Rail station upgrades

Auckland City Council works closely with the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) to achieve the region's transport goals.

On a day-to-day basis, ARTA carries out the planning and funding of public transport, promotes alternative ways of getting around, and co-ordinates and integrates transport across the region.

In particular, ARTA manages the upgrade of rail stations around the region, including those in Auckland city.

The council complements ARTA's work by providing facilities such as footpaths, park-and-ride facilities and bus interchanges, all of which work together to encourage people to choose sustainable modes of transport.

To find out which stations ARTA plans to upgrade, please contact ARTA

Glen Innes rail station upgrade
Park-and-rides to support rail
Panmure rail station upgrade
Newmarket rail station development

Glen Innes rail station upgrade

The new, modern, $2 million Glen Innes railway station opened on 6 May 2004. The station, one of three 'signature stations', is the first in a number of passenger rail station upgrades to be undertaken throughout Auckland. The other two signature stations are Papatoetoe and Ranui.

The station upgrade, managed by ARTA, has seen greatly improved facilities that include shelter from the weather, more seating, better lighting and signage, CCTV security surveillance, warning systems governing pedestrian level crossings and a lengthened and resurfaced platform.

The signature stations have been built in line with a regionally agreed station design guide. The guide was developed after consultation with community groups, user groups and the University of Auckland - Tamaki Campus.

This project, along with the opening of the Britomart Transport Centre in 2003, are steps towards Auckland City's aim of getting more people out of their cars and onto public transport.

The park-and-ride facility at Glen Innes has 137 car parks and Auckland City is looking at options to provide more car parking to the west of the rail station.

Glen Innes railway station.

Park-and-rides to support rail

Auckland City is committed to providing Aucklanders with more travel choice. This includes making rail an attractive and convenient alternative to taking the car.

To support the Auckland Regional Transport Authority's (ARTA) upgrade of the region's rail stations, the council is providing park-and-ride facilities where possible.

Park-and-ride facilities have been completed or are planned at the following rail stations:

Panmure's new rail station (179 car parks completed)
Glen Innes rail station (137 car parks completed, with more being investigated)
Meadowbank rail station (20 car parks completed)
Orakei rail station (196 car parks planned)

Panmure rail station upgrade

Panmure Interchange

The Panmure interchange was officially opened on Friday, 2 March 2007 and features a new modern rail station, bus interchange and park-and-ride facility. Construction of the new interchange was a joint project between Auckland City Council, the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) and the Auckland Regional Transport Network Limited (ARTNL). The transport hub will provide more transport choices for commuters in the Panmure and Mt Wellington area and is a step towards furnishing the Tamaki Edge area with convenient and reliable public transport services.

Rail station

The rail station has been relocated to the heart of Panmure, providing more people with easy access to rail services across the region. The station construction was managed by ARTA and includes shelters, seating, lighting, signage and CCTV security surveillance. Rail users can travel into the city in 18 minutes, visit www.maxx.co.nz for more details.

Rail station.

Bus interchange

Some bus services in the area have been rerouted to run through the new interchange and improve the connectivity of rail and bus services. ARTA is also planning to provide two new local connector network bus routes with timed connections to the train network.

Bus interchange.

Park-and-Ride facility

Over 150 parking spaces are provided for motorists who wish to catch a train or bus. The park-and-ride is conveniently located next to the rail station and is monitored by a CCTV camera. Bike hoops are also provided for cyclists.

Park-and-ride facility.

Newmarket rail station development

Newmarket is one of Auckland's premiere retail and business areas and is home to Auckland's second busiest rail station.

Auckland City Council is working with Ontrack and the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) to develop Newmarket's rail station, giving Aucklanders better transport choices. An improved station will enable more frequent and reliable train services.

OnTrack is leading the redevelopment and aims to start construction later this year, with completion due in 2009.

The construction of the rail station will have impacts including:

Temporary rail stations on Kingdon Street for western line passengers and south of Remuera Road for southern line passengers for the duration of the project
The closure of Kingdon Street to vehicle traffic for the duration of the project
Probable rebuilding of Khyber Pass, Park and Remuera roads rail overbridges
Traffic disruption, construction noise, dust and vibrations.

Find out more

To find out more about the plans for the Newmarket rail station visit the OnTrack or ARTA's websites.

To get up to date service information visit the Maxx website.

Auckland City Council's role

As a local authority, Auckland City Council has a variety of key roles in the redevelopment of Newmarket's rail station including:

providing strategic direction and leadership for the future development of Newmarket.
providing infrastructure to support bus service improvements and street upgrades around the station
developing opportunities to occur concurrently with the station redevelopment
funding assets on land which the council owns or can acquire as required.

Also, the council is the resource consenting and road controlling authority. This means that consents and traffic management plans need to be approved by the council before construction begins.