Mangere railway station

Mangere
Mangere railway station in 1977.
General information
LocationMāngere, Auckland
New Zealand
LineNorth Island Main Trunk
Distance663.02 km (411.98 mi) from Wellington
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
ParkingNo
Cycle facilities
No
History
Opened18 September 1908
Closed9 December 2011
Rebuilt1972
Passengers
Passengers per weekday[1]
2003398
2004481 Increase 20.85%
2005374 Decrease 22.25%
2006231 Decrease 38.24%
2007231 Steady 0%
2008185 Decrease 19.91%
2009264 Increase 42.7%
2010208 Decrease 21.21%
2011245 Increase 17.79%
Adjacent stations
Preceding station   KiwiRail   Following station
Ōtāhuhu   North Island Main Trunk   Middlemore
Location

Mangere railway station was a station in Māngere, on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland railway network. It had an offset side platform layout with no connection between the two platforms. Both the northbound and southbound platforms have since been demolished.

History

The station in November 1946. The level crossing is on the right, and the pedestrian path to the workshops is bottom left.

The railway through the area was opened on 20 May 1875, as part of the Auckland and Mercer Railway, built by Brogden & Co, who extended it from Penrose.[2][3][4][5] On 6 November 1908 the line became part of the North Island Main Trunk, with services reaching Wellington.[6][7][8]

The level crossing where the railway intersected with Mangere Road was known as Mangere Crossing.[9] There was no station initially, but as early as 1909 passenger trains were stopping at the crossing.[10][11] From c. 1908 the larger part of the road became known as Massey Road.[12][13]

On 27 October 1910 a railway request stop was established to the north of the crossing, initially known as the Mangere Road station, or Mangere Crossing. The shelter shed, latrines, circular box gate, and platform asphalting were completed by 8 November 1910.[14][11] On 5 February 1911 the official name became Mangere.[14]

In 1916 a ticket office was built. In 1923 a ladies waiting room was added. In 1924 the platform was extended by 70 feet.[11]

In 1927 the main line through the station was duplicated. The second line between Ōtāhuhu and Papatoetoe opened on 4 December 1927.[3] A second platform was built on the western side of the tracks, with a small shelter.[15] [16]

The extensive Otahuhu Workshops opened to the north of the station in 1926, as a car and wagon workshop to complement the steam locomotive facilities at Wellington's Hutt Workshops. They quickly became one of the largest employers in the area, with approximately 1,000 employees, increasing to 2,300 at the height of World War II.[17][18] A pedestrian path connected the workshops to the station.[16]

In October 1942 Camp Euart, a World War II United States military camp, was established on 84 acres of farmland near the station. At its peak it housed 5000 American troops.[18][19][20]

Middlemore railway station opened in July 1947, roughly 800 metres (2,600 ft) to the south.[21]

From at least the 1930s, the crossing was notorious for traffic safety issues. Planning to replace it with a bridge began in 1963. The Massey Road bridge opened on 26 February 1977.[9][22] To enable construction of the new bridge a bypass road was established to the north of the crossing.[23] In 1972 the south-bound platform (which was in the path of the bypass road) was demolished, along with the old station building.[14][11] A new south-bound platform and shelter was built on the other side of the bridge, giving the station an offset side platform layout.[24][25]

The Railways Department was replaced by the New Zealand Railways Corporation in 1982. In an effort to alleviate its financial problems the corporation underwent a major restructuring program. As a result of this, the Otahuhu Workshops were progressively closed, with the final closure in 1992.[17][26]

Closure

On 25 October 2005 the northbound platform was closed.[27][11] From 25 October 2005 the only services stopping at the station were four south-bound morning peak services to set down passengers on school days only, for pupils of nearby King's College and Otahuhu College.[28][29]

The station closed permanently on 9 December 2011.[27] The closure was proposed due to the limited patronage, short distance to Middlemore Station, and the cost to upgrade the station to meet current standards (including extending the platform to accommodate 6-car trains.)[28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Auckland Transport Board Meeting (20 November 2012) Agenda Item 10(i) "Rail Electrification Extension" Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine p. 16
  2. ↑ "20 May 1875". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 Geographical Mileage Table 1957 (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Railways. 1958. p. 2. OCLC 152429779.
  4. ↑ "Opening of the Auckland and Mercer Railway for Traffic". Auckland Star. 20 May 1875. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Districts Opened by the Railway - Appearance of the Country". Auckland Star. 20 May 1875. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Main trunk line". Auckland Star. Vol. XXXIX, no. 268. 9 November 1908. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "The Main Trunk trip". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLV, no. 13904. 11 November 1908. p. 7.
  8. ↑ Atkinson, Neill (6 April 2010). "Railways – Main trunk lines". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Mangere Crossing (locality)". Streets and Parks. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Suburban Trains". New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLVI, no. 13971. 29 January 1909. p. 6.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Scoble, Juliet. "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Massey Road". Streets and Parks. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Mangere Road". Streets and Parks. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 "27 October 1910". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Borough of Otahuhu (Map). Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 2682. 1930. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  16. 1 2 Auckland 0.4m SN139 (1939-1940) (Map). Land Information New Zealand, Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  17. 1 2 Clough & Associates Ltd. (August 2014). Appendix 4: Mangare and Otahuhu Archaeology (PDF). Ōtāhuhu Historic Heritage Survey 2013 (Report). Auckland Council. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  18. 1 2 Matthews & Matthews Architects Ltd (August 2014). Appendix 1: Historic Thematic Overview (PDF). Ōtāhuhu Historic Heritage Survey 2013 (Report). Auckland Council. p. 57. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  19. ↑ Matthews & Matthews Architects Ltd; Mace, Tania; Francesco, Cara (February 2017). Māngere Bridge, Māngere East and Favona Built Heritage Survey (Final) (PDF) (Report). Auckland Council Heritage Unit. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "23 October 1942". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  21. ↑ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2020.
  22. ↑ "26 February 1977". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  23. ↑ Auckland 0.75m SN3800 (1975) (Map). Land Information New Zealand, Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  24. ↑ Auckland 0.25m SN583 (1950-1960) (Map). Land Information New Zealand, Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  25. ↑ Auckland 0.05m SN5717 (1980) (Map). Land Information New Zealand, Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  26. ↑ "New Zealand Heritage Railway Workshops". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  27. 1 2 "25 October 2005". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  28. 1 2 "2.5 Public Transport". Business Report – November 2011 (PDF) (Report). Auckland Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  29. ↑ Bollard, Richard; Petry, Bruce. Auckland Metro Rail Network Electrification Heritage Assessment (PDF) (Report). Salmond Reed Architects Limited.
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