Pukekohe railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Pukekohe

| type = Auckland Transport Urban rail

| image = Pukekohe Train Station.jpg

| image_caption = Pukekohe station prior to its upgrade

| address = 40 Station Road, Pukekohe, New Zealand

| coordinates = {{coord|-37.2033|174.9100|region:NZ-AUK_type:railwaystation}}

| line = Southern Line
Te Huia

| other =

| structure =

| distance = Britomart {{convert|49.62|km|abbr=on}}

| platform = First island platform (P1 & P2)
Second island platform (P3 & P4)

| levels = 1

| tracks = Mainline (2)
Passing loop (3)
Backshunt (1)

| parking = Yes

| bicycle = Yes

| accessible = Yes (Lifts)

| passengers = 269,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/09/11/2019-rail-station-boardings/|title=2019 Rail Station Boardings|date=2019-09-10|website=Greater Auckland|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-03-15|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209154849/https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/09/11/2019-rail-station-boardings/|url-status=live}}

| pass_year = 2018-19

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| opened = 20 May 1875

| closed =

| rebuilt = 1913, 2022–2025

| electrified = 25 kV AC (2024){{cite web |title=Major construction milestones achieved in Papakura to Pukekohe electrification project |url=https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/media/major-construction-milestones-achieved-in-papakura-to-pukekohe-electrification-project/ |website=KiwiRail |access-date=2 September 2024}}

| code = PUK

| owned = KiwiRail (track and platforms)
Auckland Transport (buildings)

| operator = Auckland One Rail

| zone = Southern Manukau

| former =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Auckland Transport

|line1=Southern Line|left1=Paerātā

|system2 = KiwiRail

|line2 = Te Huia|left2=Puhinui|right2=Huntly

|header3=Historical railways

|system4=KiwiRail|line4=North Island Main Trunk

|left4=Paerata|note-left4=Line open, station closed
{{convert|2.43 |km|abbr=on}}

|right4=Buckland|note-right4=Line open, station closed
{{convert|3.06|km|abbr=on}}

}}

Pukekohe railway station is a railway station in Pukekohe, New Zealand. It is the southern terminus of the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network.

Pukekohe was {{Convert|30|mi||abbr=on}} south of Auckland in 1882,{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18820331.2.44.3|title=Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (New Zealand Herald, 1882-03-31)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921143727/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18820331.2.44.3|url-status=live}} or, in 1943, {{Convert|30|mi|1|ch||abbr=on}} via Newmarket, or {{Convert|32|mi|17|ch||abbr=on}} via Ōrākei and {{Convert|61|m||abbr=on}} above sea level.{{cite book|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|publisher=Quail Map Co.|year=1993|isbn=0-900609-92-3|edition=Fourth}} In 1913 the station was rebuilt to the south, away from the town centre and it was converted to an island platform in 1941 and rebuilt again from 2016.

