Box Hill Railway Station
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Box Hill Metlink commuter rail |
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Address | Cockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
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Lines | Johnsonville Line | |||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus services | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | Single side | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | Main line (1) | |||||||||||||||
Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
Baggage check | No | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1956 | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Tranz Metro | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 3[1] | |||||||||||||||
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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.
[edit] External links
- Train timetables from Metlink and Tranz Metro.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Text description of fare zone boundaries. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ 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.