Panmure Interchange opening

The new Panmure station building, shortly before the official opening

18 January 2014

Crowds gather behind the Panmure station to hear speeches from dignitaries

18 January 2014

Looking down into the station from the new parallel road. A short link road runs above the station, with a new four lane road to run underneath it at rail level

18 January 2014

Panmure's new Newmarket-style station sign

18 January 2014

Auckland mayor Len Brown cuts the ribbon, officially opening the new Panmure interchange as Stage 1 of the AMETI

18 January 2014

Inside the new Panmure station. The building boasts similar facilities as other "feature" stations

18 January 2014

Looking along Platform 2, the southbound platform for trains towards Pukekohe and Manukau

18 January 2014

Looking up at the station building from the platforms

18 January 2014

South of the station, electrification works are still ongoing

18 January 2014

Plenty of shade and shelter is on offer at Panmure, with three bridges and the station building covering the platforms

18 January 2014

Looking over Panmure station from the north

18 January 2014

Train and bus timetables are both shown on screens above the ticket office, although neither use the interchange until the following Monday

18 January 2014

A feature of this new interchange is the fast bus/train transfers, with passengers hopping off buses and onto trains. This concept is taking off in Auckland, with other similar interchanges at Papakura and New Lynn, and Otahuhu and Manukau planned

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The bus platforms outside the station

18 January 2014

The platform numbering for buses continues on from the railway platform numbering; Platform 1 is for trains to Britomart, platform 2 for trains to Manukau and Pukekohe, and Platforms 3 and 4 are for buses

18 January 2014