Fruitvale Road railway station explained

Fruitvale Road
Address:Kelston, Auckland
Platform:Side platforms
Levels:1
Tracks:Mainline (2)
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Accessible:Yes
Passengers:808 passengers/day
Pass Year:2009
Opened:28 September 1953
Electrified:25 kV installed[1]
Owned:KiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)
Zone:Waitakere

Fruitvale Road railway station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. It is near local schools, including two major high schools.

The station was opened on 28 September 1953.[2]

In 2006–2007, the station was closed over summer to be upgraded, and lengthened for 6-car trains.[3]

The station is known as the final confirmed place of missing French teenager Eloi Rolland, who went missing from Piha on 7 March 2020.

Station name

It is named after a nearby road. The road is not very well known, thus new passengers will most likely have no idea which suburb this station serves. It has been proposed to rename it 'Kelston' since it is in that suburb. It is quite close to Kelston Shopping Centre, Kelston Girls' College and Kelston Deaf Education Centre.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Auckland Electrifcation Map . 4 August 2013 . 4 August 2013 . . 13 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613215952/http://www.kiwirail.co.nz/uploads/Maps/electrification_map.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations. Scoble. Juliet. 2010. Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. 12 October 2019. 24 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135845/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Dates_and_names.pdf. dead.
  3. News: No holiday from detours, closures on roads and rail. 13 January 2011. The New Zealand Herald. 21 December 2006. Mathew. Dearnaley.