Addington, New Zealand

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Addington is a major suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is sited close to State Highway 73, Christchurch's ring road, 2.5 km south-west of the city centre.

As an inner city suburb, it has a mix of residential, retail and light industrial properties. The suburb is also close to many sports venues, notably to the north in south Hagley Park. It is also home to one of Christchurch's main horse-racing venues, Addington Raceway.

The New Zealand Railways Department's Addington Workshops were situated here until their closure in the 1980s; the historic concrete water-tower survives, next to the Christchurch Railway Station. This is not the original Christchurch railway station, which is two kilometres to the east and was built in 1957. Designed on classic 1950s lines, it was closed following the reorganisation which devastated New Zealand's rail system in the 1980s and was converted into an entertainment centre. The new station at Addington was opened in 1994 and now principally serves the Tranzalpine line, which takes tourists on the 231-km coast-to-coast journey from Christchurch to Greymouth, and is considered one of the most spectacular train rides in the world.