| Box Hill Metlink commuter rail |
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| Address | Cockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 16 July 1956 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Greater Wellington Regional Council | |||||||||||||||
| 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. It is the only station on the line to be set below street level, and one of four on the line which is on a curve.
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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Box Hill is one of the more recent stations on the Johnsonville Branch, having been opened in 1956.[2]
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.
This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access is from Cockayne Road, and from the north end of the platform to Box Hill by a footpath under the adjacent road overbridge to Box Hill (road). There is no dedicated station car park available.