
Route 200: Summer Timetable
Martinborough - Featherston - Greytown - Masterton
Route 200 will run on a summer timetable from Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 25 January 2027. Please see detailed timetable information below the calendar.
Friday 25 December - Monday 28 December 2026
Weekend timetable applies, with the following services not operating:
- 7:55 am service departing Greytown.
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8:00 pm service departing Featherston Station.
Tuesday 29 December - Thursday 31 December 2026
Special timetable applies. Route 200 will operate a Saturday timetable, with the following extra services:
- 6:30 am service departing Martinborough to Masterton via Featherston.
- 6:40 pm service departing Featherston Station to Martinborough.
The following services will not operate:
- 7:55 am service departing Greytown.
- 8:00 pm service departing Featherston Station.
Friday 1 January - Monday 4 January 2027
Weekend timetable applies, with the following services not operating:
- 7:55 am service departing Greytown.
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8:00 pm service departing Featherston Station.
Tuesday 5 January - Monday 25 January 2027
Normal timetable applies on weekdays.
On weekends, the normal weekend timetable applies, except the following services will not operate:
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7:55 am service departing Greytown.
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8:00 pm service departing Featherston Station.
Route 200 returns to a normal timetable from Tuesday 26 January 2027.
Route 204
Greytown - Woodside
Route 204 will have no services from Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 25 January 2027.
Route 204 returns to a normal timetable from Tuesday 26 January 2027.
Wairarapa buses: Routes 201, 202, 203 and 206
All Wairarapa buses will run on a summer timetable from Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 25 January 2027. Please see detailed timetable information below the calendar.
Friday 25 December - Monday 28 December 2026
No service.
Tuesday 29 December - Thursday 31 December 2026
Weekday timetable applies to all routes (201, 202, 203 & 206).
Friday 1 January - Monday 4 January 2027
No service.