Mangere Railway Station

Mangere Train Station
MAXX Urban rail
Location Manukau City
Coordinates 36°57′20″S 174°50′05″E / 36.9556°S 174.8346°E / -36.9556; 174.8346
Owned by Auckland Transport
Line(s) Eastern Line
Southern Line
(Limited southbound morning peak services only).
Platforms Side platform
Tracks Mainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
History
Opened 1930
Closed 2011
Electrified No
Traffic
Passengers (2005) 110[1]

Mangere Railway Station was a station at Mangere on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland railway network. It had an offset side platform layout with no connection between the two platforms. Both the northbound and southbound platforms have since been demolished.

Closure

Because of lack of patronage, from 25 October 2005 the only services stopping at the station were four south-bound morning peak services to set down passengers on school days only, for pupils of nearby King's College. The station exit was close to the school.

Pupils going home would use Middlemore Train Station, which is approximately 800 m to the south.

The station closed permanently on 9 December 2011. The closure was proposed due to the limited number of services (only four trains per day during the school term), the short-distance to/from Middlemore Station, and the cost to upgrade the station to meet current standards. There was only very limited opposition from the public.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Surveyed Boardings per Station 2003 to 2010". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Item 2.5" (PDF). Auckland Transport Business Report November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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