Fruitvale Road railway station
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Fruitvale Road | |||||||||||
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Auckland Transport Urban rail | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kelston, Auckland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°54′39″S 174°40′02″E / 36.9107°S 174.6671°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Western Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | Mainline (2) | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 28 September 1953 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV installed[1] | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2009 | 808 passengers/day | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Fruitvale Road railway station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. It is near local schools, including two major high schools.
The station was opened on 28 September 1953.[2]
In 2006–2007, the station was closed over summer to be upgraded, and lengthened for 6-car trains.[3]
The station is known as the final confirmed place of missing French teenager Eloi Rolland, who went missing from Piha on 7 March 2020.
Station name
It is named after a nearby road. The road is not very well known, thus new passengers will most likely have no idea which suburb this station serves. It has been proposed to rename it 'Kelston' since it is in that suburb. It is quite close to Kelston Shopping Centre, Kelston Girls' College and Kelston Deaf Education Centre.
See also
References
- ^ "Auckland Electrifcation Map" (PDF). KiwiRail. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (21 December 2006). "No holiday from detours, closures on roads and rail". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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