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Drury
Main entrance to Drury railway station
General information
LocationDrury, Auckland
New Zealand
Coordinates37°06′14″S 174°57′07″E / 37.104°S 174.952°E / -37.104; 174.952
SystemAuckland Transport Urban rail
Owned byKiwiRail
Operated byAuckland One Rail
LineNorth Island Main Trunk
PlatformsSide platforms (P1 & P2)
TracksMainline (2)
Construction
ParkingYes
Cycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes (Lifts)
Other information
Fare zoneSouthern Manukau
History
Opened2 August 2026
Electrified2024[1]
Key dates
1875First station opened
1918Moved
1972First station closed
Services
Preceding station Auckland Transport
(Auckland One Rail)		 Following station
Papakura
towards Waitematā
 Southern Line Paerātā
towards Pukekohe
Former services
Preceding station KiwiRail Following station
Opaheke
Line open, station closed
towards Waitematā
 North Island Main Trunk Runciman
Line open, station closed
towards Wellington
Track layout
Legend
 to Papakura
Waihoehoe Road
1
2
State Highway 1 NZ.svg SH 1
Southern
Motorway
to Ngākōroa
This diagram:
Location
Map
1: First site 1874–1918, 2: Second site 1918–1972, 3: Current site 2026–

Drury railway station is a railway station in Auckland, New Zealand. It serves the Drury area in south Auckland. The station is located on the existing North Island Main Trunk railway line, south of Waihoehoe Road, between Flanagan Rd and Great South Rd.[2]

Between 1874 and 1972, it was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand. It was a stop for southern services on the Auckland railway network.[3][4]

History

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Early in 1862 the Provincial Council Superintendent brought to the consideration of members a project for a railway connecting Auckland with Drury. After much debate and discussion it was agreed that surveys should be completed for a proposed line of railway from Auckland to Drury.[5] The first survey for the Auckland to Drury Railway was undertaken in 1862.[6] The Auckland and Drury Railway Act 1863 was passed on 14 December 1863[5] "to enable the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland to construct a Railway between the Towns of Auckland and Drury with a Branch to Onehunga in the said Province."[7]

Construction of the railway began in February 1865.[5] By 1874 the main line had reached Drury.[8] In October 1874 excursion trains ran between Penrose Junction and Drury.[9]

First site

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Drury railway station, 1905
Map
Approximate route of The Drury Coal Company's railway.[8]

The first Drury railway station was opened on 20 May 1875[10] as a 'fourth class' station. Regular passenger services began on 20 May 1875 with two trains per day each way; these left Auckland and Mercer respectively at 7.15am and 4.40pm and passed each other at Drury.[11]

In 1905 the Drury Coal Company opened a coal mine in Drury. A narrow gauge steam powered railway was built from the mine, terminating at Drury station. This roughly followed the route of an older wooden horse-drawn tramway which was used to transport coal from the Waihoihoi Coal Mining Company's mine (ca 1859–1864) to a wharf near the mouth of Slippery Creek. Availability of fuel and clay led to the opening of a pottery and brickworks near the mine in 1906. The railway was upgraded to a wider gauge and connected to the main line in 1908. The venture was not a financial success, with the company being liquidated and reformed several times. Following the decline, this railway was closed in 1921.[8]: 15 [12]

Second site

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Drury railway station, 1962. Excerpt from oblique aerial photo.

On 8 December 1918, the existing station was replaced by a new Drury station building on a new site which also replaced the Runciman railway station.[13]

The Main Trunk Express train from Auckland to Wellington was derailed at Drury station on 11 August 1922. The engine and two postal vans left the rails just as the train entered the station.[14][15]

On 21 May 1972, the station was closed.[10] The building is burned down the following year.[16]

Current site

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As part of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme, the Sixth Labour Government announced $371 million in funding towards the electrification of track from Papakura to Pukekohe, and a separate $247 million towards the construction of two new stations in Drury Central and Drury West.[citation needed] Planning consent was granted for the Drury Central station in February 2022.[17]

In May 2022, KiwiRail and Auckland Transport announced a proposed name for the station, gifted by mana whenua.[18] The placeholder name 'Drury Central' was replaced by 'Maketuu', paying tribute to the traditional name of the Maketuu stream, as well as the historic name of Te Maketuu Pā, which are both located nearby.[19] In August 2022, the New Zealand Geographic Board recommended the name 'Drury', saying the name 'Maketuu' had little association with the local area and may be confusing. Public consultations on the name change ran until early November that year, with iwi expressing strong dislike of the decision. The Board's recommended name was approved by the Land Information Minister in March 2023.[20]

Construction of the new station began in December 2024.[21] Rail Minister Winston Peters and Transport Minister Chris Bishop officially opened the Drury and Paerātā stations during a ceremony held at Drury on 1 August 2026.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "City Rail Link's 'traffic lights' now connected". KiwiRail. July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Southern station locations announced". KiwiRail. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ↑ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  4. ↑ Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  5. 1 2 3 Ball, Anne Stewart (2009). The Auckland to Drury Railway (Report).
  6. ↑ Lawn, C.A., The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand, [t/s, Wellington: New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, 1977], Part II, ch. 10
  7. ↑ "Auckland and Drury Railway Act 1863 (Local) (27 Victoriae 1863 No 2)". New Zealand Legal Information Institute – nzlii.org. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Brassey, Robert (December 2017). The Drury Industrial Tramway (PDF) (Report). Auckland Council.
  9. ↑ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5". New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 4026, 7 October 1874, Page 1. 7 October 1874. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  10. 1 2 Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Manukau's Journey: 20 May 1875". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
  12. ↑ "Manukau's Journey: 29 July 1905". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
  13. ↑ "Manukau's Journey: 9 December 1918". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
  14. ↑ "Main Trunk train sensation: Drury Station". Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 17 August 1922, p.38. 17 August 1922. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Engine Derailed at Drury". Auckland Star. Vol. LIII, no. 190. 12 August 1922. p. 7.
  16. ↑ "Manukau's Journey: 21 May 1972". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
  17. ↑ "Approval For Two Stations In Southern Auckland". Scoop. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  18. ↑ Auckland Transport [@AklTransport] (19 May 2022). "Today Kiwirail and AT are announcing the proposed names for the three new stations to be constructed between Papakura & Pukekohe. – Maketuu, – Ngaakooroa – Paeraataa. We are honoured to have been gifted these names by Mana Whenua, which restore the original Māori place names" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ Auckland Transport [@AklTransport] (19 May 2022). "Maketuu Station (for Drury Central) - The name Maketuu gives tribute to the traditional name for the Maketuu stream and the historic name's sake of the ancient Te Maketuu Pā (The Pratts Road Historic Reserve) all located within the area" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "Proposals considered by the Board on 26 July 2022 for Paeraataa Railway Station, Ngaakooroa Railway Station, Maketuu Railway Station" (PDF). LINZ. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  21. ↑ KiwiRail (February 2026). "Drury Rail Stations project FAQs" (PDF). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  22. ↑ "Drury, Paerātā railway stations open with peak services every 10 minutes". 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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