Puhinui railway station

Puhinui railway station is a temporarily-closed station of the Auckland rail network and is located near Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. Passenger services on the Eastern Line and Southern Line use the station. It has an island platform and an enclosed shelter relocated from Papatoetoe station. It is accessed from Puhinui Road from both sides of the tracks via a pedestrian bridge located at the site of a former level crossing (Puhinui Road itself now crosses on a bridge approximately 120m north of the pedestrian bridge). This is the nearest public transport access to the main cemetery for South Auckland; Manukau cemetery at 361 Puhinui Road, Wiri.

Puhinui
Auckland Transport Urban rail
The station in 2014, looking north.
Location	Papatoetoe, Auckland
Coordinates	36.989082°S 174.855706°E
Owned by	KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s)	Eastern Line, Southern Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	Mainline (2)
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Closed for upgrade
Station code	PHU
Fare zone	Manukau North/South (overlap)
History
Opened	29 June 1925
Electrified	25 kV AC[1]
Passengers
2011	676 passengers/weekday[2]
Services
Preceding station   Auckland Transport (Transdev)   Following station Papatoetoe toward Britomart Eastern Line Manukau Terminus Southern Line Homai toward Papakura

South of this station, Eastern Line and Southern Line services diverge, the Eastern onto the Manukau Branch which terminates at Manukau. The Southern continues south via Homai toward Papakura.

The station was opened on 29 June 1925 for passengers. Goods services closed on 12 May 1958.[3]

Services

Transdev Auckland, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart, Manukau, Papakura and Pukekohe via Puhinui. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is:

• 6 trains per hour (tph) to Britomart, consisting of:
  • 3 tph via Glen Innes (Eastern Line)
  • 3 tph via Penrose and Newmarket (Southern Line)
• 3 tph to Manukau
• 3 tph to Papakura

Puhinui Train Station as seen in 2008

Proposed bus-rail interchange

An eastward line from the airport to Botany Downs has also been proposed with a new interchange at Puhinui railway station, planned to be built in two stages, the first of which is said to be an early deliverable component of the Airport to Botany rapid transit line, planned to be operational by end of 2020/early 2021, now expected to be in June 2021.[4] This encompasses a new at-grade bus/rail interchange and enhanced station. Buses will still use the existing local road (Bridge Street) to cross the railway line to/from Manukau, along with local traffic.

The second phase provides a rapid transit overbridge across the railway line to provide a more direct and bespoke rapid transit connection. The new rapid transit link will integrate with the new interchange station on the overbridge. The first stage is estimated to cost $59 million to construct.[5][6]The line will also go through Manukau railway station before ending in Botany.[7][8]

See also

• List of Auckland railway stations

References

1. "Auckland Electrifcation Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
2. Auckland Transport Board Meeting (20 November 2012) Agenda Item 10(i) "Rail Electrification Extension" Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine p. 16
3. Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
4. "Auckland Transport unveils fleet of electric buses for new airportlink service". Stuff/Fairfax. 20 January 2021.
5. "Puhinui Station Interchange". Retrieved 1 December 2020.
6. "Airport to Botany Rapid Transit: Puhinui interchange" (PDF).
7. "Southwest Gateway Airport to Botany Rapid Transit" (PDF).
8. https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/airport-to-botany-rapid-transit/