Manukau railway station
Manukau railway station is located at the heart of the campus of the Manukau Institute of Technology in Manukau, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the terminus station for Eastern Line services between Manukau and Britomart Transport Centre in central Auckland.
Manukau | |||||||||||
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The trenched approach to Manukau station, seen from the west. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Manukau Station Road, Manukau New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°59′39″S 174°52′37″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (infrastructure) | ||||||||||
| Operated by | AT Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Trench | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Open | ||||||||||
| Station code | MNK | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Manukau North/South (overlap) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 April 2012 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1,650 daily per weekday (April 2018) | |||||||||||
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Access from the station to ground level and to surrounding streets is by stairs, lift or escalator to the ground floor of the 7-level campus building.
Station works were essentially finished by October 2011, and the Manukau Branch line, a 2.5 km spur line off the North Island Main Trunk railway, opened on 15 April 2012. Manukau station is the only station on the branch line.
The Eastern Line was the second passenger rail line in Auckland to receive electric train services, following the Onehunga Line in April 2014. Electric trains began running on some Eastern Line off-peak services on 15 August 2014, and were gradually rolled out onto all services over the following month.
In December 2014, all trains using the Eastern Line began terminating at Manukau rather than alternating between Manukau and Papakura. Similarly, all Southern Line trains began terminating at Papakura or Pukekohe.
In April 2018, Manukau was the 11th busiest train station on the Auckland network with an average of 1,650 passengers on a typical weekday.