Mount Albert railway station

Last updated

Mount Albert
Auckland Transport Urban rail
Mt Albert Railway Station, May 2014.jpg
Looking down at the station platform from the Carrington Road and New North Road concourse entrances.
General information
Location Mount Albert, Auckland
Coordinates 36°53.1′S174°42.8′E / 36.8850°S 174.7133°E / -36.8850; 174.7133
Owned by KiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s) Western Line
PlatformsIsland platform
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened1880
Rebuilt2012, December
Electrified25 kV AC [1]
Passengers
20091,951 passengers/day
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)
Following station
Baldwin Avenue
towards Britomart
Western Line Avondale
towards Swanson

Mount Albert railway station is in the suburb of Mount Albert on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand, near Unitec, a local tertiary education provider, and is popular with Unitec students. It has an island platform and is reached by a footbridge from Carrington Road at the northern end, an overbridge from New North Road on the eastern side, and a subway that runs between Willcott Street and New North Road at the southern end.

Contents

History

Services

A number of bus services pass this station, allowing easy transfer, although there are no signs or information provided at the station. These include routes 22N, 22R, 66, 209 and the Outer Link. [10]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newmarket, New Zealand</span> Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Newmarket is an Auckland suburb to the south-east of the central business district. With its high building density, especially of retail shops, it is considered New Zealand's premier retailing area, and a rival of local competitor Auckland CBD.

Unitec Institute of Technology is the largest institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand. 16,844 students study programmes from certificate to postgraduate degree level across a range of subjects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Albert, New Zealand</span> Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Mount Albert is an inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred on Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape. By 1911, growth in the area had increased to the point where Mount Albert was declared an intdependent borough, which was later absorbed into Auckland. The suburb is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the southwest of the Auckland City Centre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waitematā railway station</span> Multimodal transit station in New Zealand

Waitematā railway station, commonly known as Britomart railway station or Britomart Transport Centre, is the public transport hub in the central business district of Auckland and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway line. It combines a railway station in a former Edwardian post office, extended with expansive modernist architectural elements, with a bus interchange. It is at the foot of Queen Street, the main commercial thoroughfare of the CBD, with the main ferry terminal just across Quay Street.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westfield railway station</span> Defunct railway station in New Zealand

Westfield railway station was a station of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. The station closed to all services on 12 March 2017, following an announcement by Auckland Transport on 17 January 2017, because fewer than 330 passengers used it daily and it required a costly upgrade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingsland railway station, Auckland</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Kingsland railway station is a station on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. The station sits parallel to the Kingsland township, and is located 400m from Eden Park, the major rugby and cricket stadium in Auckland, and the home ground of New Zealand's national rugby team, the All Blacks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maungawhau railway station</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Maungawhau railway station, commonly known as Mount Eden railway station, is a Western Line station of the Auckland railway network in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden in New Zealand. The station has been closed since 2020 and is currently undergoing an extensive reconstruction as part of the wider work on the City Rail Link. The station is due to reopen to the public in early 2026.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boston Road railway station</span> Defunct railway station in New Zealand

Boston Road railway station was a station on the Western Line of the Auckland rail network, near St Peter's College and Auckland Grammar School. It was beneath an overbridge of State Highway 1, one of the busiest motorways in New Zealand. At the southern end of the station is the north western wall of Mt Eden Prison. The station closed on 10 April 2010, the day after the opening of the new Grafton station, and has since been largely demolished.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newmarket railway station, Auckland</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Newmarket railway station is a station in the inner-city suburb of Newmarket in Auckland, New Zealand. It serves the Southern, Onehunga and Western Lines of the Auckland railway network, and is the second-busiest station in Auckland, after Britomart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingsland, New Zealand</span> Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Kingsland is an inner-city suburb of Auckland, the largest and most populous urban area in New Zealand. Kingsland is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. It is the home of Eden Park, New Zealand's largest stadium, which hosted the finals for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Kingsland has a village centre that contains a series of shops, restaurants, pubs and monthly markets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ōtāhuhu railway station</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Ōtāhuhu railway station is located on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland rail network in New Zealand. It has an island platform configuration and is part of an integrated bus-train major transport hub. It can be reached by steps and lift from an overhead concourse that leads from the adjacent bus transfer station and Walmsley Road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Homai railway station</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Homai railway station is on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. It has an island platform layout. A bus stop and a park and ride facility are located adjacent to the station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Onehunga Branch</span> Branch line between Penrose and Onehunga in Auckland

The Onehunga Branch railway line is a section of the Onehunga Line in Auckland, New Zealand. It was constructed by the Auckland Provincial Government and opened from Penrose to Onehunga on 24 December 1873, and extended to Onehunga Wharf on 28 November 1878. It is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) in length and is single-track only.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Petone railway station</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone. It is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) north of Wellington, and is the junction for the Melling Branch to Melling, which diverges westward from the main line to the north of the station. The station is served by Metlink suburban services, operated by Transdev Wellington, to Wellington, Melling, Taita, Upper Hutt and Masterton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnsonville Branch</span> Railway line in New Zealand

The Johnsonville Branch, also known as the Johnsonville Line, is a commuter branch line railway from the main Railway Station of Wellington, New Zealand to the northern suburb of Johnsonville via Ngaio and Khandallah.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avondale–Southdown Line</span>

The Avondale–Southdown Line is a proposed railway line between Avondale and Southdown in Auckland, New Zealand. One of its main functions would be to remove north–south freight trains from parts of the Auckland rail system that have significant passenger traffic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parnell railway station</span> Railway station in New Zealand

Parnell railway station is a station serving the inner-city suburb of Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand. It is situated on the Newmarket Line, approximately 600m north of Parnell Tunnel, and is located in the Waipapa Valley adjacent to Auckland Domain. It serves Southern Line and Western Line trains.

Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is considering introducing light rail lines to replace some of its most heavily used bus routes. Many of these new light rail lines, if built, would reuse the routes of Auckland's former tram system. Light rail systems have been proposed in Auckland throughout the late-20th and 21st centuries following the closure of the tram system in the 1950s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Goods Line</span>

The Goods Line is an 800 m-long (2,625 ft) linear park and shared pedestrian pathway and cycleway in the suburb of Ultimo, in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The corridor connects Railway Square to Darling Harbour in the south and passes both the University of Technology Sydney Broadway campus and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sydney head office. The Goods Line terminates in the north at the corner of Sussex and Hay Streets, in the Sydney central business district.

References

  1. "Auckland Electrifcation Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line (2004) by Sean Millar
  4. Davison, Isaac (14 September 2010). "Super City: Transport cuts to heart of the matter". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  5. "The 'Green Wall of Mt Albert'". Auckland City Harbour News. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  6. "Stage one transforms Mt Albert Train Station". Scoop.co.nz. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. "Mt Albert railway station upgrade wakes the neighbours". New Zealand Herald. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. "Mt Albert pedestrian overbridge gets green light". Stuff.co.nz. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  9. "Mt Albert's pedestrian overbridge on hold". Stuff.co.nz. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  10. "Central Guide" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 20 June 2022.