Southdown railway station was a station at Southdown on the Southern Line of the Auckland suburban railway network. It was opened to passenger traffic in 1905 and was closed in 2004.[1] It was double tracked and had an island platform layout. Pedestrian access was via a footbridge connecting the end of Southdown Lane to the Southdown Freezing Works.
Southdown | |
|---|---|
| Auckland Transport Urban rail | |
.jpg) Southdown station, looking south, prior to its closure. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Southdown, New Zealand |
| Owned by | Auckland Transport |
| Line(s) | Southern Line |
| Platforms | Island platform |
| Tracks | Mainline (2) |
| Construction | |
| Platform levels | 1 |
| Parking | No |
| Bicycle facilities | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 8 August 1905 |
| Closed | 30 May 2004 |
| Electrified | 25 kV AC |
Services were withdrawn by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) on 30 May 2004 due to low patronage and safety reasons. In the years immediately preceding its closure, patronage had increased on Auckland suburban trains but Southdown had not followed the trend and passenger usage of the station had declined to only approximately forty people per weekday. Safety concerns were raised due to the poor state of the footbridge used to access the platform, and the fact that to access the footbridge, passengers had to cross an unprotected freight siding.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Auckland Regional Transport Authority, "Trains to No Longer Stop at Auckland's Southdown Station from May 30", accessed 3 November 2007.
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