Te Papapa railway station

Te Papapa
AM class EMU departing from the station
General information
LocationTe Papapa, Auckland
New Zealand
Coordinates36°55′12″S 174°48′05″E / 36.92011°S 174.80143°E / -36.92011; 174.80143
SystemAuckland Transport Urban rail
OwnerKiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
OperatorAuckland One Rail
LineOnehunga Branch
PlatformsSide platform (P1)
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingNo
Cycle facilities
Yes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeTPP[1]
Fare zoneIsthmus
History
OpenedSeptember 2010
ElectrifiedApril 2014
Key dates
1879First station opened
1973First station closed
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)		 Following station
Penrose
towards Newmarket
 Onehunga Line Onehunga
Terminus
Location

Te Papapa railway station is on the Onehunga Branch section of the Onehunga Line, one of the lines of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. It has a side platform layout.

Onehunga Line suburban train services between Onehunga and Newmarket are provided by Auckland One Rail on behalf of Auckland Transport.

History

Te papapa railway station, 1959.

The Auckland and Onehunga Railway was opened in December 1873.[2] As early as 1877 trains would stop for passengers at a place known as 'Rout's Corner'.[3][4] Te Papapa opened as a flag station in May 1879.[3][5]

Closure

Direct passenger train services between Onehunga and Auckland ceased on 28 July 1950. A workers' train service continued running between Onehunga and Penrose, until 19 Janurary 1973 when the line was completely closed to passenger services.[6]

Re-opening

The campaign to reopen the line was launched by Auckland Regional Council councillor Mike Lee in mid-2002. In 2007, following a successful 8000-signature petition, the government announced that the 3.5km branch line between Penrose and Onehunga would be reinstated.[7][8]

A new station was opened on the site of the old station, with regular Onehunga line services beginning on 19 September 2010.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Onehunga - Te Papapa Signalling & Interlocking Arrangements" (PDF). KiwiRail. 25 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Onehunga Heritage Survey (PDF) (Report). Auckland Council Heritage Unit. December 2013.
  3. 1 2 Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 6". Auckland Star. Vol. VIII, no. 2212. 7 April 1877. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Untitled". Auckland Star. Vol. X, no. 2746. 11 February 1879. p. 2.
  6. ↑ Bollard, Richard; Petry, Bruce (2009). Auckland Metro Rail Network Electrification Heritage Assessment (PDF) (Report). Salmond Reed Architects Limited.
  7. ↑ Dearnaley, Mathew (13 March 2007). "Delight at Government's decision to reopen Onehunga line". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Dearnaley, Mathew (21 April 2010). "Work starts at new Onehunga rail station". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Onehunga Branch Line Opens". Auckland Transport. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "18 September 2010". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Retrieved 22 July 2026.


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