the company requested facilities be provided for loading the lime, but NZR wanted guarantees that bulk loads would be dispatched. By the time a clam-bucket tractor was provided in 1955, it was too late to help save the railway. The Nelson Progress League visited this station in 1949 to gather evidence for its campaign to encourage government investment in the railway. The station master's house was cited as an example of the dilapidated state of the railway, which led to its repair and repainting. The windmill, built in 1896, was used to pump well water into a vat for watering the steam locomotives. It remained in use until the late 1940s when it was replaced by an electric pump. This station was closed for three days in June 1954 until the Nelson Section was granted a reprieve, and closed permanently on 3 September 1955. Today The former Brightwater station yard and limeworks site is now part of a housing subdivision. The limeworks was sold by Lawrys in the late 1970s, and it was closed altogether in the early 1980s. To the south, State Highway 6 now occupies part of the railway formation from the intersection of Lord Rutherford Road to midway between the intersections of Robertson Road and Simmonds Road / Roughton Lane. See also List of Nelson railway stations References Defunct railway stations in New Zealand Rail transport in Nelson, New Zealand Railway stations opened in 1876 Railway stations closed in 1955 Buildings and structures in the Tasman District