Akoranga Busway Station
Encyclopedia
Akoranga Station is a bus station
in Northcote
, New Zealand
, part of the Auckland
Northern Busway
. It is adjacent to the Akoranga Campus of the Auckland University of Technology
and linked to it by a footbridge over the Northern Motorway
. The station provides shelters, real time information on bus services and passenger drop off and pick up
Akoranga busway station was opened on 2 February 2008. It is the closest busway station to the Britomart Transport Centre
& the Auckland Harbour Bridge
.
Bus station
A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...
in Northcote
Northcote, New Zealand
Northcote is a suburb of North Shore City, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. It is located on the north shore of the Waitemata Harbour, four kilometres northwest of the Auckland city centre....
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, part of the Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
Northern Busway
Northern Busway, Auckland
thumb|Passengers boarding a [[MAXX Regional Transport]] Northern Express service operated by [[Ritchies Coachlines]].The Northern Busway is a physically separated busway with dedicated park & ride facilities along State Highway 1 in the north of Auckland, New Zealand, linking the North Shore with...
. It is adjacent to the Akoranga Campus of the Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology
The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...
and linked to it by a footbridge over the Northern Motorway
Auckland Northern Motorway
The Auckland Northern Motorway is a major motorway in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, linking central Auckland City and Puhoi in the Rodney District, via the Hibiscus Coast and North Shore...
. The station provides shelters, real time information on bus services and passenger drop off and pick up
Akoranga busway station was opened on 2 February 2008. It is the closest busway station to the Britomart Transport Centre
Britomart Transport Centre
Britomart Transport Centre is the CBD public transport hub of Auckland, New Zealand, and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk line. It combines a bus interchange with a railway station in a former Edwardian post office, extended with expansive post-modernist architectural elements...
& the Auckland Harbour Bridge
Auckland Harbour Bridge
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane box truss motorway bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. The bridge is part of State Highway 1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway...
.
Bus services
- Platform 1
- Northern Express to Albany Station
- 555 & 962 to Albany Station
- 76X & 87X to Long Bay
- 85X & 881 to Torbay
- 86X to Browns Bay
- 863X to Mairangi BayMairangi BayMairangi Bay is a suburb in North Shore City in New Zealand, across the Waitemata Harbour from Auckland.Mairangi Bay is under the local governance of the North Shore City Council...
- 873X & 874X to Constellation Station
- 891X to Albany Village
- 900X to Unsworth Heights
- 956 to GreenhitheGreenhithe, New ZealandGreenhithe is an Auckland suburb. As from 1 November 2010, Greenhithe is under the governance of the Auckland Council.According to the 2001 census, Greenhithe had a population of 4,170. Greenhithe has however shown dramatic growth since the North Shore City Council determined that Greenhithe was to...
- Platform 2
- Northern Express to BritomartBritomart Transport CentreBritomart Transport Centre is the CBD public transport hub of Auckland, New Zealand, and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk line. It combines a bus interchange with a railway station in a former Edwardian post office, extended with expansive post-modernist architectural elements...
- 76X-900X to Midtown
- 881, 891 & 962 to Newmarket
- 956 to Midtown
- Northern Express to Britomart
- Platform 3a & 3b
- 843 to Constellation Station
- 911, 922 & 945 to TakapunaTakapunaTakapuna is a central, coastal suburb of North Shore City, located in the northern North Island of New Zealand, at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour...
- Platform 4a & 4b
- 555 to Highbury
- 911 & 945 to Glenfield
- 922 to Midtown