Mangere Railway Station

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Mangere Train Station
MAXX Urban rail
Station statistics
Address Manukau City
Coordinates 36°57′20″S 174°50′05″E / 36.9556°S 174.8346°E / -36.9556; 174.8346
Line(s) Eastern Line
Southern Line
(Limited southbound morning peak services only).
Levels 1
Platforms Side platform
Tracks Mainline (2)
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 1930
Closed 2011
Electrified No
Owned by Auckland Transport
Traffic
Passengers (2005)110[1]

Mangere Railway Station was a station at Mangere on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland railway network. It had an offset side platform layout with no connection between the two platforms. Both the northbound and southbound platforms have since been demolished.

Closure

Because of lack of patronage, from 25 October 2005 the only services stopping at the station were four south-bound morning peak services to set down passengers on school days only, for pupils of nearby King's College. The station exit was close to the school.

Pupils going home would use Middlemore Train Station, which is approximately 800 m to the south.

The station closed permanently on 9 December 2011. The closure was proposed due to the limited number of services (only four trains per day during the school term), the short-distance to/from Middlemore Station, and the cost to upgrade the station to meet current standards. There was only very limited opposition from the public.[2]

References

  1. "Surveyed Boardings per Station 2003 to 2010". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 21 April 2012. 
  2. "Item 2.5". Auckland Transport Business Report November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
    ONTRACK    
Preceding station   MAXX (Veolia)   Following station
Eastern Line
toward Pukekohe or Manukau
Southern Line


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