The station is the westernmost and northernmost point of the city's electrified network. It became the terminus of the Western Line in July 2015, when urban train services to Waitakere station ceased because the Waitakere-Swanson section of track was not electrified. A bus shuttle service operates between Waitakere and Swanson stations.[2]
The current station building was relocated from Avondale railway station following an upgrade there.
1925: Signal box destroyed by fire following a lightning strike.
1970: Signal box was removed.
1972: Closed to goods.
1972: Buildings replaced by a platform shelter (on opposite side to present station).
1995: Avondale railway station building was relocated here, now Swanson Station Cafe. The Avondale station had been planned for demolition due to its poor state, however after hearing this, Waitakere Community Board members Dave Harré and Penny Hulse lobbied New Zealand Rail to save and refurbish the building.[4]
2000: New platform on the east side of the tracks.
2008: New platform on the west side of the tracks; the east side platform will be re-established to provide platforms on each side of the new double track.
2011: Electrification works started.
2014: Electrification works completed, and station energised.[1]
Footpath leading to a carpark. Photo faces east and is taken from platform 1.
The platforms as well as tracks leading into the station. Photo faces east.
^Adam, Jack; Burgess, Vivien; Ellis, Dawn (2004). Rugged Determination: Historical Window on Swanson 1854-2004. Swanson Residents and Ratepayers Association Inc. p. 63. ISBN0-476-00544-2.
