Britomart Station
| Auckland Transport Urban rail | |||||||||||||||||||
Chief Post Office, the main entrance of the railway station | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Auckland CBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°50′40″S 174°46′10″E / 36.8445757°S 174.769433°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Auckland Transport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Line Southern Line Western Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | First island platform (P1) Bay platforms (P2 & P3) Second island platform (P4) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 11 metres (36 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BMT / AKD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | City | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 7 July 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Britomart Transport Centre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Construction commenced | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Opened | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | City Rail Link works begin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Surface building renovation completed | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | CRL operational | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| CY 2018 | 10,224,759 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Designated | 11 July 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||
Britomart Station, officially Waitematā railway station, and formerly known as Britomart Transport Centre, is the public transport hub in the central business district of Auckland and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway line. It combines a railway station in a former Edwardian post office, extended with expansive modernist architectural elements, with a bus interchange. It is at the foot of Queen Street, the main commercial thoroughfare of the CBD, with the main ferry terminal just across Quay Street.
The station was the result of many design iterations, some of them being substantially larger and including an underground bus terminal and a large underground car park. Political concerns and cost implications meant that those concepts did not proceed. At the time of its inception in the early 2000s the station was still Auckland's largest transport project ever, built to move rail access closer to the city's CBD and help boost Auckland's low usage of public transport. It is one of the few underground railway stations in the world designed for use by diesel trains, although their use is now prohibited. Diesel trains from Hamilton and Wellington terminate at The Strand station.
A tunnel to the Western Line is under construction as part of the City Rail Link project. In March 2023, following a joint submission to the New Zealand Geographic Board by Auckland Transport and Auckland Council, the station was officially re-named to Waitematā railway station.