Swanson railway station

Swanson
Swanson
Auckland Transport urban rail
	Photo of the Swanson Railway Station in 2010, showing the historic station building moved from Avondale
General information
Location	Swanson Road, Swanson, Auckland
Owned by	KiwiRail (track and platforms); Auckland Transport (buildings)
Operated by	Auckland One Rail
Line(s)	Western Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	Main line (2)
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes (Lifts)
Other information
Station code	SWN
Fare zone	Waitakere
History
Opened	18 July 1881
Electrified	25 kV AC
Passengers
2009	461 passengers/day
Services

Swanson railway station is a station on the North Auckland Line in Auckland, New Zealand.

Western Line services of the Auckland rail network are operated between the station and Waitematā in central Auckland by Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport.

The station is the westernmost and northernmost point of the city's electrified network. It became the terminus of the Western Line in July 2015, when urban train services to Waitakere station ceased because the Waitakere-Swanson section of track was not electrified. A bus shuttle service operates between Waitakere and Swanson stations.^[2]

The current station building was relocated from Avondale railway station following an upgrade there.

History

1881: The station opened on 18 July.^[3]
1920: A signal box was built.
1925: Signal box destroyed by fire following a lightning strike.
1970: Signal box was removed.
1972: Closed to goods.
1972: Buildings replaced by a platform shelter (on opposite side to present station).
1995: Avondale railway station building was relocated here, now Swanson Station Cafe. The Avondale station had been planned for demolition due to its poor state, however after hearing this, Waitakere Community Board members Dave Harré and Penny Hulse lobbied New Zealand Rail to save and refurbish the building.^[4]
2000: New platform on the east side of the tracks.
2008: New platform on the west side of the tracks; the east side platform will be re-established to provide platforms on each side of the new double track.
2011: Electrification works started.
2014: Electrification works completed, and station energised.^[1]

Footpath leading to a carpark. Photo faces east and is taken from platform 1.
The platforms as well as tracks leading into the station. Photo faces east.
Platform 2 facing east with an EMU in platform 1

References

^ ^a ^b "Auckland Electrification Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
^ "Waitakere trains' passing marked with mock funeral". stuff.co.nz. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Adam, Jack; Burgess, Vivien; Ellis, Dawn (2004). Rugged Determination: Historical Window on Swanson 1854-2004. Swanson Residents and Ratepayers Association Inc. p. 63. ISBN 0-476-00544-2.