Papakura Redevelopment

DFB 7186 and DC 4352 lead train 230 through the station

1 June 2012

DFB 7010 pauses at Papakura en route to Pukekohe. Trains to Pukekohe will be more frequent over the next few months as the lack of sidings at Papakura will mean trains need to run empty to Pukekohe just to get off the platform

1 June 2012

Papakura's soon-to-be-lifted yard. The yard will disappear and become the new station's Platforms 1 and 2

1 June 2012

DCP 4818 and DC 4093 wait at Papakura, with what is now bare land beside the former yard

8 June 2012

DC 4093 departs Papakura

8 June 2012

ADK 682 stops en route to Pukekohe as DCP 4818 prepares to depart

8 June 2012

DL 9072 leads a freight train through Papakura station, shortly before passing ADL 807 waiting in the backshunt

12 June 2012

DC 4939 stables in the yard at Papakura, while DC 4369 pauses between services

2 July 2012

ADK 688 passes platform works for the future Platforms 1 and 2

2 July 2012

DC 4444 takes a break at Papakura between duties

4 July 2012

Work continues on constructing two new platforms for Papakura station as ADL 807 carries on with services

4 July 2012

DFB 7200 stands next to the cut-back station building at Papakura

18 July 2012

DC 4732 prepares to depart as DL 9204 waits at Platform 2 with train MP6

7 August 2012

DCP 4818 stands at Papakura station next to the former site of the Papakura station building, which was moved across the tracks during the weekend

13 August 2012

DFT 7051 and DL 9106 lead a long, but nearly empty, freight train past the demolished wooden platforms at Papakura

2 September 2012

On the first day of operations for the new Platform 3, passengers board a waiting train bound for Britomart

19 November 2012

The current track layout at the north end of the station

19 November 2012

The dock platform is currently off limits

19 November 2012

DC 4369 on the new Platform 3, and DC 4536 on the existing Platform 1

19 November 2012

The old Papakura signalling equipment is now on display. Note the temporary alterations on the right-hand side, made when the tracks connecting to the stabling yard were reconfigured

19 November 2012

SD 5762 prepares to depart the new Platform 3

19 November 2012