Third Main

At Puhinui, new tracks have appeared on both future platforms, with the third main on the other side using one platform and the track pictured using the other. AM 877 stops at Puhinui on a service to Papakura next to the new track, which is to be used as a backshunt from Wiri depot in the interim

11 April 2023

North of Puhinui, new track has been laid to connect with the existing track laid past the platforms. The existing track is currently used as a backshunt from Wiri depot, while the third main is under construction

11 April 2023

At Papatoetoe, new track has been laid next to the park and ride. Evident on the gantry above is infrastructure for electrification, suggesting that this track could one day be used for express and other non-stop services

16 April 2023

The new third track extends northwards from the Papatoetoe platform towards Middlemore

16 April 2023

A gap currently exists in the track underneath the footbridge, before new track appears again passing underneath Station Road

16 April 2023

Papatoetoe station, soon to have three operational tracks passing by

16 April 2023

The current end of the rails near the Papatoetoe station footbridge

16 April 2023

AM 580 runs a Southern Line service towards Papakura stopping at Papatoetoe, with AM 225 on the Up Main heading for Otahuhu

16 April 2023

Departing Papatoetoe past the new tracks, AM 580 continutes its journey south to Papakura. In the distance Puhinui Interchange can be seen, where four tracks now run through the station area

16 April 2023