Ōtāhuhu railway station

Ōtāhuhu
Auckland Transport Urban rail
The main entrance to Ōtāhuhu Station, serving the bus and railway platforms
General information
LocationŌtāhuhu, Auckland
Coordinates36°56′50″S 174°50′0″E / 36.94722°S 174.83333°E / -36.94722; 174.83333
Owned byKiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Operated byAuckland One Rail
Line(s)Eastern Line
Southern Line
PlatformsIsland platform (P1 & P2)
Side platform (P3)
TracksMainline (3)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingLimited
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes (Lifts)
Other information
Fare zoneIsthmus/Northern Manukau (overlap)
History
Opened20 May 1875
Rebuilt29 October 2016
Electrified25 kV AC
Passengers
2011954 passengers/weekday
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)
Following station
Sylvia Park
towards Britomart
Eastern Line Middlemore
towards Manukau
Penrose
towards Britomart
Southern Line Middlemore
towards Pukekohe

Ōtāhuhu railway station is located on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland rail network in New Zealand. It has an island platform configuration and is part of an integrated bus-train major transport hub. It can be reached by steps and lift from an overhead concourse that leads from the adjacent bus transfer station and Walmsley Road.

Ōtāhuhu station features a historic, decommissioned signal box and is the point where both freight and passenger trains enter and exit the main line from the Westfield locomotive depot.

The station was opened on 20 May 1875 to serve the increasing settlement at Ōtāhuhu, with a road eventually constructed to the station. The station included a goods shed and a main building, which however burned down in 1909 after a fire in the oil room got out of hand with no water supply available to suppress the fires.