Boston Road Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland Suburban Railway Network, near St Peter's College and Auckland Grammar School. The station is below State Highway 1, one of the busiest motorways in New Zealand. At the southern end of the station is the north western wall of Mt Eden Prison.
Until the station itself was double-tracked to Mt Eden in 2005, morning trains ran on the right through the loop and afternoon trains on the ...
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Boston Road Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland Suburban Railway Network, near St Peter's College and Auckland Grammar School. The station is below State Highway 1, one of the busiest motorways in New Zealand. At the southern end of the station is the north western wall of Mt Eden Prison.
Until the station itself was double-tracked to Mt Eden in 2005, morning trains ran on the right through the loop and afternoon trains on the left, avoiding the need for St Peter's and Grammar pupils to cross the line.
ONTRACK are currently (2008-2009) reconstructing two road bridges just to the east of the station to allow double-tracking in the section towards Newmarket Train Station, and to prepare for electrification. As part of the project, the train station is to shift several hundred meters to the northeast, between Park Road and Khyber Pass Road, where a new bus / train station is to be built. This station will be able to better serve the Central Connector and sites like the...
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