Wellington Railway Station

Entrance Main Foyer

7.00 am to 6.30pm Weekdays

7.00am to 11.00am Saturday

This place is just a shadow of the past glory of the railways. The Restaurant itself used to be several times larger for a start and all the furniture dark oak, giving the common amongst us a rare glimpse of an earlier, better way of doing things. Still, you'll be pleased to hear that despite the moulded plastic decor the food remains the same, as one of the best fry-ups in town.

Weetbix/Stewed tinned fruit/Cornflakes	.50c
Mince on Toast	2.80
Baked Beans/Spaghetti on Toast	2.25
Sausage, Tomato, Egg and Chips	2.80
Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Toast etc.

The menu, though unimaginative, offers the traditional New Zealand breakfast that few in fact ever have. The fried stuff is all carefully cooked and kept hot for serving so that rather than a plate of grease you have a plate of really dry sausages, chips and what have you. The tea is awful because it is stewed, but many, taxi drivers and co, like it that way to keep them awake.

But this isn't a place that you go for the food. What you are really after is the atmosphere of a decent sized station where you can watch and be one of the mass of commuters, workers and tourists at the start of the day.

An increasing number of New Zealanders have never even been on a train so you might like to wander about the platforms at your leisure and study the trains and their passengers. The Silver Fern Railcar leaving about 8.15am is a good looking machine and well worth a snoop to get a glimpse of what our railways system might have been.