Mt Albert Train Station

Mt Albert Railway Station is in the suburb of Mount Albert on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network, near Unitec, a local teritary education provider, and is a popular with Unitec students. It has an island platform and is reached by a footbridge from Carrington Road and a subway between Willcott St and New North Rd.

History

* 1880: Opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line."Railway Stations of Auckland's Western Line" (2004) by Sean Millar]
* 1908: A signal box was added.
* 1909: A new station building was built, after the previous one was destroyed by fire.
* 1920s: A siding to Mt Albert Quarry from the station is closed.
* 1966: The line was double-tracked and many of the station's infrastructure (including the signal box) was removed. The signal box is preserved at MOTAT.

Services

Bus transfers

The following bus services pass this station, allowing easy transfer:

* North-bound buses via New North Road [http://www.maxx.co.nz/assets/timetable%20central/new%20north%20rd%20_June%2005%20v1.3%20web.pdf Timetable for routes 102, 107, 200, 205, 210-213, 215-216, 219 and 223-224] ]
** 210-212 to Midtown
** 223-224 to Midtown via St Lukes

* South-bound buses via New North Road
** 210 to Avondale (see note 1)
** 211 to Avondale and Rosebank Road
** 212 to Avondale, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
** 223 to Avondale and New Lynn
** 224 to Avondale, New Lynn and Henderson

* West-bound buses via Carrington Road
** 007 to Pt Chevalier [http://www.maxx.co.nz/assets/timetable%20crosstown/Pt%20Chev%20to%20St%20Heliers_Oct%2005_V1.0%20web.pdf Timetable for route 007] ]
** 010 to Ponsonby via Pt Chevalier [http://www.maxx.co.nz/assets/timetable%20crosstown/Ponsonby%20to%20Onehunga_Nov%2003%20V1.2%20web.pdf Timetable for routes 010 and 011] ]
** 043 to Downtown via Pt Chevalier [http://www.maxx.co.nz/assets/timetable%20central/Pt%20Chev_July%2004_V1.1_web.pdf Timetable for routes 042, 043 and 045] ]

* East-bound buses via Mt Albert Road
** 007 to St Heliers via St Lukes and Glen Innes (see note 2)
** 010 to Onehunga

* Note 1: Some route 210 services terminate at Mt Albert, and do not continue to Avondale.
* Note 2: Some route 007 services terminate at Glen Innes, and do not continue to St Heliers.

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