Box Hill railway station, Wellington explained

Box Hill
Address:Cockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates:-41.2461°N 174.7888°W
Platform:Single side
Tracks:Main line (1)
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Opened:16 July 1956
Zone:3[1]

Box Hill railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It serves the suburbs of Khandallah and Te Kainga. It is the only station on the line to be set below street level, and one of four on the line which is on a curve. The station is usually called Box Hill, but was signed by Tranz Metro as Boxhill on their platform signage.

Electric multiple unit trains are operated under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south).

History

Box Hill is one of the more recent stations on the Johnsonville Branch, having been opened in 1956.[2]

As part of the Johnsonville line upgrading in 2009–10, the Box Hill Station was closed for about two months from 3 May 2010 while the station platform was resurfaced and extended to the south.[3]

Services

Trains run in both directions through this station, departing at half-hourly intervals, supplemented by a 13/13/26 schedule at peak times on week days.

The nearest bus routes are #25 and #26 which pass through Khandallah Village.

Facilities

This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access is from Cockayne Road, and from the north end of the platform to Box Hill by a footpath under the adjacent road overbridge. There is no dedicated station car park available.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Text description of fare zone boundaries . 1 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071218135235/http://www.metlink.org.nz/story21116.php . 18 December 2007 . dmy-all .
  2. Book: Hoy, Douglas G. . Rails Out Of The Capital . 1970 . The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society . Wellington . 93–95 . Appendix A: Stations and Stopping Places .
  3. Web site: Improvements to Box Hill Station. 22 May 2010. 25 June 2013. Tranz Metro. dead. https://archive.today/20130628021946/http://www.metlink.org.nz/news/improvements-to-box-hill-and-johnsonville-stations/. 28 June 2013. dmy-all.