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Sylvia Park Train Station
MAXX Urban rail
Sylvia Park Train Station, viewed from overbridge.
General information
LocationSylvia Park, Auckland
Owned byARTA
Line(s)Eastern Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
Opened1930
Closed1986
Rebuilt2007
ElectrifiedNo
Services

  ONTRACK  
Preceding station   Auckland Transport (Auckland One Rail)   Following station
Template:MAXX (Veolia) lines
The elevators and bridges connecting to the island platform.

Sylvia Park train station is a railway station on the Eastern line of the passenger rail network in Auckland, New Zealand. It serves the recently opened Sylvia Park mall and the surrounding suburb of Mount Wellington. Sylvia Park station was funded by the builders of the mall [1] and built by ARTNL/ARTA.

The new station opened to the public on Monday 2 July 2007.[2][3]. The station cost NZ$5 million to build.[3]

Services are provided at least half-hourly on weekdays, with services at least hourly on weekends and public holidays.[2]

Previous station

An earlier station was opened at the site in the 1930s and closed during the World War II period (1940-1945), due to the American government buying the land next to the railway and using it for army sheds.

Another station with the same name existed approximately 1 km west of this site. Passengers were mostly for the adjacent Westfield Freezing Works until either the late 70's or early 80's when it was closed due to lack of patronage.

References

  1. ^ "Kiwi Income Properties Media Release: Railway station gets the green light at Sylvia Park". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Next stop, shopping ... big centre gets its own rail station - New Zealand Herald, Monday 02 July 2007
  3. ^ a b New Zealand Herald. "Train temptations". Retrieved 2007-06-28.