Parnell Railway Station

The Mainline Steam depot, with the new station proposed to be just to the north (left) of it.

Parnell Railway Station is a planned station in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, on the Newmarket Line (which serves the Western and Southern line of the Auckland rail network).

The station is proposed to be located in the Waipapa Valley between Parnell and the Auckland Domain, some distance north of the Parnell Tunnel, and to integrate it with some of the historic Mainline Steam buildings (former railway depot).[1]

After a plan to lease part of the proposed area for the future train station as a bus depot was cancelled,[2] KiwiRail and Auckland Council were asked by the outgoing Auckland Regional Council to make an early start on the proposal that is to cost $13 million or more. This would help ensure that there would not need to be any costly extra work after the line is electrified as part of the Auckland railway electrification in the coming years.[3] It has been proposed that several millions saved during the construction of the Newmarket Train Station upgrade be allocated to this new station.[2]

The works required would involve approximately $5.5 million to regrade the rail tracks, and further expenses to improve local access to the station, both from Parnell and the Auckland Domain / Auckland CBD side. The old heritage station building of the Newmarket Train Station, removed as part of the modern upgrade of that station, is proposed to be installed at the new stop.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nicholas Stevens: First the dream, then the bombshell". The New Zealand Herald. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dearnaley, Mathew (2 November 2010). "KiwiRail abandons bus park idea". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ARC presses for Parnell train station". The New Zealand Herald. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

Coordinates: 36°51′17″S 174°46′40″E / 36.854619°S 174.777647°E