Penrose railway station, Auckland

Penrose railway station is a station at Penrose, Auckland, on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network, New Zealand. It has an island platform and is reached by pedestrian over bridges from Great South Road and Station Road. It still has its original wooden station building on the platform.

For the station in Australia, see Penrose railway station, New South Wales.
Penrose
Auckland Transport Urban rail
The station in February 2018, looking southbound. The Onehunga Branch line curves off to its platform at right
LocationPenrose, Auckland
Coordinates36°54.6′S 174°49.0′E
Owned byKiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s)Southern Line, Onehunga Line
PlatformsIsland platform (1&2), Side platform (3)
Tracks3
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
Station codePNR
History
Opened1873[1]
Rebuilt2010
Electrified25 kV AC
Passengers
2009475 passengers/day
Services
Preceding station   Auckland Transport (Transdev)   Following station
toward Britomart
Onehunga Line
toward Onehunga
Southern Line
toward Papakura

Penrose station is at the junction of the Onehunga Branch line with the North Auckland Line, and there is an adjacent side platform to the west for Onehunga Line services. The Onehunga Branch is single-track with no south-going junction at Penrose, and passengers transferring between Onehunga Line and Southern Line services must use the over bridge on the Station Road side to cross from one platform to the other.

In April 2011, the island platform was lengthened to accommodate longer suburban passenger trains, by raising the height of the platform around the old station building. On 28 April 2011, passenger trains began stopping under the station building shelter for the first time since 1993.

Penrose station is near Mount Smart Stadium, a major sports stadium.

Services

Transdev Auckland, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart, Onehunga, Papakura and Pukekohe via Ellerslie. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is:[2]

  • 5 tph to Britomart
  • 3 tph to Papakura
  • 2 tph to Onehunga

Bus routes 66, 298 and 321 serve Penrose station.[3]

See also

References
  1. Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "Southern Line timetable" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. "Central Auckland Network Map" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 13 July 2020.


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