page_title: Manukau Branch
hierarchical_section_title: Manukau Branch
caption_attribution_description: English: The west end of Manukau Station during a community open day on 14 April
context_page_description: The Manukau Branch is a 2.5 kilometres spur railway line off the North Island Main Trunk railway from Wiri to Manukau City Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the first fully new section of railway line constructed in Auckland since the Eastern Line in 1930. From Manukau, the branch connects to the NIMT in the north facing direction only.
  The estimated cost of the project was $50 million. Construction began in June 2008 with completion expected in late 2011. However, due to other work on the Auckland network taking priority, completion was re-scheduled for April 2012. Station works were reported essentially finished by October 2011, and the line opened on 15 April 2012.
context_section_description: The Manukau Branch is a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) spur railway line off the North Island Main Trunk railway from Wiri to Manukau City Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the first fully new section of railway line constructed in Auckland since the Eastern Line in 1930. From Manukau, the branch connects to the NIMT in the north facing direction only.
  The estimated cost of the project was $50 million. Construction began in June 2008 with completion expected in late 2011. However, due to other work on the Auckland network taking priority, completion was re-scheduled for April 2012. Station works were reported essentially finished by October 2011, and the line opened on 15 April 2012.
caption: The trenched approach to Manukau station, the terminus, seen from the west.
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