Otahuhu Train Station
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| Otahutu Train Station MAXX Urban rail |
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 The station in 2010 |
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| Address | Titi Street, Otahuhu, Auckland |
| Coordinates | 36°56′50″S 174°50′0″E / 36.94722°S 174.833333°E |
| Lines | Eastern Line Southern Line |
| Levels | 1 |
| Platforms | Island platform |
| Tracks | Mainline (2) |
| Parking | No |
| Bicycle facilities | No |
| Baggage check | No |
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| Opened | 1873 |
| Electrified | No |
| Owned by | New Zealand Railways Corporation and Auckland Transport |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2009) | 724 passengers/day |
Otahuhu Train Station is located on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland rail network. It has an island platform layout and can be reached by pedestrian overbridges from Walmsey Road Road and Titi Street. Otahuhu station features a signal box and is the point where both freight and passenger trains enter and exit the main line from the Westfield locomotive depot.
The station was opened in the 1870s to serve the increasing settlement at Otahuhu, with a road eventually constructed to the station. The station included a goods shed and a main building, which however burned down in 1909 after a fire in the oil room got out of hand with no water supply available to suppress the fires.[1]
The station, as of 2010, remains one of the worst-maintained on the Auckland network. Concerns have also repeatedly been raised in previous years about the security situation (especially at night) and the distance to the nearest bus services, with the station located in an out-of-the-way industrial area.[2][3]
[edit] Upcoming upgrade
In May 2011, Auckland Transport and KiwiRail started work to lengthen the platform to accommodate longer passenger trains. The platform area around the signal box will be raised and further platform installed around the base of the pedestrian over bridge to Walmsley Road.
In July 2011, the signal box at the station will be one of the last to be decommissioned in Auckland, as part of a project to upgrade the signaling of the Auckland suburban network in preparation for electrification. Mainline signaling in the Otahuhu station limits will be operated from the National Train Control Centre (NTCC) in Wellington, along with the rest of the Auckland network.
[edit] References
- ^ "Railway Station Destroyed". United Press Association via Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12695. 13 November 1909.
- ^ "WELCOME TO THE ... University of Manukau". The Aucklander. 29 November 2007. http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/local/news/welcome-to-the-university-of-manukau/3756746/. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ "Locke, local candidates action on public transport". Green Party Press Release, via Scoop.co.nz. 24 September 2007. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00411.htm. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
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