Box Hill Railway Station

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Box Hill
Metlink commuter rail
Station statistics
Address Cockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates 41°14′45.89″S 174°47′19.54″E / -41.2460806, 174.7887611
Lines Johnsonville Line
Connections Bus services
Platforms Single side
Tracks Main line (1)
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 1956
Owned by Tranz Metro
Fare zone 3[1]
Services
    ONTRACK    
Preceding station   Tranz Metro   Following station
Johnsonville Line
toward Wellington
From the station platform, looking south.
From the station platform, looking south.

Box Hill railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It serves the suburbs of Khandallah and Te Kainga, and is the only station on the line to be set below street level.

Electric multiple unit trains are operated by Tranz Metro under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south).

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[edit] History

Box Hill is one of the more recent stations on the Johnsonville Branch, having been opened in 1956.[2]

[edit] Services

Trains run in both directions through this station, departing at half-hourly intervals, supplemented by a 13/13/26 schedule at peak times on week days.

The nearest bus routes are #44 and #45 which pass through Khandallah Village.

[edit] Facilities

This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access is from Cockayne Road. There is no dedicated station car park available.

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Text description of fare zone boundaries. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ Hoy, Douglas G. (1970). "Appendix A: Stations and Stopping Places", Rails Out Of The Capital. Wellington: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, 93-95.