Grafton Railway Station
Grafton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Auckland Transport Urban rail | ||||||||||||||||
 Overview of Grafton Station from Khyber Pass Rd towards Park Rd (a few days after opening) | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Between Khyber Pass Road and Park Road, Grafton, Auckland New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°51′56″S 174°46′12″E / 36.8655°S 174.7701°ECoordinates: 36°51′56″S 174°46′12″E / 36.8655°S 174.7701°E | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | Cycle racks on Park Road | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25kV AC[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Grafton Railway Station is a station on the Western Line of Auckland's passenger rail network in New Zealand. Costing $3 million to construct, it was officially opened on 9 April 2010, and the first trains stopped at the station on 11 April.[2] It has an island platform configuration.
Grafton Station replaced the original Boston Road station and serves the Central Connector bus route and sites such as Auckland Hospital and the future development of the former Lion Brewery site on Khyber Pass Road.[3][4]
The station has four entrances, as its length extends under both Khyber Pass Road and Park Road, making stairs to all four sides of the roads possible. Both of the Park Road stairs open directly at bus stops on the Central Connector bus route. There is also a lift to the city–bound stop.[2] One of the entrances is beside St Peter's College and students have direct access without having to crossing Khyber Pass Road.[5] Up to a third of the college's enrolment (i.e. 400 students) use the Grafton station in the mornings and afternoons on school days.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Auckland Electrifcation Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- 1 2 Dearnaley, Mathew (9 April 2010). "Enter the station here, here, here ... or here". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ↑ Newmarket's Western Line - Kingdon St to Boston Rd (from the 'ProjectDart.org.nz' website of ONTRACK. Accessed 2008-12-29.)
- ↑ Newmarket Western Line Redevelopment (DART 2) Kingdon Street to Boston Road (September 2008 timeline flyer) (from the 'ProjectDart.org.nz' website of ONTRACK. Accessed 2008-12-29.)
- ↑ Sean Millar, Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line: Boston Road to Waitakere before the 2004 upgrade programme, 2nd edition, Sean Millar, Huia, 2007, p. 4; Mathew Dearnaley, "Enter the station here, here, here ... or here", New Zealand Herald, 9 April 2010, .
- ↑ Mathew Dearnaley, "Safety drive holds shocks for star", The New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, 23 July 2008, p. A3: .