Kingsland Train Station
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Kingsland Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. It is near Eden Park
, the major rugby stadium in Auckland. The station has a side platform
layout and is reached from both New North Road & Sandringham Road.
During rugby
games this station, 400m from Eden Park
, is very busy, with thousands of supporters using it.
Eden Park
Eden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
, the major rugby stadium in Auckland. The station has a side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
layout and is reached from both New North Road & Sandringham Road.
During rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
games this station, 400m from Eden Park
Eden Park
Eden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
, is very busy, with thousands of supporters using it.
History
- 1880: It opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.
- 1993: The platform was upgraded to meet the requirements of new ex-Perth trains.
- 2004: The station was rebuilt as part of the Western Line double-tracking project, for $4 million.
- 2009-2010: The platforms were lengthened to 115 m for six-car trains, and several new stairs and an underpass from Sandringham Road to the northern side platform constructed, at a cost of $6 million. Signalling was also upgraded to allow trains to head out from both tracks into the same direction. These upgrades will serve the needs of the 2011 Rugby World Cup2011 Rugby World CupThe 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
, where it is expected that 15,000 rugby fans per game will use the station in just 70 minutes. Groups of 1,000 fans are to board trains at a time, with a train departing every 5 minutes.
Bus Transfers
This station is conveniently located for transfers to buses running past the station, including to Auckland CBD via New North Road. The full list of services is:-- North-bound Buses via New North Road
- 210-224 to Midtown (bus stop on New North Road side)
- 233-249 to Midtown (bus stop on Sandringham Road side)
- South-bound Buses via New North Road
- 210 to Mt Albert
- 211 to Mt Albert and Rosebank Road
- 212 to Mt Albert, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
- 223 to St Lukes, Mt Albert and New Lynn
- 224 to St Lukes, Mt Albert, New Lynn and Henderson
- South-bound Buses via Sandringham Road
- 233 to St Lukes, Owairaka and New Lynn
- 243 to Owairaka and New Lynn
- 249 to Blockhouse Bay and New Lynn