Southdown railway station

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Southdown
Auckland Transport Urban rail
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Southdown station prior to its closure.
General information
Location Southdown, New Zealand
Owned by Auckland Transport
Line(s) Southern Line
PlatformsIsland platform
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened8 August 1905
Closed30 May 2004 (30 May 2004)
Electrified25 kV AC


Southdown railway station was a station at Southdown on the Southern Line of the Auckland suburban railway network. It was opened to passenger traffic in 1905 and was closed in 2004. [1] It was double tracked and had an island platform layout. Pedestrian access was via a footbridge connecting the end of Southdown Lane to the Southdown Freezing Works.

Services were withdrawn by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) on 30 May 2004 due to low patronage and safety reasons. In the years immediately preceding its closure, patronage had increased on Auckland suburban trains but Southdown had not followed the trend and passenger usage of the station had declined to only approximately forty people per weekday. Safety concerns were raised due to the poor state of the footbridge used to access the platform, and the fact that to access the footbridge, passengers had to cross an unprotected freight siding. [2]

See also

List of Auckland railway stations

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References

  1. Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Auckland Regional Transport Authority, "Trains to No Longer Stop at Auckland's Southdown Station from May 30", accessed 3 November 2007.

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