List of Auckland railway stations

This is a list of the railway stations in public transport network of Auckland. It includes closed and planned stations. Stations in bold are fare stage points.

Ownership and operation

Station platforms on the Auckland suburban network are owned by KiwiRail, who are responsible for building stations. Structures on the platforms (station buildings, shelters, lights, signage etc.) are owned by Auckland Transport, who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of stations.

The Britomart Transport Centre, Newmarket Railway Station and New Lynn Travel Centre are owned and managed by Auckland Transport.

Ticket office and platform staff, as well as train operating staff, are employed by Transdev Auckland, formerly Veolia Transport.

Train services using stations in Auckland include suburban trains, which are owned by Auckland Transport and operated by Transdev, and the Northern Explorer long-distance train to Wellington operated by KiwiRail.

Geographic map

Network

Southern Line This line follows the Newmarket Line from Britomart to Newmarket, the North Auckland Line to Westfield, and the North Island Main Trunk to Pukekohe.
Distance from Britomart	Name	Served by	Opened	Closed	Notes
0.00 km (0.00 mi)	Britomart	Auckland Transport	7 July 2003[1]	–
1.2 km (0.75 mi)	Auckland	Northern Explorer, private excursions and charters	24 November 1930[1]	7 July 2003[1]	After the opening of Britomart, one platform remained open for excursion trains and thereafter referred to as The Strand station. The Strand upgraded in 2011 with two platforms as a back up station for Britomart. The Northern Explorer was relocated here in December 2015.
	Parnell				New station nearing completion.
3.84 km (2.39 mi)	Newmarket	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
4.91 km (3.05 mi)	Remuera	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
6.38 km (3.96 mi)	Greenlane	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
7.75 km (4.82 mi)	Ellerslie	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
9.2 km (5.72 mi)	Penrose	Auckland Transport	24 December 1873[1]	–
11.09 km (6.89 mi)	Southdown	N/A	8 August 1905[1]	30 May 2004[1]
13.01 km (8.08 mi)	Westfield	Auckland Transport	29 August 1887[1]	–
14.33 km (8.90 mi)	Otahuhu	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–	New station and bus-train interchange opened October 2016.[2]
15.46 km (9.61 mi)	Mangere	N/A	c. July 1908[1]	9 December 2011	Services reduced to set-down of school students at the southbound platform only from 25 October 2005.[1] Southbound platform closed on 9 December 2011. Both northbound and southbound platforms demolished 2012.
16.2 km (10.07 mi)	Middlemore	Auckland Transport	20 July 1947[1]	–
18.06 km (11.22 mi)	Papatoetoe	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–
19.56 km (12.15 mi)	Puhinui	Auckland Transport	29 June 1925[1]	–
20.88 km (12.97 mi)	Wiri Depot	Auckland Transport	9 December 1913[1]	Closed in 2005. Rebuilt in 2013.	Staff station only.
22.78 km (14.15 mi)	Homai	Auckland Transport	15 August 1924[1]	–
24.41 km (15.17 mi)	Manurewa	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–	Opened at a new site on 19 July 1993.[1]
26.24 km (16.30 mi)	Te Mahia	Auckland Transport	16 August 1926[1]	–
27.84 km (17.30 mi)	Takanini	Auckland Transport	9 December 1913[1]	–
29.53 km (18.35 mi)	Tironui	N/A	10 May 1926[1]	13 August 1983[1]	New station currently (2012) proposed just north of former Tironui station at Walters Road by Papakura Local Board.
31.46 km (19.55 mi)	Papakura	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–	Current station rebuilt and reopened in 2013.
33.75 km (20.97 mi)	Opaheke	N/A	c. April 1884[1]	13 November 1955[1]
36.57 km (22.72 mi)	Drury	N/A	20 May 1875[1]	21 May 1972[1]	Opened at a new site on 8 December 1918 replacing the original station and another station at Runciman.[1] New station at Drury currently (2012) proposed by Papakura Local Board.
45.19 km (28.08 mi)	Paerata	N/A	20 May 1875[1]	24 July 1972[1]
49.62 km (30.83 mi)	Pukekohe	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–	From 20 July 2015, a diesel train shuttle service operates between Papakura and Pukekohe, necessitating a transfer by passengers at Papakura, as that section of line has not been electrified. New station and bus-train interchange scheduled to start construction in first half of 2016.[3]