History

File:Pukekohe_Hotel_and_railway_station_about_1910.png

The railway from Ōtāhuhu reached West Pukekohe in 1873{{Cite web|date=11 Jul 1873|title=THE AUCKLAND AND WAIKATO RAILWAY. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18730711.2.21|access-date=2021-02-25|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and the line opened to Mercer on 20 May 1875,{{Cite web|date=20 May 1875|title=OPENING OF THE Auckland and Mercer Railway FOR TRAFFIC. AUCKLAND STAR|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18750520.2.12|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502040258/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18750520.2.12}} though initially there was no goods service.{{Cite web|date=2 Jun 1875|title=PUKEKOHE. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18750602.2.16.2|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The station caused the town centre to be refocused along King Street.{{Cite web|title=Pukekohe Heritage Survey|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritagesurveys/pukekohe-heritage-survey-appendix-1.1.pdf|url-status=live|website=Auckland Council|access-date=27 February 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029002022/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritagesurveys/pukekohe-heritage-survey-appendix-1.1.pdf}} A rimu and kauri{{Cite web|date=30 Jan 1874|title=Auckland Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18740130.2.2.3|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} 4th class station{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stations|url=http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208074304/http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Heritage_listings.pdf|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NZR Rolling Stock Lists|language=en}} and stationmaster's house{{Cite web|date=14 May 1875|title=PUKEKOHE. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18750514.2.17|access-date=2021-02-25|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} were built in 1875.{{cite web|url=http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf|title=Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations|last=Scoble|first=Juliet|date=2010|website=Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032358/http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf|url-status=dead}} In 1875 Pukekohe had two trains a day in each direction taking about 2 hours from Auckland.{{Cite web|date=5 Jun 1875|title=Auckland & Mercer Railway time table DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18750605.2.2.2|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502040256/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18750605.2.2.2}} In 2019 journeys to Auckland took 1hr 11mins, running half hourly.{{Cite web|date=Nov 2019|title=Southern Line|url=https://at.govt.nz/media/1983297/t03_southern-line_nov-2019-web-v2.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=27 February 2021|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509230454/https://at.govt.nz/media/1983297/t03_southern-line_nov-2019-web-v2.pdf}} Additions were made in 1878 and 1883, so that by 1884 it also had a cart approach to the platform, a {{Convert|60|ft||abbr=on}} by {{Convert|30|ft||abbr=on}} goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards, weighbridge and urinals. In 1902 the station had an iron roof and contained a ladies' waiting room, public vestibule, railway and postal room, and porter's room. There were four sidings in connection with the station, and the staff consisted of the stationmaster, two cadets, a messenger, and a porter.{{Cite web|title=Pukekohe {{!}} NZETC|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d2-d9.html|access-date=2021-02-25|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|archive-date=8 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708030344/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d2-d9.html|url-status=live}} There was a Post Office at the station from 1883 to 1909, though a conflict between the departments in 1883.{{Cite web|date=3 Mar 1883|title=SCENE AT PUKEKOHE. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18830303.2.19|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Further railway houses were added in 1909, 1911 and 1955.

File:Pukekohe_railway_station_in_1913.jpg

A wooden section of platform was replaced by bitumen in 1936.{{Cite web|date=16 May 1936|title=STATION IMPROVEMENTS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19360516.2.136|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} In 1978 the platform was {{Convert|216|m||abbr=on}} long.

In 1986 the footbridge was shortened and it was proposed to close the station to goods in less than wagon loads and in 1987 tenders were called for removal of the goods shed.

Since 2000, the country town of Pukekohe has been the southern terminus for the Southern Line. However, suburban trains started or terminated at the former terminus at Papakura (18.2 km north of Pukekohe) because network electrification had not extended beyond Papakura at the time. An hourly diesel train shuttle service operated between Pukekohe and Papakura between July 2015 and August 2022, when EMU electric services were inaugurated for Southern Line services.

ADL class DMUs were utilised for the shuttle. The trains were stabled at Pukekohe station and Westfield depot overnight. In December 2014, the SX (minus locomotives) and an ADK sets (both decommissioned from service following the introduction of EMUs on the Auckland network) were relocated to Pukekohe for storage, pending disposal. The stored trains were later relocated to Waitakere and Helensville, and then back to Westfield.

In December 2014, service frequency of the shuttle service was increased to hourly on all days, including weekend services for the first time.

On 12 August 2022, the last train service between Papakura and Pukekohe using DMUs was operated, as the station became closed for redevelopment and conversion to utilise EMUs.{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Lucy |title='End of an era' - Auckland diesel train to run for last time |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/08/12/end-of-an-era-auckland-diesel-train-to-run-for-last-time/ |website=1News |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=en |date=12 August 2022}}

On Monday 3 February 2025, the electrified section from Papakura to Pukekohe was operational. Trains now run every 20 minutes on the Southern Line between Pukekohe and Britomart until 7 pm, when they run every 30 minutes.“Pukekohe Station” in ‘’The New Zealand Railway Observer’’ April–May 2025 No 390 page 38 (Vol 82 No 1)

= Upgrades =

Until 1912 the station was in a deep cutting and on a heavy grade, but was then moved about {{Convert|17|ch|km|abbr=on}} south. A new class B station was built in 1913{{Cite web|title=Pukekohe Station|url=http://railheritage.org.nz/Register/Listing.aspx?c=21&r=2&l=244|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=railheritage.org.nz|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304164026/http://railheritage.org.nz/Register/Listing.aspx?c=21&r=2&l=244}} and part of the old station was used as a goods office.

