Mount Albert railway station

Mt Albert
Overview
Year Established:	1880
Distance:	6.7km from Newmarket Junction
Auckland Suburban Network
Lines Served:	Western Line
Previous Station:	Baldwin Avenue Train Station
Next Station:	Avondale Train Station

Mt Albert Train Station is located on the Western Line of the Auckland Railway Network. It is located near Unitec, a local teritary education provider, thus it is a popular train station for Unitec students.

History

• 1880: The station opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.
• 1908: A signal box was built at this station.
• 1909: A new station building was built, after the previous one was destroyed by fire.
• 1920's: The branch from this station to the Mt Albert Quarry was closed.
• 1966: The line was double-tracked and many of the station's infrastructure (including the signal box) was removed. The signal box is now preserved at MOTAT.

Bus Transfers

This station has a number of bus routes passing it, allowing passengers to easily transfer to bus services. The following is a list of bus services passing this station:-

• North-bound Buses via New North Road
  • 210-212 to Midtown
  • 223-224 to Midtown via St Lukes

• South-bound Buses via New North Road
  • 210 to Avondale (selected services only, see note)
  • 211 to Avondale and Rosebank Road
  • 212 to Avondale, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
  • 223 to Avondale and New Lynn
  • 224 to Avondale, New Lynn and Henderson

• West-bound Buses via Carrington Road
  • 007 to Pt Chevalier
  • 010 to Ponsonby via Pt Chevalier
  • 043 to Downtown via Pt Chevalier

• East-bound Buses via Mt Albert Road
  • 007 to St Lukes and St Heliers
  • 010 to Onehunga

Note: Some route 210 services terminates at Mt Albert, and does not continue to Avondale.

References

km length in m 300.00 Port of Opua Bay of Islands Vintage Railway 288.07 Kawakawa Opua Branch (now New Zealand Cycle Trail) 281.30 Otiria Okaihau Branch 277.02 Pokapu 270.24 Opahi Kauri Timber Co. tramway (c.1915–22) 266.87 Motatau 261.84 Taikirau 258.60 Maromaku 253.87 Towai 250.83 Akerama 246.83 Hūkerenui 243.95 Waiotu 239.10 Whakapara 237.77 Otonga Northern Coal Co. tramway 233.56 Waro 231.83 Hikurangi 226.42 Kauri Fonterra Kauri dairy factory 221.14 Kamo 216.52 Mair 214.63 Town Hall (railcar stop) 213.51 Whangārei Onerahi Branch 203.77 Portland 199.80 Oakleigh Marsden Point Branch to Northport 195.07 Mangapai 188.22 Tauraroa Dargaville Branch 179.51 Waiotira Waikiekie Tunnel 240 173.87 Waikiekie Mareretu Tunnel 334 168.49 Taipuha Mangawai River bridge 70 163.68 Mareretu Golden Stairs Tunnel 604 156.81 Paparoa Huarau Tunnel 343 154.37 Huarau 150.55 Maungaturoto Bickerstaffe Tunnel 481 148.55 Bickerstaffe Otamatea River 313 143.61 Ranganui 139.66 Kaiwaka Ross Hill Tunnel 342 131.91 Topuni Topuni River 120 Topuni Tunnel 153 125.39 Te Hana 120.13 Wellsford Hoteo River bridges 50 90 50   Hoteo Tunnel 503 105.06 Kaipara Flats 100.15 Woodcocks Ahuroa Tunnel 389 Araparera River 70 96.13 Ahuroa Tāhekeroa Tunnel 447 88.39 Tāhekeroa 83.24 Makarau Makarau Tunnel 573 78.46 Kanohi 75.02 Kaukapakapa 72.16 Punganui 69.22 Mount Rex 66.36 Helensville 65.66 Helensville South 63.68 Ohirangi 61.28 Wharepapa 57.92 Woodhill 55.35 Rewiti 51.19 Waimauku 47.07 Huapai 44.88 Kumeū Riverhead Branch 39.81 Taupaki 36.62 Waitakere Kauri Timber Company tramway (1919–1925) Waitakere Tunnel 274 Waitakere Tramline 32.69 Swanson limit of suburban services 30.40 Ranui 28.55 Sturges Road 27.08 Henderson 25.46 Sunnyvale 23.15 Glen Eden 21.35 Fruitvale Road 20.24 New Lynn 17.52 Avondale 15.81 Mount Albert 14.78 Baldwin Avenue 13.45 Morningside 12.48 Kingsland 11.13 Maungawhau 10.00 Grafton Newmarket Line to Waitematā 8.53 Newmarket 7.46 Remuera 5.99 Greenlane 4.62 Ellerslie Onehunga Branch 3.17 Penrose to Onehunga via Te Papapa Southdown Freight Centre 0.00 Westfield Junction North Island Main Trunk to Wellington │ to Waitematā km length in m
Key
active inactive line lifted cycling trail