Morningside Railway Station
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Morningside
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| Auckland Transport Urban rail | ||||||||||||||||
| File:Morningside Station - 2014.jpg
Morningside Station's platform in 2014.
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| Location | Auckland City | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | KiwiRail Network and Auckland Transport | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Western Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Mainline (2) | |||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25kV AC[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009) | 489 passengers/day | |||||||||||||||
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Morningside Railway Station is a station on the Western Line of the Auckland Railway Network. It has an island platform and is accessed via a level crossing on Morningside Drive and by an underpass from New North Road.
File:Morningside Train Station Stairs.jpg
The underpass that links New North Road and Morningside Station. 2010.
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History
- 1880: It opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.[2]
- 1914: A signal box was established here.[2]
- 1966: The line between Morningside and Avondale was partially double-tracked and the platform was upgraded to an island platform layout.[2]
- 1993: The platform was modified slightly to meet the requirements of new ex-Perth trains.[2]
- 2009: An upgraded station was opened.
- 2013: In February a woman in a wheelchair which was stuck in the tracks was rescued from the path an approaching train. [3]
- 2014: Electrification infrastructure installed
Bus Transfers
Transfers to bus services that pass the station can be made here:-
- North-bound Buses via New North Road
- 220-224 to Midtown via New North Road
- South-bound Buses via New North Road
- 220 to St Lukes
- 221 to St Lukes, Mt Albert and Rosebank Road
- 222 to St Lukes, Mt Albert, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
- South-bound Buses via St Lukes and New North Road
- 220 to St Lukes
- 223 to St Lukes, Mt Albert and New Lynn
- 224 to St Lukes, Mt Albert, New Lynn and Henderson
In media
Morningside Station was featured in the music video for Lorde's song "Royals".
