Onehunga Branch

Onehunga Branch
ADL 810 diesel unit at Onehunga Railway Station, with electrification infrastructure partially installed
Overview
OwnerKiwiRail
Termini
Stations3
Service
TypeUrban rail
Operator(s)Auckland One Rail
Rolling stockAM class
Daily ridership1200/day[1]
History
Opened
  • December 1873
  • Reopened September 2010
Closed
  • 1973 (for passenger trains)
  • 2006 (for freight trains)
Reopened2010
Technical
Line length3.6 km (2.2 mi)[2]
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterUrban
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC[3][4]
Operating speed60 km/h (37 mph) maximum
Route map

Legend
km
North Auckland Line
0.00
 Penrose
North Auckland Line
O'Rorke Road
Maurice Road
Mays Road
1.95
 Te Papapa
Captain Springs Road
Church Street
Alfred Street
Victoria Street
Galway Street
3.32
 Onehunga
Neilson Street
State Highway 20 NZ.svg
SH 20
Southwestern
Motorway
3.41
 Onehunga Wharf
This diagram:
Map
Map of the current route, including the former link to the Port of Onehunga.

The Onehunga Branch railway line is a section of the Onehunga Line in Auckland, New Zealand. It was constructed by the Auckland Provincial Government and opened from Penrose to Onehunga on 24 December 1873,[5] and extended to Onehunga Wharf on 28 November 1878. It is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) in length[2] and is single-track only.

After being closed to passenger traffic on 19 January 1973[6] and mothballed in 2007, the line was reopened on 18 September 2010 with regular passenger services beginning on 19 September 2010.[2][7]

  1. ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (4 June 2011). "Stuck in traffic". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Dearnaley, Mathew (12 May 2010). "ARC chief unhappy at delay to new service". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland: APN Holdings NZ.
  3. ^ "Auckland rail electrifcation: current activities". KiwiRail. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  4. ^ "EMU, Depot and Electrification Infrastructure" (PDF). Report to the Auckland Council Transport Committee. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  5. ^ "OPENING OF THE ONEHUNGA RAILWAY. (New Zealand Herald, 1873-12-22)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ^ Hermann, Bruce J: North Island Branch Lines pp9,10 (2007, New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society, Wellington ISBN 978-0-908573-83-7)
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference FIXED was invoked but never defined (see the help page).