Glen Innes railway station

Glen Innes railway station is located on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand. Eastern Line services of the Auckland railway network are the only regular services that stop at the station. It has an island platform layout. Every hour it has at least three services towards Manukau and at least three towards Britomart. In 2006 the station had a major upgrade and is one of the most used non-terminus stations by the public.

Glen Innes
Auckland Transport Urban rail
The station in January 2018, looking northbound from the southbound side of the platform
LocationApirana Avenue, Glen Innes, Auckland
Coordinates36.878859°S 174.854162°E / -36.878859; 174.854162
Owned byKiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s)Eastern Line
PlatformsIsland platform
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zoneIsthmus
History
Opened1930
Electrified25 kV AC
Passengers
20112,705 passengers/weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station   Auckland Transport (Transdev)   Following station
toward Britomart
Eastern Line
toward Manukau

History

The station was originally constructed, along with five others, in 1929 on the route of the Westfield Deviation, which was being built to divert the Auckland–Westfield section of the North Island Main Trunk line (NIMT) via a flatter, faster eastern route to link up with the original NIMT tracks at Westfield Junction.[2]

Services

Transdev Auckland, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services between Britomart and Manukau via Glen Innes. The basic weekday off-peak timetable is:[3]

  • 3 tph to Britomart
  • 3 tph to Manukau

Bus routes 75, 650, 743, 744, 747, 762 and the Tāmaki Link serve Glen Innes station.[4]

See also

References
  1. Auckland Transport Board Meeting (20 November 2012) Agenda Item 10(i) "Rail Electrification Extension" Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine p. 16
  2. "Westfield Deviation – One track in use by May". The New Zealand Herald. 28 February 1929. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. "Eastern Line timetable" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. "Central Auckland Network Map" (PDF). Auckland Transport. Retrieved 13 July 2020.


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