The {{Convert|6|mi|11|ch||abbr=on}} of track from Paerata, through Pukekohe to Tuakau was doubled from 21 November 1954. Work had started on the doubling in 1938{{Cite web|date=8 Jun 1938|title=Duplication of Main Trunk Line. FRANKLIN TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FRTIM19380608.2.20|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and the station at Pukekohe converted to an island platform in 1941.{{Cite web|date=8 Jul 1941|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410708.2.31|access-date=2021-02-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}

= Patronage =

The table and graph below show a slow growth in passenger numbers, with a peak during World War 2. At 269,000,{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/09/11/2019-rail-station-boardings/|title=2019 Rail Station Boardings|date=2019-09-10|website=Greater Auckland|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-03-15|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209154849/https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/09/11/2019-rail-station-boardings/|url-status=live}} the current numbers far exceed even that 1943 peak of 155,392, but Pukekohe's population has grown from 3,610 in 1947{{Cite web|url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1947-49/NZOYB_1947-49.html?_ga=2.2490992.1766266673.1583980493-1725649064.1571627294|title=OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1947-49|website=StatsNZ}} to 11,676 in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=363cada2473a451d9f92ba0a4edc423a|title=Story Map Series|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com|access-date=2020-03-15|archive-date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003000132/http://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=363cada2473a451d9f92ba0a4edc423a|url-status=live}} However, there were fewer than 100 passengers a day in 2001, but numbers rose rapidly to over 500 by 2011.{{Cite web|date=2012-04-22|title=The case for closing Waitakere Station|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2012/04/23/the-case-for-closing-waitakere-station/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Greater Auckland|language=en-NZ}}

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

|year

|tickets

|season tickets

|staff

|source

|title

1881

|4,637{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1881/I/967 |title=RETURN No. 9. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ending 31 March 1881}}

1882

|5,004{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1882/I/824 |title=RETURN No. 10. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ending 31 March 1882}}

1883

|5,002{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1883/I/895 |title=RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1883}}

1884

|6,469{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1884/I/844 |title=RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1884}}

1885

|5,771{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1885/I/1156 |title=RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1885}}

|31

1886

|6,216

|47

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1886

1887

|6,081{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1887/I/920 |title=RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1887}}

|48

1888

|5,107{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1889/I/1068 |title=RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1888}}

|47

1889

|5,027{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1889/I/1068 |title=RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1889}}

