Papakura Redevelopment

A poster advertises a Papakura station redevelopment information day at Papakura station

23 October 2011

DC 4283 on a ballast train at Papakura during a weekend block of line

5 November 2011

DL 9129 leads train 183 wrong line through Papakura

5 November 2011

Train 183 passes workers beginning enabling works for the redevelopment of Papakura station

5 November 2011

The planned new layout for Papakura north of the bridge. Red lines indicate new track or existing track to be reused

5 November 2011

North of Papakura station not a lot is happening, although a third crossover had appeared during a past weekend shutdown

29 December 2011

DC 4104 rests at Papakura's stabling yard

29 December 2011

South of the station it's full on. A third crossover is being installed for redevelopment works, specifically to allow the tracks to be realigned

29 December 2011

Two workers work on an existing crossover

29 December 2011

A short length of old rail sits next to a pile of ballast ready to be laid

29 December 2011

Trains won't be running any time soon: lengths of rail on both tracks have been removed to install a crossover

29 December 2011

A truck sits on the grass as a signal (somewhat redundantly) shows red over red

29 December 2011

In addition to the three existing crossovers, a fourth crossover has begun to be installed north of Papakura

1 February 2012

A new backshunt is being constructed at the south end of Papakura station as part of the first stage of redevelopment

3 April 2012

DC 4565 on the head of a ballast train at Papakura. The train had dumped ballast for the realigned Down main

9 April 2012

The ballast train sits on the new Down main at Papakura. Note the north end of the stabling yard now connects directly to the mainline instead of via the east loop

9 April 2012

Workers stand off to one side as DL 9193 waits for permission to enter the work site. Here, the two new crossovers have been completed and the original crossovers being reconfigured. Note too the relocated signal near the DL

9 April 2012

DC 4594 at the other end of the ballast train, just visible under the road bridge

9 April 2012

The relocated signal, which now sits above the O'shannessey St curve, is just visible among the trees

9 April 2012

SD 5626 leads a morning service into Papakura Platform 3, during the platform's last day of operations

1 June 2012

Later that afternoon, ADL 804 looks over the to-be-decommissioned Papakura sidings

1 June 2012

Ballast tamper ETM 499 sits at Papakura with ballast regulator ETM 458

1 June 2012

DC 4922 stands by Papakura's station building the day before closure

1 June 2012

DFB 7303 leads train 227 past Papakura's station building

1 June 2012