Croydon Road railway station

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Croydon Road
Auckland Transport Urban rail
Croydon Road railway station.jpg
Croydon Road railway station in 1959
General information
Coordinates 36°54′41″S174°39′35″E / 36.9115°S 174.6597°E / -36.9115; 174.6597
Line(s) Western Line
PlatformsSide platform
Construction
Platform levels1
History
Opened1911
Closed1980
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)
Following station
Fruitvale Road
towards Waitematā
Western Line Glen Eden
towards Swanson
Western Line route map
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Waitematā (Auckland)
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Quay Park junction
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Ronayne Street
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Parnell Rise
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Cowie Street
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Newmarket Junction
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Newmarket
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Broadway
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Davis Crescent
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Park Road
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Southern motorway (State Highway 1)
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Normanby Road
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Mount Eden Road
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Porters Avenue
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George Street
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Sandringham Road
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Morningside Drive
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St Lukes Road
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Asquith Avenue
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Rossgrove Terrace
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Carrington Road
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Blockhouse Bay Road
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St Jude Street
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Portage Road
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Hetana Street
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Titirangi Road
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West Coast Road
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Seymour Road
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Bruce McLaren Road
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Henderson Valley Road
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Sturges Road
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Metcalfe Road
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North Candia Road
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Swanson (end of suburban services)
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Christian Road
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274m Waitakere Tunnel
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Waitakere Road
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Taupaki Road
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Waitakere Road
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Main Road (State Highway 16)
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Waimauku Station Road
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Mill Road
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Croydon Road railway station was a train station in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] It opened circa December 1911. [2] It was on the Western Line and was between Fruitvale Road station and Glen Eden station. The station closed at the same time as the St George's Street and Westbrook stations, also on the Western Line, on a six-month trial basis on 18 August 1980, [3] with the closure being made permanent on 16 August 1981. [2]

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References

  1. Rails magazine, September 1980, p.14
  2. 1 2 Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. Western Leader, 26 August 1980, front page.

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