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Henderson railway station

Henderson
Auckland Transport Urban rail
The station in 2023
General information
Location	Railside Avenue, Henderson, West Auckland
Coordinates	36°52′51″S 174°37′51″E / 36.88094°S 174.63091°E / -36.88094; 174.63091
Owned by	KiwiRail (track and platforms) Auckland Transport (buildings)
Line(s)	Western Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	Mainline (two)
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes (Lifts)
Other information
Fare zone	Waitakere
History
Opened	2 October 1880
Electrified	25 kV AC[1]
Passengers
2009	2,372 passengers/day
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport (Auckland One Rail) Following station Sunnyvale towards Waitematā Western Line Sturges Road towards Swanson

Henderson railway station is a major station on the Western Line of the Auckland railway networkinNew Zealand. It is located near the town centre of Henderson, the western administration offices of Auckland Council, and a major shopping centre, WestCity Waitakere.

The station was opened on 2 October 1880 for goods and on 21 December 1880 for all services including passengers.^[2]

Built as one of the stations for the railway line connecting Auckland with Helensville, that old station comprised two timber buildings and a long platform. In 1912 it was added another building with a post office and a canopy, and the platform was extended. Another reorganisation and extension of the station happened in 1925, although the previous layout was little modified.

It was functioning as both a railway station and post office until 1987. It reopened as a cafe in 1993, then a furniture store until 2000.

This old station was registered in 2004 by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 2 Historic Place.^[3]

A major upgrade of the station was completed on 24 October 2006. The new station opened on 2 November 2006, 125 years after the railway first reached Henderson. It has an island platform. Stairs and escalators, enclosed in transparent panels, connect to an overhead walkway that connects to the council's office buildings and to the adjacent Railside Avenue.^[4]

In 21 August 2010 a "Distributed Stabling Facility" was opened because locals objected to the proposal to open the facility at Ranui railway station. ARTA had proposed it as part of the upgrading of the network, to store up to 11 trains and to clean trains when out of service; with staff car parking and welfare facilities.

It was proposed that the station be renamed Waitakere Central when it was upgraded because it was integrated with the then Waitakere City Council's new Civic Building. There were objections that there would be confusion with Waitakere railway station, also on the Western Line. Due to opposition to the name change, the station has Waitakere Central only as a subtitle.^[5] In practice, the station is never referred to by the name but the council uses it to refer to its premises, directly above the platforms.^[6]

Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban train services between Swanson and Waitematā.

Bus routes 13, 14, 120, 135, 143, 145, 147, 152, 154, 162, 022 (Schools) and 050 (Schools) arrive and depart from the transport interchange on Railside Avenue.^[7]

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