Britomart Transport Center
| Britomart Transport Center | |
|---|---|
 Reception building on Queen Street
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Terminus |
| Design | Tunnel station |
| Platform tracks | 5 |
| abbreviation | BTC |
| opening | July 2003 |
| Website URL | http://www.britomart.co.nz/ |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Mario Madayag and Jasmax (conversion) |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Auckland |
| region | Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36 ° 50 '39 " S , 174 ° 46' 3" O |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in New Zealand | |
The Britomart Transport Center is a train station and public transport hub in Auckland , New Zealand's largest city . It opened in July 2003.
The former Chief Post Office in Queen Street serves as the reception building . The railway systems were newly built underground and extend east of the building. Train traffic is handled via five platforms. The station is designed as a terminus and is the northern end point of the North Island Main Trunk Railway , a main line in the New Zealand railway network. It is also the starting point of the Newmarket route , which connects the station with the North Auckland Line . The trains reach the station from the east via a 426-meter-long, double-track tunnel.
All lines of the local rail passenger transport network of Auckland have their starting point here to develop the suburbs in the east, south and west. Many city bus routes have their origin here. Some stops are in Queen Elizabeth II Square opposite the reception building. The passenger ferry terminal is within walking distance.
The station belongs to the city administration. The rail transport and infrastructure company Kiwi Rail owns and operates the rail facilities.
Plans call for a new tunnel connection to the west, which will connect the station with the North Auckland Line at Mount Eden station. The so-called City Rail Link would improve the connection of the trains of the Western Line operating there to downtown Auckland and thus lead to shorter travel times. In addition, the capacity of the station will be increased from 20 to 48 trains per hour, since it will then be a through station . Two more stations Aotea and Karangahape Road are planned.
history
The name Britomart is derived from Point Britomart , a former headland in Waitemata Harbor , on which the train station was built. The headland was removed in the course of land reclamation measures. The measures ended in 1883.
In the place of the train station there was already a main train station in Auckland. On November 30, 1885, the station was inaugurated with a main building on Galway Street on the south side of what is now the Britomart Transport Center. Part of the railway area was later used for the main post office, which today serves as a reception building. The main post office opened on November 20, 1912 and was used as such until 1988.
In 1930, a new Auckland Railway Station was opened on Beach Road, replacing the one on Queen Street. The area of the old train station was used as a bus station from 1937 and as a parking lot from 1958. When it opened, the station on Beach Road was considered too far from the city center.
To u. a. To improve local public transport, the Britomart Transport Center was built. The old main post office, which had been empty since 1988, was included. Construction began in October 2001 and cost NZ $ 211 million . Completion took place in July 2003. The Auckland train station on Beach Road was closed. One platform is used as The Strand stop for the Northern Explorer long-distance train to Wellington and for special trips.
In 2011, New Zealand's largest green facade was inaugurated with the 120 m² Britomart East Complex Green Walls .
Web links
- Britomart . Auckland Transport,accessed August 8, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mathew Dearnaley: $ 1b loop tunnel plan to unlock Britomart . In: The New Zealand Herald . March 5, 2008, ISSN 1170-0777 ( archive [accessed January 3, 2010]).
- ↑ MAXX Auckland Regional Transport website. Retrieved January 3, 2010 .
- ^ Urban Design Case Studies . Ministry for the Environment , 2005, ISBN 0-478-18995-8 ( Online [PDF; 1.9 MB ; accessed on October 4, 2018]).
- ↑ City rail Link - website. In: Auckland Transport. Retrieved January 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Len Brown: Len Brown: Rail link a positive after missed opportunities. In: New Zealand Harald. January 21, 2016, accessed January 8, 2017 (Len Brown was Mayor of Auckland at the time).
- ↑ a b Chapter 1 - The Historic Land 1600-1959. In: Britomart website. Retrieved January 3, 2010 .
- ↑ Chapter 3 - Transforming the Waterfront 1995-1999. In: Britomart website. Retrieved January 3, 2010 .
- ^ Britomart East Complex Green Walls