Eastern Line
Distance from Britomart	Name	Served by	Opened	Closed	Notes
0.00 km (0.00 mi)	Britomart	Auckland Transport	7 July 2003[1]	–
1.2 km (0.75 mi)	Auckland	Northern Explorer, private excursions and charters	24 November 1930[1]	7 July 2003[1]	After the opening of Britomart, one platform remained open for excursion trains and thereafter referred to as The Strand station. The Strand upgraded in 2011 with two platforms as a back up station for Britomart. The Northern Explorer was relocated here in December 2015.
4.62 km (2.87 mi)	Orakei	Auckland Transport	16 November 1930[1]	–
5.8 km (3.60 mi)	Meadowbank	Auckland Transport	21 July 1947[1]	–	Replaced the original Purewa station but was also known as Purewa until 22 February 1954.[1]
6.6 km (4.10 mi)	Purewa	N/A	9 May 1923[1]	16 April 1947[1]
9.42 km (5.85 mi)	Glen Innes	Auckland Transport	6 May 1930[1]	–
10.78 km (6.70 mi)	Tamaki	N/A	16 November 1930[1]	13 October 2003[1][4]
12.13 km (7.54 mi)	Panmure	Auckland Transport	16 November 1930[1]	–	An upgraded station was opened in the first half of 2007.[5]
14.97 km (9.30 mi)	Sylvia Park	Auckland Transport	1 September 1929[1]	–	Original station closed on 6 March 1983.[1] A new station opened on 2 July 2007 at a different site.[6]
16.59 km (10.31 mi)	Westfield	Auckland Transport	29 August 1887[1]	–	One of the few stations left to be re-modelled as it's in an ageing stage with little shelter and inadequate height of the platform to accommodate for trains currently in service.
	Otahuhu	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–	New station and bus-train interchange opened October 2016.[2]
	Mangere	N/A	c. July 1908[1]	9 December 2011	Services reduced to set-down of school students at the southbound platform only from 25 October 2005.[1] Southbound platform closed on 9 December 2011. Both northbound and southbound platforms demolished 2012.
	Middlemore	Auckland Transport	20 July 1947[1]	–
	Papatoetoe	Auckland Transport	20 May 1875[1]	–
	Puhinui	Auckland Transport	29 June 1925[1]	–
23 km (14.29 mi)	Manukau	Auckland Transport	15 April 2012[7]	–	Was made the terminus for all Eastern Line services in December 2014 (termination previously alternated between Manukau and Papakura).

Onehunga Line This line follows the Newmarket Line from Britomart to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Penrose, where it diverges on to the Onehunga Branch line, which reopened in September 2010.
Distance from Britomart	Name	Served by	Opened	Closed	Notes
0.00 km (0.00 mi)	Britomart	Auckland Transport	7 July 2003[1]	–
1.2 km (0.75 mi)	Auckland	Northern Explorer, private excursions and charters	24 November 1930[1]	7 July 2003[1]	After the opening of Britomart, one platform remained open for excursion trains and thereafter referred to as The Strand station. The Strand upgraded in 2011 with two platforms as a back up station for Britomart. The Northern Explorer was relocated here in December 2015.
	Parnell				New station nearing completion.
3.84 km (2.39 mi)	Newmarket	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
4.91 km (3.05 mi)	Remuera	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
6.38 km (3.96 mi)	Greenlane	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
6.79 km (4.22 mi)	Ellerslie Racecourse Platform	N/A	c. April 1884[1]	1973
7.75 km (4.82 mi)	Ellerslie	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
9.2 km (5.72 mi)	Penrose	Auckland Transport	24 December 1873[1]	–
11.15 km (6.93 mi)	Te Papapa	Auckland Transport	8 April 1877[1]	–	Closed on 19 February 1973[1] and reopened on 18 September 2010.[8] Services recommenced on 19 September 2010.[8]
12.52 km (7.78 mi)	Onehunga	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–	Closed on 19 February 1973[1] and reopened on 18 September 2010.[8] Services recommenced on 19 September 2010.[8]
12.61 km (7.84 mi)	Onehunga Wharf	N/A	c. April 1892[1]	1927[9]

