Kingsland Railway Station
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| Kingsland Railway Station Auckland Transport urban rail | ||||||||||||||||
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 The platforms from the footbridge looking east in 2008. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 36°52′21″S 174°44′41″E / 36.872523°S 174.744641°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Western Line | |||||||||||||||
| Levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Main line (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| Baggage check | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by |
KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings) | |||||||||||||||
| Traffic | ||||||||||||||||
| Passengers (2009) | 1,085 passengers/day | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Kingsland Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network, on the North Auckland Line. It is 400 m from Eden Park, the major rugby stadium in Auckland. It has two side platforms layout and is reached from New North Road and Sandringham Road.
During rugby games it is very busy, with thousands of supporters using it.
In the film Mr. Pip it appears as Gravesend station in England.
History
- 1880: Opened with the North Auckland Line.[1]
- 1993: Platform upgraded to meet the requirements of ex-Perth diesel multiple units.[1]
- 2004: Rebuilt with two platforms as part of the Western Line double-tracking project, for $4 million.[2]
- 2009-2010: Platforms lengthened to 115 m for six-car trains, and new stairs and an underpass from Sandringham Road to the northern platform constructed, for $6 million. Signalling was upgraded to allow trains to leave from both platforms in the same direction to meet the needs of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where it was expected that 15,000 fans would use the station in 70 minutes. Groups of 1,000 fans at a time were to board trains, departing every five minutes.
- 2011, June-August: shelters upgraded for the Rugby World Cup, made from the same materials as when building The Cloud on Auckland's waterfront.[2][3][4]
Bus Transfers
Transfers can be made, including to Auckland CBD:-
Eastbound, to Midtown
- 220-224, from New North Road
- 233-249, from Sandringham Road
Westbound
via New North Road
- 220 to Mt Albert
- 221 to Mt Albert and Rosebank Road
- 222 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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line (2004) by Sean Millar
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dearnaley, Mathew (6 July 2010). "All Blacks turn out to test $6m train station do-up". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ "Page A2". Sunday Star-Times. 10 January 2010.
- ↑ "Moving people in new directions". LGs. New Zealand Local Government. March 2011. p. 9.
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