à ÂrÃÂkei railway station in the Auckland suburb of Remuera is located on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand. Eastern Line services of the Auckland railway network are the only services that regularly stop at the station. It has an island platform layout and can be reached by an overbridge from à ÂrÃÂkei Road. It is backed by a car-park and a shopping complex.
The station was originally constructed, along with five others, in 1929 on the route of the Westfield Deviation, which was being built to divert the AucklandâÂÂWestfield section of the North Island Main Trunk line (NIMT) via a flatter, faster eastern route to link up with the original NIMT tracks at Westfield Junction.
The site, from the new Auckland station and from Westfield, was levelled in 1925, requiring 300,000 cart loads to be removed. J W Bambury Ltd built the flag station of wood, with a tiled roof.ÃÂ In 1953 2 railway houses were built. The station burnt down on 27 May 1972, leaving only parts of the walls and verandah. It was replaced by a temporary shed. By 1989 it had a concrete block shelter shed and a platform long and high 250 mm.'
The station was temporarily closed between March 2023 and January 2024 due to Stage 2 of the Rail Network Rebuild. The Eastern Line was temporarily closed between à ÂtÃÂhuhu and Britomart for major track renewal work and prepared the Eastern Line for the opening of the City Rail Link. During this time, a rail bus replacement was used instead of running trains.
From 2016 warehouses beside the station were converted for use as shops and a cinema, after a 2008 plan by the Redwood development group, for several skyscraper apartment buildings, green space and waterfront access, had been defeated. A plan limited to six stories was then discussed. It would have retained public access and amenities, and provided a covered train station.
Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services between Britomart and Manukau via this station. The basic weekday off-peak timetable is:
Bus route 781 serves à ÂrÃÂkei station.