Sylvia Park Train Station

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Sylvia Park Train Station MAXX Urban rail
Sylvia Park Train Station, viewed from overbridge.
Station statistics
Address	Sylvia Park, Auckland
Lines	Eastern Line
Levels	1
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	1930
Closed	1986
Rebuilt	2007
Electrified	No
Owned by	ARTA
Services
ONTRACK     Preceding station   MAXX (Veolia)   Following station Panmure toward Britomart (Auckland) Eastern Line Westfield toward Pukekohe

Sylvia Park train station is a railway station on the Eastern line of the passenger rail network in Auckland, New Zealand. It serves the recently opened Sylvia Park mall and the surrounding suburb of Mount Wellington. Sylvia Park station was funded by the builders of the mall ^[1] and built by ARTNL/ARTA.

The new station opened to the public on Monday 2 July 2007.^[2][3]. The station cost NZ$5 million to build.^[3]

Services are provided at least half-hourly on weekdays, with services at least hourly on weekends and public holidays.^[2]

The new station has a fairly high patronage, mainly people going shopping at the new Sylvia Park Shopping Centre.

[edit] Previous station

An earlier station was opened at the site in the 1930s and closed during the World War II period (1940-1945), due to the American government buying the land next to the railway and using it for army sheds.

Another station with the same name existed approximately 1 km west of this site. Passengers were mostly for the adjacent Westfield Freezing Works until either the late 70's or early 80's when it was closed due to lack of patronage.

[edit] External links

• Auckland Regional Transport Authority

[edit] References

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