Auckland Rail’s Big Day -Grafton, Double Tracking Opens - In Photos
An afternoon to celebrate.
Auckland gets a shiny nice-looking Grafton train station, light years in looks away from the old style Auckland train station - and the difficult Western Line duplication work ticks off the Kyhber Pass section which included two new railbridges.
The transport minister Steven Joyce, Auckland Mayor John Banks, ARC, ARTA and KiwiRail representatives were among those gathered at the Park Road station to celebrate.
Here’s how it looked:
GRAFTON STATION OPENING
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Of the four “big” stations New Lynn, Manukau, Newmarket and this one I have to say this my favourite… So well done, I’m impressed and think the ridership numbers will be interesting…
I must say, I’ve already noticed improvements this week on western line time-keeping.
Haha, John Banks expression is great: “Mmmm.. It actually looks pretty good….”
John’s look is pretty good.
I don’t really consider it a “big” station at all. Midsize and also in future usage levels, I’d say. Can change once Lion Brewery is intensified, though.