Penrose railway station, Auckland
railway station in Auckland, New Zealand
Penrose railway station is a station at Penrose, Auckland, on the South City Line and Onehunga West Line of the Auckland railway network, New Zealand. It is equipped with an island platform reached by pedestrian bridges from Great South Road and Station Road, and a side platform on Station Road.
Penrose station is at the junction of the Onehunga Branch railway with the North Auckland railway. The Onehunga Branch is single-track with no south-going junction at Penrose, and passengers transferring between Onehunga Line and Southern Line services must use the bridge on the Station Road side to cross from one platform to the other. In 2018, Platform Three was lengthened to enable six-car trains to stop at the platform.
In April 2011, the island platform was lengthened to accommodate longer suburban passenger trains, by raising the height of the platform around the old station building. On 28 April 2011, passenger trains began stopping under the station building shelter for the first time since 1993.
Penrose station is near Mount Smart Stadium, a major sports stadium and is used as the event station for events.
Services
Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates South City Line and Onehunga West Line services.
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