Cable Car Station is to be Replaced

We found out recently that the cable car station/ terminal is to be demolished to make way for a new "improved" and up-to-date terminal.

We don't like the plans that they have published and like the charm of the station that is already there.

This was built in 1979 but will be gone by late April.

Salem and I thought we had better go and take some photos of our beloved station before it is gone.
It was a beautiful day and as there was two cruise ships in town, we couldn't actually ride the cable car up the hill as there was a queue of hundreds of tourists down at the Lambton Quay (city) terminal.
So we caught the bus up the hill and then went for a lovely walk through the Botanic Gardens.

Some articles about the cable car:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8215715/Cable-cars-new-Kelburn-terminal-to-cost-1-3m

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5527315/Cable-car-building-to-get-make-over

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/4411008/A-decade-of-riding-the-cable-car

And website:  http://www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz./

A Ride on the Cable Car

The cable car coming up the hill

Our favourite way to get from Lambton Quay, in the city, up to the Kelburn entrance to the Wellington Botanic Gardens, is to take the Cable Car up there.

In the cable car  at the Lambton Quay Station

Salem still gets a great thrill and has to stand up and look out the windows at the fantastic view of Wellington City and the Harbour.
The Cable Cars have been going for 110 years now and long may they continue going up and down the hill.

The iconic Wellington Cable Car

At the top of the hill is the Cable Car Museum which is always worth having a look around.
There is also the Carter Observatory and Planetarium which we love visiting.
And of course the Wellington Botanic Gardens.