Penrose railway station, Auckland

Penrose railway station is a station at Penrose, Auckland, on the Southern Line and Onehunga Line of the Auckland railway network, New Zealand. It is equipped with an island platform reached by pedestrian bridges from Great South Road and Station Road, and a side platform on Station Road.

Penrose
Auckland Transport Urban rail
The station in February 2018, looking southbound. The Onehunga Branch line curves off to its platform at right
General information
Location	Penrose, Auckland
Coordinates	36°54.6′S 174°49.0′E
Owned by	KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings)
Operated by	Auckland One Rail
Line(s)	Southern Line Onehunga Line
Platforms	Island platform (P1 & P2) Side platform (P3)
Tracks	3
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	PEN
Fare zone	Isthmus
History
Opened	24 December 1873[1]
Rebuilt	2010
Electrified	25 kV AC April 2014
Passengers
2009	475 passengers/day
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport (Auckland One Rail) Following station Ellerslie towards Newmarket Onehunga Line Te Papapa towards Onehunga Ellerslie towards Britomart Southern Line Ōtāhuhu towards Pukekohe
Location

Penrose station is at the junction of the Onehunga Branch railway with the North Auckland railway. The Onehunga Branch is single-track with no south-going junction at Penrose, and passengers transferring between Onehunga Line and Southern Line services must use the bridge on the Station Road side to cross from one platform to the other. In 2018, Platform Three was lengthened to enable six-car trains to stop at the platform.^[2]

In April 2011, the island platform was lengthened to accommodate longer suburban passenger trains, by raising the height of the platform around the old station building. On 28 April 2011, passenger trains began stopping under the station building shelter for the first time since 1993.

Penrose station is near Mount Smart Stadium, a major sports stadium.

Services

Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart, Onehunga, and Pukekohe via Ellerslie. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is:^[3][4]

• 3 tph to Britomart
• 3 tph to Pukekohe
• 2 tph to Newmarket
• 2 tph to Onehunga

Bus routes 66, 298 and 321 serve Penrose station.^[5]

On 24 June 2022, the Onehunga line was shortened to terminate at Newmarket due to a reduction of platforms at Britomart for City Rail Link construction.

See also

• List of Auckland railway stations
• Public transport in Auckland