Back Canolfan Cludiant Britomart Welsh Britomart Transport Centre German ブリトマート駅 Japanese Station Waitematā Dutch Britomart Transport Centre Polish 懷特瑪塔車站 Chinese
Waitematā (Britomart) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Auckland Transport Urban rail | |||||||||||||||||||
 An EMU arrives at the newly electrified station, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Auckland CBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°50′40″S 174°46′10″E / 36.8445757°S 174.769433°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Auckland Transport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Line Southern Line Western Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform (P1) Side platform (P2) Island platform (P3 & P4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks |
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 11 metres (36 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | BMT / AKD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | City | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 7 July 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Britomart Transport Centre | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001 | Construction commenced | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Opened | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | City Rail Link works begin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Surface building renovation completed | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | CRL operational | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| CY 2018 | 10,224,759[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Designated | 11 July 1986[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Britomart Station, officially Waitematā railway station, and formerly known as Britomart Transport Centre, is the public transport hub in the central business district of Auckland and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway line. It combines a railway station in a former Edwardian post office, extended with expansive modernist architectural elements, with a bus interchange. It is at the foot of Queen Street, the main commercial thoroughfare of the CBD, with the main ferry terminal just across Quay Street.
The station was the result of many design iterations, some of them being substantially larger and including an underground bus terminal and a large underground car park. Political concerns and cost implications meant that those concepts did not proceed. At the time of its inception in the early 2000s the station was still Auckland's largest transport project ever, built to move rail access closer to the city's CBD and help boost Auckland's low usage of public transport. It is one of the few underground railway stations in the world designed for use by diesel trains,[3] although their use is now prohibited. Diesel trains from Hamilton and Wellington terminate at The Strand station.
A tunnel to the Western Line is under construction as part of the City Rail Link project. In March 2023, following a joint submission to the New Zealand Geographic Board by Auckland Transport and Auckland Council, the station was officially re-named to Waitematā railway station.
- ^ Auckland Transport (4 April 2019). "Boardings and Alightings All Stations for Calendar Year 2018". FYI.org.nz. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Chief Post Office". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (20 February 2007). "Smoke chaos at Britomart". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2011.