Parnell Railway Station

Parnell
Auckland Transport Urban rail

The Parnell Railway Station in late 2016 (under construction). View from the platform towards the Parnell Tunnel (south). The site of the former Mainline Steam depot is to the left of the tracks and the Auckland Domain is to the right.
Location Parnell, Auckland
Coordinates 36°51′19″S 174°46′40″E / 36.855336°S 174.777760°E / -36.855336; 174.777760
Owned by Auckland Transport, KiwiRail
Line(s) Newmarket Line
Platforms Side platform
Tracks Mainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels 1
History
Opened 2017 (Planned) [1]
Electrified 25kV AC[2]
Services
  KiwiRail  
Preceding station   Transdev Auckland   Following station
Terminus
Western Line
toward Swanson
Terminus
Onehunga Line
toward Onehunga
Terminus
Southern Line
toward Papakura

Parnell Railway Station is a new station under construction in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, on the Newmarket Line (which serves the Western, Onehunga, and Southern lines of the Auckland rail network).

The station is located in the Waipapa Valley between Parnell and the Auckland Domain, some distance north of the Parnell Tunnel.

The opening and operation of the station is postponed until the closure of the Sarawia Street level crossing.[3] A bridge will replace the crossing, linking Laxon Terrace with nearby Cowie Street.[4]

History

The Parnell Railway Station under construction. View from the Auckland Domain entrance to the station (looking north towards the platforms). An AM class train is passing through the station and one building from the former Mainline Steam depot is visible in the background.

After a plan to lease part of the area as a bus depot was cancelled,[5] KiwiRail and Auckland Council were asked in 2010 by the outgoing Auckland Regional Council to make an early start on construction of the proposed station, which was to cost $13 million or more, to ensure that there would not need to be costly extra work after the electrification of the line as part of the Auckland railway electrification.[6] It was proposed that several million dollars saved during the upgrade of the Newmarket station be allocated to this new station.[5]

The former Mainline Steam depot.

An early proposal was to integrate the new station with some of the historic railway workshop buildings of the adjacent Mainline Steam depot[7] but nothing eventuated. The Mainline Steam Heritage Trust had its lease on the depot terminated by KiwiRail and completed its move from the site in June 2015.[8] The buildings were demolished in September 2015.

The heritage station building from the Newmarket station (a historic Vogel station, opened in 1908 and removed during recent upgrades) is to be moved to the site. Relocation of the building is planned for December 2016 and external refurbishment works are expected to be finished by April 2017.[1]

In late 2015, Auckland Transport advised that opening the Parnell station to passenger services was being postponed until the completion of a road bridge at Cowie Street, replacing the nearby level crossing on Sarawia Street.[3][9] AT received approval from independent planning commissioners in June 2016. The following November, the commissioners' recommendation for the bridge was appealed. If AT is unable to address the concerns expressed in the appeal, an Environment Court hearing (most likely in early 2017) will decide whether the appeal should be upheld.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Auckland Transport – Parnell Station". Retrieved 23 Nov 2016.
  2. ↑ "Auckland Electrifcation Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  3. 1 2 "Auckland Transport – Preparation work underway for Parnell Station". 22 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Auckland Transport – Newmarket level crossing". Retrieved 23 Nov 2016.
  5. 1 2 Dearnaley, Mathew (2 November 2010). "KiwiRail abandons bus park idea". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "ARC presses for Parnell train station". The New Zealand Herald. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Nicholas Stevens: First the dream, then the bombshell". The New Zealand Herald. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Mainline Steam Heritage Trust, New Zealand – News". Retrieved 23 Nov 2016.
  9. ↑ "A long time coming – the story of the Parnell Station". Retrieved 23 Nov 2016.
  10. ↑ "Auckland Transport – Newmarket level crossing project updates". Retrieved 23 Nov 2016.

Coordinates: 36°51′17″S 174°46′40″E / 36.854619°S 174.777647°E / -36.854619; 174.777647

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