Puhinui railway station
Train station in Auckland, New Zealand
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Puhinui railway station is a station of the Auckland rail network and is located in Papatoetoe, New Zealand. Passenger services on the Eastern Line and Southern Line use the 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).
Auckland Transport (buildings)
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Puhinui Interchange as seen in 2021 during an opening day on 26 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Papatoetoe, Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36.989082°S 174.855706°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Auckland Transport Urban rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Eastern Line Southern Line Te Huia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform (P1 & P2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (3) Siding (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | PUH[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Northern Manukau/Southern Manukau (overlap) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 29 June 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 26 July 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | April 2014[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 676 passengers/weekday[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Pukekohe.
History
Services
Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart, Manukau, and Pukekohe via Puhinui. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is:[6][7]
- 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 Pukekohe
Puhinui Station is served by bus routes AirportLink and 37.[8]
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.[9][10] The redeveloped $69 million Puhinui Station interchange had a public open day on 24 July 2021, with train services resuming on 26 July 2021.[11][12] 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.[13][14] The line will also go through Manukau railway station before ending in Botany.[15][16]