Waitakere Train Station

Waitakere Train Station MAXX Urban rail
The station and shelter
Station statistics
Address	Waitakere City
Coordinates	36°50.9′S 174°32.6′E
Lines	Western Line
Levels	1
Other information
Electrified	No
Owned by	ONTRACK and ARTA
Formerly	Waitakerei
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	227 passengers/day
Services
ONTRACK     Preceding station   MAXX (Veolia)   Following station Swanson toward Britomart (Auckland) Western Line Terminus

Waitakere Railway Station is located in the Waitakere suburb/village at the end of the Western Line of the Auckland Suburban Network in New Zealand and is currently the terminus for most Western Line services.

Waitakere station features a shunting yard, a turntable and has a small station building, which is in a poor state of repair.

History

This station opened in 1881 and is one of the original stations on this section of the North Auckland Line. When it first opened it was called Waitakerei. The station kept that name until 1909 when it changed to the current spelling. In 1972 the station's building was replaced, the old building being relocated to MOTAT for preservation.

This station has been the terminus for many suburban train services from the 1930s, a status it has retained despite a low level of patronage. In 1980, after a daily service between Auckland and Helensville was withdrawn, this station became the terminus point for all suburban services and the northernmost passenger station in New Zealand.

During the off-peak period on Mondays to Fridays, every second train continues to Waitakere from Swanson while the other trains terminate at Swanson and return to Britomart. The decision was made so to allow more services to operate on the Western line, fitting within a very tight timetable on a mostly single track system.^{[citation needed]}