Mount Albert Train Station
| Mount Albert Train Station MAXX Urban rail |
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| Address | Auckland City | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°53.1′S 174°42.8′E / 36.885°S 174.7133°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 | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | ONTRACK and ARTA | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009) | 1,448 passengers/day | |||||||||||||||
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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.[1] Also particularly criticised were the run-down shop rear areas fronting the train stations 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.[2]
[edit] History
- 1880: Opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.[3]
- 1908: A signal box was added.[3]
- 1909: A new station building was built, after the previous one was destroyed by fire.[3]
- 1920s: A siding to Mount Albert Quarry from the station is closed.[3]
- 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.[3]
[edit] Bus transfers
The following bus services pass this station, allowing easy transfer:
- North-bound buses via New North Road[4]
- 210-212 to Midtown
- 223-224 to Midtown via St Lukes
- South-bound buses via New North Road[4]
- 210 to Avondale
- 211 to Avondale and Rosebank Road
- 212 to Avondale, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
- 223 to Avondale and New Lynn
- 224 to Avondale, New Lynn and Henderson
- West-bound buses via Carrington Road
- East-bound buses via Mount Albert Road
- Note 1: Some route 210 services terminate at Mount Albert, and do not continue to Avondale.[4]
- Note 2: Some route 007 services terminate at Glen Innes, and do not continue to St Heliers.
[edit] References
- ^ Davison, Isaac (14 September 2010). "Super City: Transport cuts to heart of the matter". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10673151. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "The 'Green Wall of Mt Albert'". Auckland City Harbour News. 3 September 2010. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/4087648/The-Green-Wall-of-Mt-Albert. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line (2004) by Sean Millar
- ^ a b c Timetable for routes 102, 107, 200, 205, 210-213, 215-216, 219 and 223-224
- ^ a b c Timetable for route 007
- ^ a b Timetable for routes 010 and 011
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