Newmarket Station opened for use on 18 January 2010.
Newmarket is a dynamic, vibrant part of Auckland with a thriving retail and commercial heart. It is home to Auckland’s second busiest train station after Britomart.
Over the past five years, patronage on Auckland’s trains has increased by 97%, as ARTA, with its operator Veolia, has worked to improve timetables, frequency of services and reliability. ARTA and KiwiRail have redeveloped Newmarket Station to build on this growth and to give Aucklanders better public transport options by enabling more frequent and reliable train services.
Remuera Link Bridge
The Remuera Road Link Bridge connects the Remuera Road Entrance to the station concourse. Dramatic steel portals frame the bridge creating a sense of enclosure. Vertical glazed screens to both sides provide security and weather screening, while a full width solid roof provides additional shelter.
The 5 metre width of the link allows generous space for large numbers of pedestrians and a low level concrete barrier along the edges provides additional seating.
Bicycle racks are located the Remuera Road entrance.
Concourse
The concourse is an open, light and airy environment that is the focal space of the station. It directly addresses Station Square, and is adjoined to Remuera Road by the link bridge.
A ‘floating roof canopy’ with central skylight is supported by elegant tree-like columns and encloses the concourse area and parts of the platform level by high level louvers, glazed walls and skylights providing protection from the sun, wind and rain.
The concourse houses the ticket office and customer toilets. There are two sets of escalators, stairs and accessible lifts to serve each of the platforms below.
Platforms
Lower level roofing canopies extend over the platforms in-keeping with those over the main station concourse.
The glazed platform shelters and seating are arranged in an innovative ‘zig zag’ formation to maximise platform circulation.
Passenger information displays and emergency help points are located along each of the platform surfaces.
The station concourse has been designed to be as open and self ventilating as possible which has the benefit of not trapping and reverberating sound from the rail network. The ceiling panels are also perforated and have acoustic treatment behind them to reduce the noise from the station environment.
PA speakers within the concourse structure have been designed and selected to ensure that there is minimal noise spill to adjacent properties. At the platform level we have incorporated a greater number of small speakers throughout the length of the platform that also limit noise spill and, unlike the old station, remove the need for announcements from a single set of speakers across the entire station which exclude all other sound.
Redeveloped Newmarket Rail Station - Final Designs:
