Kingsland Train Station

Kingsland Train Station
MAXX Urban rail

The platforms from the pedestrian bridge looking east in 2008.

Station statistics

Lines

Western Line

Levels

Platforms

Side platform

Tracks

Mainline (2)

Parking

Bicycle facilities

Baggage check

Other information

Opened

1880

Electrified

Owned by

ONTRACK and ARTA

Traffic

Passengers (2009)

1,085 passengers/day

Services

Preceding station		MAXX (Veolia)		Following station
		ONTRACK
Mt Eden toward Britomart (Auckland)		Western Line		Morningside toward Waitakere

Kingsland Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. It is near Eden Park, the major rugby stadium in Auckland. The station has a side platform layout and is reached from both New North Road & Sandringham Road.

During rugby games this station, 400m from Eden Park, is very busy, with thousands of supporters using it.

History

1880: It opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.^[1]
1993: The platform was upgraded to meet the requirements of new ex-Perth trains.^[1]
2004: The station was rebuilt as part of the Western Line double-tracking project, for $4 million.^[2]
2009-2010: The platforms were lengthened to 115 m for six-car trains, and several new stairs and an underpass from Sandringham Road to the northern side platform constructed, at a cost of $6 million. Signalling was also upgraded to allow trains to head out from both tracks into the same direction. These upgrades will serve the needs of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where it is expected that 15,000 rugby fans per game will use the station in just 70 minutes. Groups of 1,000 fans are to board trains at a time, with a train departing every 5 minutes.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Bus Transfers

This station is conveniently located for transfers to buses running past the station, including to Auckland CBD via New North Road. The full list of services is:-

North-bound Buses via New North Road
- 210-224 to Midtown (bus stop on New North Road side)
- 233-249 to Midtown (bus stop on Sandringham Road side)
South-bound Buses via New North Road
- 210 to Mt Albert
- 211 to Mt Albert and Rosebank Road
- 212 to Mt Albert, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
- 223 to St Lukes, Mt Albert and New Lynn
- 224 to St Lukes, Mt Albert, New Lynn and Henderson
South-bound Buses via Sandringham Road
- 233 to St Lukes, Owairaka and New Lynn
- 243 to Owairaka and New Lynn
- 249 to Blockhouse Bay and New Lynn

References

^ ^a ^b Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line (2004) by Sean Millar
^ ^a ^b Dearnaley, Mathew (6 July 2010). "All Blacks turn out to test $6m train station do-up". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656818. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ "Page A2". Sunday Star-Times. 10 January 2010.
^ "Moving people in new directions". LG. New Zealand Local Government: pp. 9. March 2011.

Railway stations on the Western Line, Auckland (full list)

Britomart • Newmarket • Grafton • Mt Eden • Kingsland • Morningside • Baldwin Ave • Mt Albert • Avondale • New Lynn • Fruitvale Road • Glen Eden • Sunnyvale • Henderson • Sturges Road • Ranui • Swanson • Waitakere