Puhinui railway station

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Puhinui
Auckland Transport Urban rail
Puhinui station during open day.jpg
Puhinui Interchange as seen in 2021 during an opening day on 26 July
General information
Location Papatoetoe, Auckland
Coordinates 36°59′21″S174°51′21″E / 36.989082°S 174.855706°E / -36.989082; 174.855706
Owned by KiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s) Eastern Line, Southern Line
PlatformsIsland platform
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
Station codePHU
Fare zoneManukau North/South (overlap)
History
Opened29 June 1925
Rebuilt26 July 2021
Electrified25 kV AC [1]
Passengers
2011676 passengers/weekday [2]
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)
Following station
Papatoetoe
towards Britomart
Eastern Line Manukau
Terminus
Southern Line Homai
towards Pukekohe
Preceding station KiwiRail Following station
Auckland Strand
Terminus
Te Huia Papakura

Puhinui railway station is a station of the Auckland rail network and is located in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. Passenger services on the Eastern Line and Southern Line use the station. It is accessed from Puhinui Road from both sides of the tracks via a pedestrian bridge located at the site of a former level crossing (Puhinui Road itself now crosses on a bridge approximately 120m north of the pedestrian bridge). This is the nearest public transport access to the main cemetery for South Auckland; Manukau cemetery at 361 Puhinui Road, Wiri.

Contents

South of this station, Eastern Line and Southern Line services diverge, the Eastern onto the Manukau Branch which terminates at Manukau. The Southern continues south via Homai toward Papakura.

History

The station was opened on 29 June 1925 for passengers. Goods services closed on 12 May 1958. [3] Originally, the name Cambria was suggested for the railway station. [4]

Services

The station in 2008, looking south Puhinui Train Station And Also A Train.jpg
The station in 2008, looking south
The station in 2014, looking north Puhinui Train Station, 2014.jpg
The station in 2014, looking north

Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart, Manukau, Papakura and Pukekohe via Puhinui. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is: [5] [6]

Puhinui Station is served by bus route AirportLink. [7]

Bus-rail interchange

An eastward line from the airport to Botany Downs has also been proposed with a new interchange at Puhinui railway station, planned to be built in two stages, the first of which is said to be an early deliverable component of the Airport to Botany rapid transit line. [8] [9] The redeveloped $69 million Puhinui Station interchange had a public open day on 24 July 2021, with train services resuming on 26 July 2021. [10] [11] This encompasses a new at-grade bus/rail interchange and enhanced station. Buses will still use the existing local road (Bridge Street) to cross the railway line to/from Manukau, along with local traffic.

The second phase provides a rapid transit overbridge across the railway line to provide a more direct and bespoke rapid transit connection. The new rapid transit link will integrate with the new interchange station on the overbridge. The first stage is estimated to cost $59 million to construct. [12] [13] The line will also go through Manukau railway station before ending in Botany. [14] [15]

See also

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