The Parnell Train Station is a planned train station in Parnell

Parnell, New Zealand

Parnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841...

, 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...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. It is located on the Auckland–Newmarket Line (which serves the Western

Western Line, Auckland

The Western Line in Auckland, New Zealand is the name given to suburban services that operate between Britomart and Waitakere via Newmarket.-Routing:...

 and Southern

Southern Line, Auckland

The Southern Line in Auckland, New Zealand is the name given to suburban train services that operate between Britomart and Pukekohe via Newmarket.-Routing:...

 line of the Auckland rail network.

The station is proposed to be located in the Waipapa Valley between Parnell and the Auckland Domain

Auckland Domain

The Auckland Domain is Auckland's oldest park, and at 75 hectares one of the largest in the city. Located in the central suburb of Grafton, the park contains all of the explosion crater and most of the surrounding tuff ring of the Pukekawa volcano....

, some distance north of the Parnell Tunnel

Parnell Tunnel

The Parnell Tunnel is a railway tunnel under Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. It is long, and allows the Western and Southern lines coming from Newmarket Train Station to Britomart Transport Centre to pass under the Parnell Ridge before the line drops to harbour level...

, and to integrate it with some of the historic Mainline Steam

Mainline Steam

Mainline Steam is a New Zealand organisation devoted to the restoration and operation of historic New Zealand Railways mainline steam locomotives. Regular day excursions and multi-day tours are operated over rail lines throughout New Zealand...

 buildings (former Railway Workshops).

After a plan to lease part of the proposed area for the future train station as a bus depot was cancelled, KiwiRail

KiwiRail

KiwiRail Holdings Limited is the rail operations subsidiary of the New Zealand Railways Corporation, which trades as KiwiRail. Headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, KiwiRail is the largest rail transport operator in New Zealand. Since July 2010 John Spencer has been the Chairman...

 and Auckland Council

Auckland Council

The Auckland Council is the council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the existing regional council and the region's seven previous city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city" governed by a mayor, 20...

 were asked by the outgoing Auckland Regional Council

Auckland Regional Council

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 to make an early start on the proposal that is to cost $13 million or more. This would help ensure that there would not need to be any costly extra work after the line is electrified as part of the Auckland railway electrification

Auckland Railway electrification

The Auckland railway electrification has been proposed for several decades, but physical works only began in the late 2000s. After investment into new infrastructure and improved services created massive patronage gains on Auckland's commuter rail network in the middle 2000s, the long-discussed...

 in the coming years. It has been proposed that several millions saved during the construction of the Newmarket Train Station upgrade be allocated to this new station.

The works required would involve approximately $5.5 million to regrade the rail tracks, and further expenses to improve local access to the station, both from Parnell and the Auckland Domain / Auckland CBD

Auckland CBD

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 side. The old heritage station building of the Newmarket Train Station

Newmarket Train Station, Auckland

Newmarket Train Station is located in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Newmarket, on the Southern and Western Lines of the Auckland railway network. Serving the busy commercial centre of Newmarket, the station is the second-busiest train station in Auckland, after Britomart...

, removed as part of the modern upgrade of that station, is proposed to be installed at the new stop.