Britomart Transport Centre

• North Iceland Main Trunk Railway
• Auckland Newmarket- route

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The Britomart Transport Centre is a railway station and public transport hub in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. It was opened in July 2003.

As a reception building, the former main post office serves (English Chief Post Office ) on Queen Street. The railways were built new underground and extend east of the building. The train service is handled by five platforms. The station is designed as a railhead and is the northern terminus of the North Iceland Main Trunk Railway, a main route in the New Zealand rail network. She is also the starting point of the Auckland - Newmarket- line that connects the station with the North Auckland Line. The trains reach the station from the east via a 426 meter-long double-track tunnel developed.

All lines of the rail transport network of Auckland have to open up their base to the suburbs in the east, south and west of here. The only Schienenfernverkehrszug is the Overlander to Wellington. Many city bus lines have their origin here. Some stops are located on the Queen Elizabeth II Square, opposite the reception building. The terminal of the passenger ferries is within walking distance.

The station is part of the municipality. The rail infrastructure company Ontrack owns and operates the railway facilities.

History

The name is derived from Point Britomart Britomart, a former headland on the Waitemata Harbour on which the station was built. The headland was eroded in the wake of land reclamation. The measures were completed in 1883.

At the site of the station there was ever a central station of Auckland. On November 30, 1885, the station was inaugurated with a main building at the Galway Street on the south side of today's Britomart Transport Centre. Part of the railway property was later used for the main post office, which today serves as a reception building. The main post office was opened on November 20, 1912 and used as such until 1988.

In 1930 a new station on Beach Road Auckland was put into operation, replacing the nearby on Queen Street. The site of the old station was used from 1937 as a bus station and from 1958 also as a parking lot. Even when he was opening the station on Beach Road as far away from the city center.

In order to, inter alia, to improve public transport, the Britomart Transport Centre was built. Was included the old main post office, which stood empty since 1988. Construction began in October 2001 and cost 211 million NZ $. The completion of successes in July 2003. Auckland station on Beach Road was closed. A platform will continue to be used as a breakpoint The beach for special trips.