Box Hill railway station, Wellington

Box Hill
Box Hill
Metlink commuter rail
General information
Location	Cockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates	41°14′45.89″S174°47′19.54″E / 41.2460806°S 174.7887611°E
Owned by	Greater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s)	Johnsonville Line
Platforms	Single side
Tracks	Main line (1)
Connections	Bus services
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	16 July 1956
Electrified	2 June 1938
Services

Last updated January 22, 2025

Box Hill railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It serves the suburbs of Khandallah and Te Kainga. It is the only station on the line to be set below street level, and one of four on the line which is on a curve. The station is usually called Box Hill, but was signed by Tranz Metro as Boxhill on their platform signage.

History

Box Hill opened in 1956 as one of the more recent stations on the Johnsonville Branch line^[2] in an area where the railway runs roughly parallel to the street named "Box Hill" in the area formerly known as "Sentry-box Hill".^[3]

As part of the Johnsonville line upgrade in 2009–10, plans envisaged the Box Hill Station closing for about two months from 3 May 2010 for the resurfacing of the station platform and its extension to the south.^[4]

Services

Box Hill yard layout

Legend

					to Johnsonville
					Box Hill



					to Wellington

Trains run in both directions through this station, departing at half-hourly intervals, supplemented by a 13/13/26 schedule at peak times on week days.

The nearest bus routes are #25 and #26 which pass through Khandallah Village.

Facilities

This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access is from Cockayne Road, and from the north end of the platform to Box Hill by a footpath under the adjacent road overbridge. There is no dedicated station car park available.

Footnotes

↑ "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
↑ Hoy, Douglas G. (1970). "Appendix A: Stations and Stopping Places". Rails Out Of The Capital. Wellington: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. pp. 93–95.
↑ "Khandallah". Wises New Zealand Guide. Wises Publications Limited. 1957. p. 248. Retrieved 8 December 2024. West of the railway line at Khandallah railway station is Box Hill. This was known in 1846 as Sentry-box Hill, and in its then lonely and inhospitable setting was popularly known as 'Mount Misery.' The name has been abbreviated to Box Hill [...].
↑ "Improvements to Box Hill Station". Tranz Metro. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. Improvements are set to begin to Box Hill Station on the Johnsonville Line. The station will close temporarily on 3 May for up to two months while the platform is extended to the south and re-surfaced.

External links

Train timetables from Metlink.

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[1] "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2008.

[2] Hoy, Douglas G. (1970). "Appendix A: Stations and Stopping Places". Rails Out Of The Capital. Wellington: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. pp. 93–95.

[3] "Khandallah". Wises New Zealand Guide. Wises Publications Limited. 1957. p. 248. Retrieved 8 December 2024. West of the railway line at Khandallah railway station is Box Hill. This was known in 1846 as Sentry-box Hill, and in its then lonely and inhospitable setting was popularly known as 'Mount Misery.' The name has been abbreviated to Box Hill [...].

[4] "Improvements to Box Hill Station". Tranz Metro. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. Improvements are set to begin to Box Hill Station on the Johnsonville Line. The station will close temporarily on 3 May for up to two months while the platform is extended to the south and re-surfaced.

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