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Tironui railway station
Defunct railway station in New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tironui railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, south of Auckland between Takanini railway station and Papakura railway station.[1][2] It had a station building and a 92 m (302 ft) long, 42 cm (17 in) high platform.[3] Electric light was added in 1933.[4] According to Scoble, it was opened on 10 May 1926 and closed on 13 August 1983.[5]
The opening of the station added 2 minutes to the schedules of Auckland-Papakura trains.[6] Puhinui, Homai and Te Mahia all opened at about the same time as Tironui, to cater for the expansion of Auckland's southern suburbs.[7]
The railway through Tironui was opened on 20 May 1875, as part of the Auckland and Mercer Railway, built by Brogden & Co,[8] who extended it from Penrose.[9] Duplication of the tracks between Papatoetoe and Papakura, through Tironui, started in 1929 as an employment relief scheme[10] and was completed on 29 March 1931.[3] It was electrified in 2015.[11]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "expansive view" for Tironui.[12]
In 2015 Auckland Transport agreed to investigation of a potential station site at Tironui, which could be opened if growth requires it.[13] Other potential new rail stations looked at were Paerātā, Drury and Drury West.[14]
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