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Box Hill Railway Station, Wellington

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Line(s)
  
Johnsonville Line

Tracks
  
Main line (1)

Opened
  
16 July 1956

Platforms
  
Single side

Connections
  
Bus services

Owner
  
Wellington Region

Box Hill Railway Station, Wellington

Location
  
Cockayne Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand

Owned by
  
Greater Wellington Regional Council

Address
  
Khandallah, Wellington 6035, New Zealand

Similar
  
Simla Crescent Railway, Awarua Street Railway, Khandallah Railway Station, Raroa Railway Station, Ngaio Railway Station

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. Usually called Box Hill , but Boxhill on the platform notices (see picture above).

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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.

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

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 #44 and #45 which pass through Khandallah Village.

Facilities

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 to Box Hill (road). There is no dedicated station car park available.

References

Box Hill Railway Station, Wellington Wikipedia