Morningside Train Station
Encyclopedia
Morningside Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland Railway Network. It has an island platform
and is reached from a level crossing
on Morningside Drive and by an underpass from New North Road.
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 from a 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...
on Morningside Drive and by an underpass from New North Road.
History
- 1880: It opened as one of the original stations on the North Auckland Line.
- 1914: A signal boxSignal boxOn a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
was established here. - 1966: The line between Morningside and AvondaleAvondale Train StationAvondale Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. The proposed Avondale–Southdown Line would connect to the Western Line just east of the station.- History :...
was partially double-tracked and the platform was upgraded to an island platformIsland platformAn 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...
layout. - 1993: The platform was modified slightly to meet the requirements of new ex-Perth trains.
- 2009: An upgraded station was opened.
Bus Transfers
Transfers to bus services that pass the station can be made here:-- North-bound Buses via New North Road
- 210-224 to Midtown via New North Road
- South-bound Buses via New North Road
- 210 to Mt Albert
- 211 to Mt Albert and Rosebank Road
- 212 to Mt Albert, Rosebank Road and Patiki Road
- South-bound Buses via St Lukes and New North Road
- 223 to Mt Albert and New Lynn
- 224 to Mt Albert, New Lynn and Henderson