Mount Albert Railway Station
Mount Albert | ||||||||||||||||
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| Auckland Transport Urban rail | ||||||||||||||||
 Looking down at the station platform from the concourse entrance. | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Auckland Central | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°53.1′S 174°42.8′E / 36.8850°S 174.7133°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail Network and Auckland Transport | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Western Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2012, December | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25kV AC[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Traffic | ||||||||||||||||
| Passengers (2009) | 1,951 passengers/day | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Mount Albert Railway Station is in the suburb of Mount Albert on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network, 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 and a subway between Willcott Street and New North Road.
In 2010, significant discussion, including during the run-up to the local body elections, considered the station (and especially its access-ways and weather shelters) as dilapidated and in need of renewal.[2] Also particularly criticised were the run-down shop rear areas fronting the railway station from the New North Road side. A former Auckland City councilor suggested that a green wall would offer an option to hide these unsightly areas behind low-cost, low-maintenance planting.[3]
History
- 1880: Opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.[4]
- 1908: A signal box was added.[4]
- 1909: A new station building was built, after the previous one was destroyed by fire.[4]
- 1920s: A siding to Mount Albert Quarry from the station is closed.[4]
- 1966: The line was double-tracked and much of the station's infrastructure (including the signal box) was removed. The signal box is preserved at MOTAT.[4]
- 2013: The station has been upgraded to accommodate for the new electrification process and opened in July 2013. This is part of the 2-stage process for the upgrade as part of Auckland Transport's rail station upgrade programme. The second stage, which is to include an overbridge connection to New North Road, is scheduled to be delivered in 2014.
Bus transfers
The following bus services pass this station, allowing easy transfer, although there are no signs or information provided at the station:
| Previous major stop | AT Bus Services | Next major stop |
|---|---|---|
| Unitec clockwise |
Outer Link |
St Lukes Mall anti-clockwise |
| Unitec towards Point Chevalier |
007 Pt Chevalier–St Heliers |
St Lukes Mall towards Saint Heliers |
| Point Chevalier Shops towards Wynyard Quarter |
010 Wynyard–Onehunga |
Royal Oak towards Onehunga |
| Blockhouse Bay Shops towards Titirangi |
209 Titirangi–Downtown (via New North Road) |
Britomart Terminus |
| Avondale towards Rosebank Road |
221 Rosebank Rd–Midtown (via New North Road) |
St Lukes Mall towards Victoria Street West |
| Avondale towards Patiki Road |
222 Patiki Rd–Midtown (via New North Road) | |
| Avondale towards New Lynn |
223 New Lynn–Midtown (via New North Road) | |
| Avondale towards Henderson |
224 Henderson–Midtown (via New North Road) |
See also
References
- ↑ "Auckland Electrifcation Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ Davison, Isaac (14 September 2010). "Super City: Transport cuts to heart of the matter". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ↑ "The 'Green Wall of Mt Albert'". Auckland City Harbour News. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line (2004) by Sean Millar