Penrose_Train_Station

Penrose railway station, Auckland

Penrose railway station, Auckland

Railway station in New Zealand


Penrose railway station is a station at Penrose, Auckland, on the Southern Line and Onehunga Line of the Auckland railway network, New Zealand. It is equipped with an island platform reached by pedestrian bridges from Great South Road and Station Road, and a side platform on Station Road.

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Penrose station is at the junction of the Onehunga Branch railway with the North Auckland railway. 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 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

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

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

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

On 24 June 2022, the Onehunga line was shortened to terminate at Newmarket due to a reduction of platforms at Britomart for City Rail Link construction.[4]

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" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "Southern Line" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. Transport, Auckland. "Onehunga Line Changes". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 29 June 2022.



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