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Onehunga railway station is the final station on the
Onehunga Line The Onehunga Line in Auckland, New Zealand is the name given to suburban train services that operate between Newmarket and Onehunga (formerly between Britomart and Onehunga via Newmarket). Routing From Newmarket, Onehunga Line services foll ...
of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of Onehunga Town Centre and consists of a single side platform which is accessed from Onehunga Mall and Princes Street.


History

The current station is the second to have served Onehunga. The original station opened in 1873, and was situated adjacent to Princes Street, to the north-east of the current station. Through services to
Auckland railway station The Strand Station, also referred to as Auckland Strand Station, is a railway station located on the eastern edge of the Auckland CBD. It serves as the long-distance railway station for Auckland. It is the northern terminus of the Northern Ex ...
ceased in 1950, but passenger trains continued running between Onehunga and Penrose, to connect with mainline services into Auckland, until April 1973. The station closed following the withdrawal of passenger service but the line through the station remained open for freight trains until 2006. The new station was opened on 18 September 2010 and services started on 19 September 2010. The station was first served by electric trains on 28 April 2014, with the Onehunga Line being the first line to switch to using AM Class
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.


Transport Links

There are two bus stops located on Onehunga Mall near the entrance to the station, which are served by buses travelling between Onehunga and the southern suburbs including
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,
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and
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, as well as a cross-town route 670 which runs between
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and
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. Onehunga Bus Station is located approximately 200m north of the station and is a major hub for Auckland's bus network. The Onehunga railway station is the closest rail stop to the popular outlet mall,
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. Bus services 36, 38, 68, 298, 670 and 743 serve Onehunga station.


See also

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Onehunga Branch The Onehunga Branch railway line is a section of the Onehunga Line in Auckland, New Zealand. It was constructed by the Auckland Provincial Government and opened from Penrose to Onehunga on 24 December 1873, and extended to Onehunga Wharf o ...
* Public transport in Auckland *
Transport in Auckland Transport in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is defined by factors that include the shape of the Auckland isthmus (with its harbours creating chokepoints and long distances for land transport), the suburban character of much of the urban are ...
*
List of Auckland railway stations This is a list of the railway stations in the public transport network of Auckland. It includes closed and planned stations. Auckland has 13 fare zones, with some zone overlap areas. The routes shown pass into and out of central, western, eas ...


References

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