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

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