NEW STATION ON PAPAKURA LlNE.—Considerable progress has been made with the preliminary formation and concrete work in connection with the new Mahia railway station, which is being erected between Manurewa and Takanini. The present activity is the outcome of lengthy negotiations between the Railway Department and a number of settlers in the locality. An agreement was reached whereby two of the latter, Messrs. Lee and Ferguson, donated free of cost an area of about one and a-half acres of land, and together with other property-owners in the vicinity, jointly subscribed a sum of £600 in cash. The area occupied by these settlers approximates 1000 acres. It is anticipated that the work will be completed in about a month, although the station will probably be in- use before the time bas elapsed. The buildings will not be very pretentious, but the 400 feet of platform will be considerably longer than in the case of the majority of station* of 'a similar type. A unique feature attaching to this particular instance of railway development is the fact that Mahia will be the nineteenth station on this suburban line, Auckland to Papakura inclusive, a distance of nineteen miles; and three chains. While these frequent stops are at present particularly irksome to the travelling public, the ultimate duplication of the'line will greatly facilitate quick passenger transport, and these delays will be minimised. Provision has been Tmade for Mahia to be an " island" station when this further development takes place. Puhinui, Homai, Mahia and Tironui are ' all comparatively recent additions to the string of small wayside stops, and are an indication of the rapid expansion of Auckland's southern suburbs.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 164, 13 July 1926, Page 10

NEW STATION ON PAPAKURA LlNE.—Considerable progress has been made with the preliminary formation and concrete work in connection with the new Mahia railway station, which is being erected between Manurewa and Takanini. The present activity is the outcome of lengthy negotiations between the Railway Department and a number of settlers in the locality. An agreement was reached whereby two of the latter, Messrs. Lee and Ferguson, donated free of cost an area of about one and a-half acres of land, and together with other property-owners in the vicinity, jointly subscribed a sum of £600 in cash. The area occupied by these settlers approximates 1000 acres. It is anticipated that the work will be completed in about a month, although the station will probably be in- use before the time bas elapsed. The buildings will not be very pretentious, but the 400 feet of platform will be considerably longer than in the case of the majority of station* of 'a similar type. A unique feature attaching to this particular instance of railway development is the fact that Mahia will be the nineteenth station on this suburban line, Auckland to Papakura inclusive, a distance of nineteen miles; and three chains. While these frequent stops are at present particularly irksome to the travelling public, the ultimate duplication of the'line will greatly facilitate quick passenger transport, and these delays will be minimised. Provision has been Tmade for Mahia to be an " island" station when this further development takes place. Puhinui, Homai, Mahia and Tironui are ' all comparatively recent additions to the string of small wayside stops, and are an indication of the rapid expansion of Auckland's southern suburbs.