Penrose railway station, Auckland

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Penrose
Auckland Transport Urban rail
Penrose railway station NZ February2018.jpg
The station in February 2018, looking southbound. The Onehunga Branch line curves off to its platform at right
General information
Location Penrose, Auckland
Coordinates 36°54.6′S174°49.0′E / 36.9100°S 174.8167°E / -36.9100; 174.8167
Owned by KiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s) Southern Line, Onehunga Line
PlatformsIsland platform (1 & 2), Side platform (3)
Tracks3
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codePNR
History
Opened1873 [1]
Rebuilt2010
Electrified25 kV AC
Passengers
2009475 passengers/day
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)
Following station
Ellerslie
towards Britomart
Onehunga Line Te Papapa
towards Onehunga
Southern Line Ōtāhuhu
towards Pukekohe

Penrose railway station is a station at Penrose, Auckland, on the Southern Line and Onehunga Line of the Auckland railway network, New Zealand. It is equipped with an island platform reached by pedestrian bridges from Great South Road and Station Road, and a side platform on Station Road.

Contents

Penrose station is at the junction of the Onehunga Branch railway with the North Auckland railway. The Onehunga Branch is single-track with no south-going junction at Penrose, and passengers transferring between Onehunga Line and Southern Line services must use the bridge on the Station Road side to cross from one platform to the other.

In April 2011, the island platform was lengthened to accommodate longer suburban passenger trains, by raising the height of the platform around the old station building. On 28 April 2011, passenger trains began stopping under the station building shelter for the first time since 1993.

Penrose station is near Mount Smart Stadium, a major sports stadium.

Services

Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart, Onehunga, Papakura and Pukekohe via Ellerslie. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is: [2]

Bus routes 66, 298 and 321 serve Penrose station. [3]

On 24 June 2022, the Onehunga line was shortened to terminate at Newmarket due to a reduction of platforms at Britomart for City Rail Link construction. [4]

See also

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References

  1. 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 10 October 2019.
  2. "Southern Line" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "Southern Line" (PDF). Auckland Transport . Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. Transport, Auckland. "Onehunga Line Changes". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 29 June 2022.