Location Waitakere City Platforms Island platform Platform levels 1 Rebuilt 2008 | Line(s) Western Line Tracks Mainline (2) Opened 1880 Level 1 | |
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Owned by KiwiRail Network and Auckland Transport Address New Lynn, Auckland 0600, New Zealand Owners KiwiRail, Auckland Transport Similar Newmarket Railway Station - N, Avondale Railway Station, Baldwin Avenue Railway, Henderson Railway Station, Fruitvale Road Railway |
New Lynn Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network, New Zealand, and is part of an integrated transport centre where transfers can be made to and from bus services. A redeveloped station in a new rail trench was opened on 25 September 2010. LynnMall, a major shopping mall, is close by.
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History
Rail trench
In the late 2000s, local and regional government, as part of the revitalising of the regional rail commuter network, decided to build a new "feature station" at New Lynn, which included sinking the tracks and station into a trench. Road was grade-separated from rail to enable vehicle traffic to pass over the line. Before the trenching works, the level crossings in the town centre were often blocked by passing trains, leading to substantial road congestion, which would have only increased with more train services.
The new rail trench and associated sunken station were to be constructed with up to 16m deep diaphragm walls using specially imported cranes and specialists. This was required due to the unstable, water-logged soils and the need to avoid settlement damage to close-by buildings. The procedure to construct the 1 km of trench (with finished depth of up to 8m) involved multiple temporary shifts of the railway line and of various associated roads, and was called the most difficult part of the DART railway development programme in Auckland. Wet ground conditions had also forced a redesign of the trench methods, and delayed the project start by six months.