Parnell railway station
Parnell | |||||||||||||||
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| Auckland Transport Urban rail | |||||||||||||||
Parnell railway station from the citybound platform. The heritage Newmarket station building is on the southbound platform and is undergoing refurbishment. | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Cheshire Street, Parnell, Auckland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°51′19″S 174°46′40″E / 36.855336°S 174.777760°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings) | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Southern Line Western Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms (P1 & P2) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | City | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 12 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC April 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2,900/week (2017) | |||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
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Parnell railway station is a station serving the inner-city suburb of Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand. It is situated on the Newmarket Line, approximately 600m north of Parnell Tunnel, and is located in the Waipapa Valley adjacent to Auckland Domain. It serves Southern Line and Western Line trains.
The station opened on 12 March 2017 with relatively basic facilities and initially serving a limited number of lines. Future development will involve building a second pedestrian underpass under the tracks to provide step-free access to the platforms, and constructing several new paths to provide more direct access to Auckland Domain, Parnell Town Centre and the University of Auckland.
It was originally intended that the station would eventually serve all three lines which pass through it. This was contingent on the removal of the Sarawia Street level crossing in Newmarket, removing the signalling constraints which affected the line. A bridge built to replace the level crossing, linking Laxon Terrace with nearby Cowie Street, allowed the removal of the crossing.