Westfield Junction

Diesel locomotives and trains at Westfield Railway Junction in 2012
Current and proposed lines of the Auckland rail network as of 12 March 2017. Westfield Junction appears at the point where the Southern and Eastern Lines meet, north of Otahuhu Station.

Westfield Junction is a railway switching junction on the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. It is 1.9 kilometres (1.2 miles) north of Otahuhu station and is surrounded by the industrial area of Westfield.

Westfield Junction defines the southernmost extremity of the North Auckland Line (NAL) via Penrose and the point where the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) line via Glen Innes intersects with the NAL. The NIMT continues south from Westfield Junction toward Otahuhu and Papakura.

Two suburban passenger train services pass through Westfield Junction: Southern Line services between Pukekohe and Waitematā, and Eastern Line services between Manukau and Waitematā. The junction is also used by Northern Explorer services between Wellington and Auckland, excursion passenger trains, and freight trains.

Westfield station, a few hundred metres south of Westfield Junction, was closed in March 2017.[1]

The Third Main Line begins at Westfield Junction and ends at Wiri Junction. The project began in 2020 and was completed in 2025.[2] It is expected to ease congestion on Auckland rail lines, improve rail freight access from the Port of Auckland to the Westfield yards and allow more frequent passenger and freight services.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Auckland Transport to close Westfield train station". The New Zealand Herald. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Third Main Line". KiwiRail. 2023.
  3. ↑ "Agenda for a meeting of the Infrastructure Committee - 5.9 Hamilton to Auckland Passenger Rail – Progress Update and Future Direction" (PDF). Waikato District Council. 27 June 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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