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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 4 (July 1, 1937)

A Monument to Motion

A Monument to Motion.

There it is, sirs, artistically Acropolistic, soaringly sublime, impressively imperial as befits the home of the Monarch of Transport. In pillared passivity, in colonnaded contemplation, in symbolic simplicity, it stands to serve. With dignified demeanour, with an air of aristocratic assurance it combines asceticism with realism, sublimity with utility—Our Station!

Wellington has waited and the waiting has been long but—bless our bodies and bogeys!—this palatial pile transcends Hope, confounds Anticipation and proves the point that “Everything comes to him who waits”—and how! Here are the glamorous portals to Romance—the romance of the rail. All ye who enter here are transported, first to the anteroom of Anticipation, then on the road to Romance.

This monument to Motion is both a station and an inspiration. No longer will we speed the parting guest with an air of apologetic affection for our old and trusty wooden termini. Instead we will strut and bear ourselves with pardonable pride in the edifying edifice that stands as a symbol to the iron wheel. Progress, yes, is its sponsor, but where would Progress be without the wheel?