Mangere railway station
railway station
Mangere railway station was a station in Māngere, on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland railway network. It had an offset side platform layout with no connection between the two platforms. Both the northbound and southbound platforms have since been demolished.
History
The railway through the area was opened on 20 May 1875, as part of the Auckland and Mercer Railway, built by Brogden & Co, who extended it from Penrose. On 6 November 1908 the line became part of the North Island Main Trunk, with services reaching Wellington.
The level crossing where the railway intersected with Mangere Road was known as Mangere Crossing. There was no station initially, but as early as 1909 passenger trains were stopping at the crossing. From c. 1908 the larger part of the road became known as Massey Road.
On 27 October 1910 a railway request stop was established to the north of the crossing, initially known as the Mangere Road station, or Mangere Crossing.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as railway station. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15244624. Authority coordinates are -36.956, 174.835. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1875, 1908, 1909 and 1910.
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