Box Hill railway station, Wellington

Box Hill railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It serves the suburbs of Khandallah and Te Kainga. It is the only station on the line to be set below street level, and one of four on the line which is on a curve. The station is usually called Box Hill, but is signed as Boxhill on the platform signs.

For the station in Melbourne, Australia, see Box Hill railway station, Melbourne.

Box Hill
Metlink commuter rail
LocationCockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates41°14′45.89″S 174°47′19.54″E
Owned byGreater Wellington Regional Council
Line(s)Johnsonville Line
PlatformsSingle side
TracksMain line (1)
ConnectionsBus services
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
Fare zone3[1]
History
Opened16 July 1956
Services
Preceding station   Transdev Wellington   Following station
toward Johnsonville
Johnsonville Line
toward Wellington
Box Hill yard layout
 to Johnsonville
 Box Hill
to Wellington

Electric multiple unit trains are operated under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south).

History

Box Hill is one of the more recent stations on the Johnsonville Branch, having been opened in 1956.[2]

As part of the Johnsonville line upgrading in 2009–10, the Box Hill Station was closed for about two months from 3 May 2010 while the station platform was resurfaced and extended to the south.[3]

Services

Trains run in both directions through this station, departing at half-hourly intervals, supplemented by a 13/13/26 schedule at peak times on week days.

The nearest bus routes are #25 and #26 which pass through Khandallah Village.

Facilities
Looking south from the station platform

This station has a single side platform and passenger shelter. Pedestrian access is from Cockayne Road, and from the north end of the platform to Box Hill by a footpath under the adjacent road overbridge. There is no dedicated station car park available.

Footnotes
  1. "Text description of fare zone boundaries". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
  2. Hoy, Douglas G. (1970). "Appendix A: Stations and Stopping Places". Rails Out Of The Capital. Wellington: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. pp. 93–95.
  3. "Improvements to Box Hill Station". Tranz Metro. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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