Sylvia Park Train Station
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Sylvia Park train station is a railway station on the Eastern line of the passenger rail network in Auckland
, New Zealand
. It serves the recently opened Sylvia Park
mall and the surrounding suburb of Mount Wellington.
The new Sylvia Park station was funded by the builders of the mall and built by ARTNL/ARTA. The new station opened to the public on Monday 2 July 2007. The station cost NZ$5 million to build.
The new station has a fairly high patronage, mainly people going shopping at the new Sylvia Park Shopping Centre
.
period (1940-1945), due to the American government buying the land next to the railway and using it for army sheds.
Another station with the same name existed approximately 1 km west of this site. Passengers were mostly for the adjacent Westfield
Freezing Works until 1986 when it was closed due to lack of patronage.
Auckland
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, New Zealand
New Zealand
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. It serves the recently opened Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Wellington. Less commonly known, the area around the centre is also called Sylvia Park...
mall and the surrounding suburb of Mount Wellington.
New Station
The new station has a fairly high patronage, mainly people going shopping at the new Sylvia Park Shopping Centre
Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Wellington. Less commonly known, the area around the centre is also called Sylvia Park...
.
Previous station
An earlier station was opened at the site in 1930 and closed during the World War IIWorld War II
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period (1940-1945), due to the American government buying the land next to the railway and using it for army sheds.
Another station with the same name existed approximately 1 km west of this site. Passengers were mostly for the adjacent Westfield
Westfield, New Zealand
Westfield is an Auckland suburb.This was once the site of the Westfield Freezing Works, part of a large industrial zone located near the main trunk railway at this point. The buildings were decommissioned during the 1980s & 1990s releasing large areas of land to be redeveloped as office parks...
Freezing Works until 1986 when it was closed due to lack of patronage.