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Ōtāhuhu railway station
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Ōtāhuhu railway station is located on the Eastern and Southern Lines of the Auckland rail network in New Zealand. It has an island platform configuration and is part of an integrated bus-train major transport hub. It can be reached by steps and lift from an overhead concourse that leads from the adjacent bus transfer station and Walmsley Road.
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Auckland Transport Urban rail | ||||||||||||||||
![]() The main entrance to Ōtāhuhu Station, serving the bus and railway platforms | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Ōtāhuhu, Auckland | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°56′50″S 174°50′0″E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings) | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Eastern Line Southern Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform (P1 & P2) Side platform (P3) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | Mainline (3) | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Limited | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Isthmus/Manukau North (overlap) | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1875 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | October 29th 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC[1] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | 954 passengers/weekday[2] | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Ōtāhuhu station features a historic, decommissioned signal box and is the point where both freight and passenger trains enter and exit the main line from the Westfield locomotive depot.
The station was opened in 1875[3] to serve the increasing settlement at Ōtāhuhu, with a road eventually constructed to the station. The station included a goods shed and a main building, which however burned down in 1909 after a fire in the oil room got out of hand with no water supply available to suppress the fires.[4]