Mount Eden Railway Station

Mt Eden
Auckland Transport urban rail
The view of Mt Eden station from the western end of its platform.
Coordinates	36°52′05″S 174°45′33″E / 36.868056°S 174.759291°E / -36.868056; 174.759291
Owned by	KiwiRail Network and Auckland Transport
Line(s)	Western Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	Mainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	MTE
Website	Auckland Transport
History
Opened	1880
Electrified	25kV AC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,018 passengers/day  9.7%
Services
Rail   KiwiRail   Preceding station   Transdev Auckland   Following station Grafton toward Britomart (Auckland) Western Line Kingsland toward Swanson

Mt Eden Railway Station is a Western Line station of the local railway network in the Mount Eden suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It has an island platform, and is reached via a footbridge from Mt Eden Rd or from the level crossing between Ngahura Street and Fenton Street.

History

• 1880: Opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.^[2]
• 1912: The present island platform and a new station building were constructed.^[2]
• 1914: A signal box was established.^[2]
• 1964: Lost much school traffic when some trains began to stop at St Peter's College (now the closed Boston Road Train Station - replaced by Grafton).
• 1967: Following the introduction of centralised traffic control, the signal box was removed.^[2]
• Mid-1990s: The old station building was sold and removed, and is now located further up the track, past Morningside station, and is in use as a private home.^[2]
• 2004: An upgraded station was opened.

City Rail Link

Auckland Transport (AT) had changed their current plans with removing Newton Station to add another platform at Mt Eden with a trench styled layout similar to New Lynn Railway Station. The benefits according to Auckland Mayor Len Brown is that it's a NZD$150 million saving.^[3]

AT chairman Lester Levy says that since the City Rail Link’s concept design was developed two years ago, there has been concerted effort to optimise the design and drive value for money.

"The change that has resulted from this focus will reduce cost by removing the very deep Newton station, which will also reduce construction disruption in upper Symonds St by 12 to 18 months.

"The improved design will connect passengers at Mt Eden Station to the CRL which previously bypassed them and improve operation reliability through the provision of a separated east-west junction so train lines won’t need to cross over each other."

Dr Levy says the changes also will result in an improved customer experience with the CRL platform at Mt Eden now to be built in a trench similar to the New Lynn station, and be open to the sky, rather than deep underground as was the case for the proposed Newton station location. This open air location and the separated train junction will also lower operating costs.

"This is all good news, at a time when patronage is increasing and people are really seeing rail as a travel choice*. We are definitely moving in the right direction to meet government targets for CRL funding,"

Bus transfers

Transfers to the following bus services can be made at the bus stops on Mt Eden Road:

• North-bound buses
  • 258,267 to Civic Centre
  • 274-277 to Britomart
• South-bound buses
  • AIRBUS Express to Auckland Airport
  • 258 to Blockhouse Bay via Dominion Road and May Road
  • 267 to Lynfield via Dominion Road
  • 274 to Three Kings via Mt Eden Road
  • 277 to Waikowhai via Mt Eden Road and Three Kings

Signal box

The Mt Eden Local Control Panel was installed in the station building in 1967 and removed from service in 1995 when the station building was removed. The panel has been preserved in working order.

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