page_title: The Strand Station
section_title: Campus use
hierarchical_section_title: The Strand Station / History / Campus use
caption_attribution_description: English: The Strand Station (previously Auckland Station), Auckland New Zealand.
context_page_description: The Strand Station, also referred to as Auckland Strand Station, is a railway station located on the eastern edge of the Auckland CBD. It currently serves as the northern terminus of the Northern Explorer long-distance service between Auckland and Wellington, operated by The Great Journeys of New Zealand. Suburban services do not pass through the station, but it can serve as a backup for Britomart Transport Centre, the city's main railway station since 2003, during times of disruption.
  The Auckland Railway Station was opened in 1930 on Beach Road, replacing the previous railway terminus which was on the Queen Street site where Britomart now exists. The 1930 station was the third to serve as the rail terminus for Auckland, and remained the sole station serving the CBD until its closure in July 2003, when Britomart became the new terminus.
  The Strand Station uses some of the platforms that were retained when the Auckland Railway Station building closed. The original Platform 7 was retained for excursion use as 'The Strand Station', named after the nearby street.
context_section_description: In 1999, the station building was partly converted for use as student accommodation for Auckland University and named The Railway Campus. It was the largest of the university's residences, and had 426 bedrooms, in a total of 230 apartments. The residence was awarded four stars by Qualmark in the Student Accommodation category, which evaluated the facilities as well as the level of pastoral care and support for students, and was accredited by the New Zealand Association of Tertiary Education Accommodation Professionals.
  In 2007, major weather-tightness problems appeared. Tenants were required to leave while a multi-million dollar restoration programme was undertaken. The effect of the water leaks on the prices of the apartments in the complex was marked – while the high price in the early 1990s was $160,000, apartments sold for a nominal sale price as low as $12,800 (with most going around $20,000) as owners extricated themselves from the problem investment. In November 2008, the university announced that it would no longer be using the building for student accommodation, due to weathertightness issues and associated works. Values had by early 2010 recovered to an average sale price of $55,000.
caption: The abandoned platforms at The Strand in 2008.
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