Maungawhau brochure

Maungawhau Station

THE JOURNEY TO COMPLETION

Future Highlights

When complete, Maungawhau Station will become a busy rail junction for passengers travelling to and from the city centre or connecting to other services. The station will remain a stop for the existing Western Line services and become a stop for the new train line through the City Rail Link (CRL) connection.

The redeveloped station building, architecturally designed to reflect its surroundings, will sit at the heart of the new station precinct. The station will be an accessible transport hub connected to Mt Eden Road and New North Road.

Significant changes have been made in and around the rail corridor near Maungawhau Station to integrate CRL with the existing rail infrastructure. New bridges for vehicles and/or pedestrians and cyclists have also been constructed.

Bridges with views of Maungawhau/Mt Eden have been constructed at Porters Avenue and Fenton Street, enabling pedestrians and cyclists to safely cross over the rail corridor towards

the new station. A new bridge replaces the previous rail level crossing for vehicles at Normanby Road, improving safety for all road users.

The completion of Maungawhau Station requires significant utilities and services to be moved, upgraded and future proofed. In conjunction with these utilities works, enhancements to the streets and public spaces around the station will occur. This urban realm programme for Maungawhau commenced early 2024.

The redeveloped station and transport connections will form the foundations for wider urban transformation of the area.

Design Elements

Since its inception, CRL has integrated te ao Māori (Māori worldview) values, stories and perspectives. The ongoing partnership with mana whenua is uniquely reflected in the station names and architectural designs. At Maungawhau, the station is named for the local maunga and the architecture is inspired by volcanic themes and the atua or deity of Tāmaki Makaurau’s volcanic field, Matāoho.

Ancestral atua (deities) Ranginui (Sky Father), and Papatūānuku (Earth Mother), are expressed in the Māori creation story that is depicted throughout the CRL stations. Four separate elements combine to tell the design story of the station building.

Sky Element

The sky element at Maungawhau Station is an interpretation of ‘the tears of Ranginui’ and is depicted by striking shingles which will be visible from mid 2024. This treatment on the upper facade allows for air intake and exhaust for the louvres sitting behind.

Earth Element

In reference to the basalt found in the Maungawhau area, the earth element is represented by the base of the station building itself, as well as the basalt waterwall.

People visiting the station will be greeted by a giant basalt waterwall at the entrance, referencing Matāoho, atua of the volcanic field in Tāmaki Makaurau.

This feature wall is made from concrete panels with triangular basalt inserts. 53 glass triangles are placed into the wall to represent Tāmaki Makaurau’s volcanic cones.

The waterwall will be complete by the end of 2024.

Threshold Element

The threshold is the physical point between the outside streetscape, and inside the station.

Fourth Element

The fourth element - Te Kore - ‘to the glimmer of dawn’, takes the form of black cladding and components, and is used as a joining element between earth, threshold and sky.

This can currently be seen on the station building and ventilation building.

More information about this design story can be found via the station building QR code on the previous page.

Urban Realm

Construction of the redeveloped Maungawhau Station and new City Rail Link connections will be complimented by finishing touches that make the area functional and attractive, in the form of urban realm.

The streets around Maungawhau Station will be upgraded to a high standard with basalt paving, wayfinding, street furniture, cycle parking and new planting, all contributing to a vibrant station precinct.

This includes streets in direct proximity to the station as well as those around the Western Line that have been reinstated around bridges, roundabouts, and utilities work. The full scope of this work is shown on the map below.

Urban realm work is undertaken in a staged manner with streetscapes around the Western Line completed first, followed by the streets surrounding the station.