|27

1890

|repeats 1889

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1890/I/1064

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1890

1891

|4,718

|28

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1891/II/1264

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1891

1892

|4,502

|17

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1892/I/1164

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1892

1893

|4,437

|10

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1893/I/1494

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1893

1894

|4,504

|22

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1894/I/1388

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1894

1895

|4,868

|12

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1895/I/1586

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1895

1896

|4,936

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1896/I/1624

|RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31 March 1896

1897

|5,053

|34

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1897/II/1610

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1897

1898

|5,883

|15

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1898/I/1670

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1898

1899

|6,595

|26

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1899/I/1824

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1899

1900

|7,066

|40

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1900/I/1612

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1900

1901

|Pages 30–35 missing

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1901

1902

|10,911

|49

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1902/I/1436

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1902

1903

|11,005

|42

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1903/I/1873

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1903

1904

|12,926

|75

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1904/I/1848

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1904

1905

|12,816

|101

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1905/I/3767

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1905

1906

|13,507

|149

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1906/II/1600

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1906

1907

|14,953

|112

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1907/I/2542

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1907

1908

|16,033

|106

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1908/I/2061

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1908

1909

|17,086

|112

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1909/II/1832

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1909

1910

|18,504

|115

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1910/I/2050

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1910

1911

|20,325

|142

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1911/I/2497

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1911

1912

|25,667

|119

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1912

1913

|29,578

|242

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1913/I/3693

|RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1913

1914

|34,928

|287

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1914/I/2031

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1914

1915

|35,057

|266

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1915/I/1638

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1915

1916

|36,170

|279

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1916/I/1053

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1916

1917

|34,214

|301

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1917/I/1123

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1917

1918

|33,026

|265

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1918/I-II/1159

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1918

1919

|33,510

|306

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1919/I/1231

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1919

1920

|37,080

|323

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1920/I/1349

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1920

1921

|44,162

|339

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1921/I-II/1452

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1921

1922

|43,255

|465

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1922/I/1409

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1922

1923

|39,428

|272

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1923/I-II/1321

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1923

1924

|39,467

|970

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1924/I/2458

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1924

1925

|39,773

|877

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1925/I/1804

|RETURN No. 12. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1925

1926

|42,195

|978

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1926/I/1930

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1926

1927

|43,655

|788

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1927/I/2230

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1927

1928

|34,624

|568

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1928/I/2628

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1928

1929

|22,923

|379

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1929/I/2090

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1929

1930

|19,849

|252

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1930/I/2212

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1930

1931

|22,822

|277

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1931/I-II/1778

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1931

1932

|25,160

|302

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1932/I-II/1934

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1932

1933

|37,652

|289

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1933/I/1388

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1933

1934

|44,401

|242

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1934/I/2278

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1934

1935

|50,132

|193

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1935/I/1326

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1935

1936

|52,640

|259

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1936/I/1552

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1936

1937

|54,282

|229

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1937/I/1896

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1937

1938

|53,482

|225

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1938/I/1652

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1938

1939

|50,563

|219

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1939/I/1970

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1939

1940

|47,008

|335

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1940/I/1314

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1940

1941

|49,517

|276

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1941/I/1203

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1941

1942

|62,749

|315

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1942/I/651

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1942

1943

|155,392

|393

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1943/I/679

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1943

1944

|150,522

|279

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1944/I/895

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1944

1945

|74,814

|316

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1945/I/969

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1945

1946

|73,727

|280

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1946/I/1548

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1946

1947

|45,303

|411

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1947/I/2495

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1947

1948

|42,719

|577

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1948/I/2521

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1948

1949

|40,548

|713

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1949/I/2104

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1949

1950

|43,402

|475

|https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1950/I/2366

|STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31 March 1950

2011

|1,052

|passengers/weekdayAuckland Transport Board Meeting (20 November 2012) Agenda Item 10(i) [http://www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz/about-us/board-members/Board-Meetings-Minutes/Documents/Board%20reports%20November%202012/agenda-item-10i.pdf "Rail Electrification Extension"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214103900/http://www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz/about-us/board-members/Board-Meetings-Minutes/Documents/Board%20reports%20November%202012/agenda-item-10i.pdf|date=14 December 2012}} p. 16

2019

|269,000

|https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/09/11/2019-rail-station-boardings/

= Pukekohe Racecourse =

Franklin Racecourse station, to the south of Pukekohe, was open from about 1921 to 1955. From 1938 there was a siding at Pukekohe Racecourse and the formation was built up to rail level for about {{Convert|750|ft||abbr=on}}, in place of a platform.File:Chart_of_Pukekohe_railway_station_ticket_sales_1881-1950.jpg

Services

Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Britomart. Since 3 February 2025, the basic weekday off-peak timetable is:{{cite web |title= Southern Line |url= https://at.govt.nz/media/omklle2r/auckland-transport-southern-line-train-timetable.pdf |publisher=Auckland Transport |accessdate= 3 February 2025}}

3 tph to Britomart, via Ellerslie and Newmarket

Bus routes 391, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398 and 399 serve Pukekohe Station.{{cite web |title= Southern Guide |url= https://at.govt.nz/media/e2epyf14/auckland-transport-southern-guide-map.pdf |publisher=Auckland Transport |accessdate= 17 November 2024}}

From 10 February 2025, Te Huia began to stop at Pukekohe Station.{{cite web |title=Pukekohe - Te Huia train |url=https://www.tehuiatrain.co.nz/stations/pukekohe/ |website=Te Huia |access-date=3 February 2025}}

Upgrade

In 2011, the Auckland Council agreed to fund an upgrade to the station, along with the construction of a Park and ride facility.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/OurAuckland/News/Pages/parknrideapriority.aspx|title=Park 'n' ride a priority|publisher=Auckland Council|date=25 May 2011|access-date=21 April 2012}} In 2014 Auckland Transport announced plans to upgrade Pukekohe station in two stages, with the first stage in 2015 to include a bus interchange and a Park and Ride. The upgrade also included replacement of the wooden sections of platform and a new footbridge and lifts.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Pukekohe Station project updates|url=https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/train-station-improvements/pukekohe-station/pukekohe-station-project-updates/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Auckland Transport|language=en-nz|archive-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413192644/https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/train-station-improvements/pukekohe-station/pukekohe-station-project-updates/}}

Auckland Transport also added a proposal to extend railway electrification to Pukekohe to its 10-year plan.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10807421|title=Push for electric to Pukekohe|author=Mathew Dearnaley|date=22 May 2012|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=24 May 2012|archive-date=20 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120154037/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10807421|url-status=live}}

Electrification of the rail line from Papakura to Pukekohe was announced in 2020; with the upgrade then planned to be completed by 2021 (see also New Zealand Upgrade Programme and Auckland railway electrification).{{cite web |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/franklin-county-news/119145943/pukekohe-electrification-ahead-but-questions-still-remain |title= Pukekohe electrification ahead but questions still remain |publisher= Stuff/Fairfax |date= 7 February 2020 |access-date= 7 July 2020 |archive-date= 7 July 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200707082235/https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/franklin-county-news/119145943/pukekohe-electrification-ahead-but-questions-still-remain |url-status= live }}{{cite web |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/franklin-county-news/103592560/electric-rail-link-will-connect-pukekohe-with-the-rest-of-auckland?rm=m |title= Electric rail link will connect Pukekohe with the rest of Auckland |publisher= Stuff/Fairfax |date= 9 May 2018 |access-date= 7 July 2020 |archive-date= 7 July 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200707052329/https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/franklin-county-news/103592560/electric-rail-link-will-connect-pukekohe-with-the-rest-of-auckland?rm=m |url-status=live}}

Electrification work is to commence in 2020 (with three new stations proposed on the route).{{cite web |url= https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/what-we-do/projects/auckland-metro-rail-programme/papakura-to-pukekohe-electrification/ |title= Auckland Metro: Papakura to Pukekohe electrification |publisher= KiwiRail |date= 2020 |access-date= 29 August 2020 |archive-date= 4 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200804171342/https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/what-we-do/projects/auckland-metro-rail-programme/papakura-to-pukekohe-electrification/ |url-status=live}}

To provide space for stabling trains, KiwiRail planned to remove, or demolish, the 1913 station building by November 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-21|title=Pukekohe's historical railway station building faces demolition|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124260935/pukekohes-historical-railway-station-building-faces-demolition|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Stuff |language=en|archive-date=21 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221025232/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124260935/pukekohes-historical-railway-station-building-faces-demolition|url-status=live}} A 2019 report said that relocating the station would be impractical and could cost almost $2.7m.{{Cite web|title=AT report says moving Pukekohe train station impractical and costly|url=https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2019/04/at-report-says-moving-pukekohe-train-station-impractical-and-costly/|access-date=2021-02-25|website=OurAuckland|language=en|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307172112/https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2019/04/at-report-says-moving-pukekohe-train-station-impractical-and-costly/|url-status=live}} It has been described as, "one of Pukekohe’s more important heritage buildings". In December 2021, it was announced that the station would be relocated to Matangi for preservation.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-09|title=Historical Auckland railway station saved by heritage building collector|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300475173/historical-auckland-railway-station-saved-by-heritage-building-collector|access-date=2021-12-24|website=Stuff |language=en|archive-date=24 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224124024/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300475173/historical-auckland-railway-station-saved-by-heritage-building-collector|url-status=live}}

On 13 August 2022, KiwiRail began redevelopment of Pukekohe station and the rail line to allow for Auckland Transport's electric trains to travel between Pukekohe and Papakura.{{Cite web|title=Pukekohe Station Closure|url=https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/service-announcements/pukekohe-station-closure/|publisher=Auckland Transport|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726080126/https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/service-announcements/pukekohe-station-closure/|url-status=live}} Services resumed from Pukekohe on 3 February 2025.{{cite web |date=3 February 2025 |title=Trains return to Pukekohe after two-year station closure |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/540681/trains-return-to-pukekohe-after-two-year-station-closure |publisher=RNZ |access-date=3 February 2025}}

=Bus station=

The $15.4 million upgrade, with a new park and ride area, improved bus station facilities and a pedestrian overbridge at the new integrated bus and train station, began construction in July 2017.{{cite web|title=Full steam ahead for Pukekohe Station|url=https://at.govt.nz/about-us/news-events/full-steam-ahead-for-pukekohe-station/|publisher=Auckland Transport|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129215038/https://at.govt.nz/about-us/news-events/full-steam-ahead-for-pukekohe-station/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Pukekohe Station project updates|url=https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/train-station-improvements/pukekohe-station/pukekohe-station-project-updates/|publisher=Auckland Transport|access-date=18 March 2018|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325023728/https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/train-station-improvements/pukekohe-station/pukekohe-station-project-updates/|url-status=live}} The 6-bay bus station opened on 6 June 2018.

References

External links

[https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/41075 1905 photo of station]

Category:Rail transport in the Auckland Region

Category:Buildings and structures in the Auckland Region

Category:Railway stations in New Zealand opened in 1875

Category:Franklin Local Board Area