Western Line This line follows the Newmarket Line from Britomart to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Swanson.
Distance from Britomart	Name	Served by	Opened	Closed	Notes
0.00 km (0.00 mi)	Britomart	Auckland Transport	7 July 2003[1]	–
1.2 km (0.75 mi)	Auckland	Northern Explorer, private excursions and charters	24 November 1930[1]	7 July 2003[1]	After the opening of Britomart, one platform remained open for excursion trains and thereafter referred to as The Strand station. The Strand upgraded in 2011 with two platforms as a back up station for Britomart. The Northern Explorer was relocated here in December 2015.
	Parnell				New station nearing completion.
3.84 km (2.39 mi)	Newmarket	Auckland Transport	20 December 1873[1]	–
	Grafton	Auckland Transport	9 April 2010[10]	–	Replaced the nearby Boston Rd Station.
	Boston Road	N/A	15 September 1964	10 April 2010[10]
6.44 km (4.00 mi)	Mount Eden	Auckland Transport	29 March 1880[1]	–
7.79 km (4.84 mi)	Kingsland	Auckland Transport	29 March 1880[1]	–
8.76 km (5.44 mi)	Morningside	Auckland Transport	c. April 1882[1]	–
10.09 km (6.27 mi)	Baldwin Avenue	Auckland Transport	28 September 1953[1]	–
11.12 km (6.91 mi)	Mount Albert	Auckland Transport	29 March 1880[1]	–	Platform rebuilt and reopened on 26 June 2013, as part of stage one of the station upgrade. Stage two is still under proposal.[11]
12.83 km (7.97 mi)	Avondale	Auckland Transport	29 March 1880[1]	–	Original station replaced with a temporary facility on 19 January 2009 pending completion of new station.[1] Reopened on 8 June 2010.[12]
	St George's Street	N/A			Believed to have closed at the same time as Croydon Road and Westbrook stations (below) on 16 August 1981.
15.55 km (9.66 mi)	New Lynn	Auckland Transport	29 March 1880[1]	–	Original station closed on 28 June 1986. New station opened in 1984 and replaced with temporary facility on 4 May 2009 pending completion of trench.[1] Current station opened on 24 Sep 2010.[13]
16.66 km (10.35 mi)	Fruitvale Road	Auckland Transport	28 September 1953[1]	–
17.63 km (10.95 mi)	Croydon Road	N/A	c. December 1911[1]	16 August 1981[1]
18.46 km (11.47 mi)	Glen Eden	Auckland Transport	29 March 1880[1]	–
19.64 km (12.20 mi)	Westbrook	N/A	6 September 1957[1]	16 August 1981[1]
20.77 km (12.91 mi)	Sunnyvale	Auckland Transport	28 February 1924[1]	–
22.39 km (13.91 mi)	Henderson	Auckland Transport	21 December 1880[1]	–	Rebuilt on 24 October 2006. Reopened on 2 November 2006.
23.86 km (14.83 mi)	Sturges Road	Auckland Transport	1934[1]	–
25.71 km (15.98 mi)	Ranui	Auckland Transport	16 November 1925[1]	–
28 km (17.40 mi)	Swanson	Auckland Transport	18 July 1881[1]	–	Platform replaced in 2000.[1]
31.93 km (19.84 mi)	Waitakere	N/A	18 July 1881[1]	20 July 2015	Hourly bus shuttles operate between Swanson station and Waitakere station as that section of line has not been electrified.[14]

New stations

Preparation work for a new station at Parnell (on the existing Western/Onehunga/Southern Lines) commenced in 2012.^[15]

New stations at Walters Road and Drury are currently (2012) being sought by the Papakura Local Board.

See also

• List of suburban and commuter rail systems
• City Rail Link

References

1. Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
2. "New Otahuhu Station and a New Network for South Auckland". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
3. "Pukekohe upgrade improves connections". Auckland Transport. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
4. WATKIN, TIM (4 October 2003). "Demand forces rail-rescue plans". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
5. Dearnaley, Mathew (20 November 2006). "More trains at off-peak times". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
6. Dearnaley, Mathew (2 July 2007). "Next stop, shopping ... big centre gets its own rail station". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
7. "Manukau Station Stage 1 Opening". MAXX. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012.
8. Powley, Kathryn; Emma Geraghty (19 September 2010). "People turn out to show car not the only way to travel". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
9. Bromby, Robin (2003). "Branch Lines – North Island". In Olphert, Lorraine. Rails That Built A Nation: An Encyclopedia of New Zealand Railways. Wellington: Grantham House Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 1-86934-080-9.
10. Dearnaley, Mathew (9 April 2010). "Enter the station here, here, here ... or here". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
11. "Mt Albert station". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
12. Dearnaley, Mathew (9 June 2010). "New station comes with safety message". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
13. Dearnaley, Mathew (25 September 2010). "Governor General slams Auckland's traffic congestion". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
14. "Rail service between Swanson and Waitakere to be scrapped". NewstalkZB. 1 June 2013.
15. "ARC presses for Parnell train station". The New Zealand Herald. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.