Penrose | |
Address: | Penrose, Auckland |
Platform: | Island platform (P1 & P2) Side platform (P3) |
Levels: | 1 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Parking: | Yes |
Bicycle: | No |
Accessible: | Yes |
Passengers: | 475 passengers/day |
Pass Year: | 2009 |
Opened: | 1873[1] |
Rebuilt: | 2010 |
Electrified: | 25 kV AC |
Code: | PNR |
Owned: | KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings) |
Zone: | Isthmus |
Penrose railway station is a station at Penrose, Auckland, on the Southern Line and Onehunga 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 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.
Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Waitematā, Onehunga, Papakura and Pukekohe via Ellerslie. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is:[2]
Bus routes 66, 298 and 321 serve Penrose station.[3]
On 24 June 2022, the Onehunga line was shortened to terminate at Newmarket due to a reduction of platforms at Waitematā for City Rail Link construction.[4]