Henderson Train Station
| Henderson Train Station MAXX Urban rail |
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 The new station in 2010. |
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| Address | Waitakere City | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°52.8′S 174°37.8′E / 36.88°S 174.63°E | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Western Line | |||||||||||||||
| Levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| Baggage check | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1881 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | ONTRACK and ARTA | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009) | 2,372 passengers/day | |||||||||||||||
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Henderson Train Station is a major station on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. It is near the town centre of Henderson and the new Council offices, as well as a major shopping centre, Westfield WestCity.
[edit] Major upgrade
A major upgrade of the station was completed on 24 October 2006. The new station opened on 2 November 2006, 125 years after the railway first reached Henderson. The new station has an island platform and a new enclosed glass footbridge connecting it to Henderson mall and the Waitakere City Council office buildings[1].
[edit] Station name
It was proposed that the station be re-named Waitakere Central when it was upgraded because it is integrated with the Waitakere City Council's new Civic Building. Some people said that the name should be left as it is since it is the name of the local area. It was claimed that there would be confusion with Waitakere, the terminus of most Western Line services. Due to opposition to the name change, the station has Waitakere Central only as a subtitle.
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