Avondale Train Station

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Avondale Train Station
MAXX Urban rail
Station statistics
Address Blockhouse Bay Road, Avondale
Lines Western Line
Structure Shelter
Levels 1
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Opened 1880
Electrified No
Owned by ARTA
Services
    ONTRACK    
Preceding station   MAXX (Veolia)   Following station
Western Line
toward Waitakere

Avondale Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. It has an island platform, reached via a footbridge off Blockhouse Bay Road. The proposed Avondale - Southdown Line would connect to the Western line just east of the station.

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[edit] History

  • 1880: Opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.[1]
  • 1882: A post office opened as part of the station.[1]
  • 1912: The post office closed.[1]
  • 1914: The platform was upgraded to an island platform layout with a new building on the new platform.[1]
  • 1915: A signal box was added.[1]
  • 1966: The line to Morningside was double-tracked.[1]
  • 1967: The signal box was removed after this section changed to centralised traffic control.[1]
  • 1993: The platform was raised to meet the requirements of ex-Perth trains.[1]
  • 1995: The station building was relocated to Swanson.[1]

[edit] Upgrade and relocation plans

In July 2007, ONTRACK, ARTA and Auckland City Council announced plans to relocate the Avondale platform from its current location to new site approximate 100m west, between the Crayford Street and St Jude Street level crossings, as part of the upgrade of this station. The new station site provides better connections with the Avondale town centre and creating a platform on a straight section of track, unlike the current platform which is on a large sharp curve.[2]

[edit] Bus transfers

This station has many bus routes passing it, allowing passengers to transfer:-

  • West-bound buses via Great North Road
    • 008 to New Lynn
    • 223 to New Lynn
    • 224 to New Lynn and Henderson
  • West-bound buses via Rosebank Road
    • 105 to Rosebank Road and New Lynn
    • 211 to Rosebank Road
    • 212 to Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
  • East-bound buses via New North Road
    • 210-212 to Midtown
    • 223-224 to St Lukes and Midtown
  • North-bound buses via Great North Road
    • 196-199 to Downtown
  • South-bound buses via Blockhouse Bay Road
    • 104 to New Lynn via New Winsdor
    • 190 Night Flexi to Blockhouse Bay and Green Bay
    • 196 to Blockhouse Bay
    • 197 to Blockhouse Bay and Green Bay
    • 198-199 to Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay and New Lynn

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line (2004) by Sean Millar
  2. ^ Project DART update July 2007 (July 2007).
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Railway stations on the Western Line, Auckland (full list)

Coordinates: 36°53.7′S, 174°42.0′E