Mt Eden Railway Station is a Western Line

Western Line, Auckland

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 station of the local railway network

Public transport in Auckland

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 in the Mount Eden

Mount Eden

Mount Eden is the name of a cinder cone and surrounding suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand, situated five kilometres south of the city centre. The mountain is the highest natural point in the whole of Auckland...

 suburb of Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. It has an island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

, and is reached via a footbridge from Mt Eden Rd or from the level crossing

Level crossing

A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...

 between Ngahura Street and Fenton Street.

History

• 1880: Opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.
• 1912: The present island platform
  Island platform
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   and a new station building were constructed.
• 1914: A signal box
  Signal box
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   was established.
• 1964: Lost much school traffic when some trains began to stop at St Peter's College
  St Peter's College, Auckland
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   (now the closed Boston Road Train Station
  Boston Road Train Station
  Boston Road Railway Station was on the Western Line of the Auckland Suburban Railway Network, near St Peter's College and Auckland Grammar School. The station was below State Highway 1, one of the busiest motorways in New Zealand. At the southern end of the station is the north western wall of Mt...
  
   - replaced by Grafton
  Grafton Train Station
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  ).
• 1967: Following the introduction of centralised traffic control, the signal box was removed.
• Mid-1990s: The old station building was sold and removed, and is now located further up the track, past Morningside station, and is in use as a private home.
• 2004: An upgraded station was opened.

Bus transfers

Transfers to the following bus services can be made at the bus stops on Mt Eden Road:

• North-bound buses
  • 258,267 to Civic Centre
  • 274-277 to Britomart
• South-bound buses
  • AIRBUS Express to Auckland Airport
  • 258 to Blockhouse Bay via Dominion Road and May Road
  • 267 to Lynfield via Dominion Road
  • 274 to Three Kings via Mt Eden Road
  • 277 to Waikowhai via Mt Eden Road and Three Kings

Signal box

The Mt Eden Local Control Panel was installed in the station building in 1967 and removed from service in 1995 when the station building was removed. The panel has been preserved in working order.