Chief Post Office

Chief Post Office is a railway station in , which is located on Queen Street. Chief Post Office is situated nearby to the tourism office , as well as near the railway station .
  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Thursday: 5:00 AM—11:00 PM
    Friday: 5:00 AM—1:15 AM
    Saturday: 5:45 AM—1:15 AM
    Sunday: 5:45 AM—11:00 PM
  • Type: Railway station
  • Also known as: “Central Post Office”
  • Address: 12 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Waitematā and Achilles House.

Railway station
Photo: Paora, CC0.
railway station, formerly known as Britomart Station and before that as Britomart Transport Centre, is the only train station in the central business district of and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway line. is situated 200 metres east of Chief Post Office.

Historic building
Photo: CHCBOY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic building, which is situated 150 metres southeast of Chief Post Office.

Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic building, which is situated 190 metres east of Chief Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Auckland and Queens Wharf.

Photo: ronmacphotos, CC BY 2.0.
is the central business district and central suburbs of , located on the Auckland isthmus between the Waitemata and Manukau harbours.

Locality
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is a concrete wharf in , New Zealand, that continues off Queen Street. It opened in 1913, replacing the Queen Street Wharf, a succession of wooden wharves first built in 1852.

Neighborhood
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a former commercial wharf on the Auckland waterfront, in , , which has been redeveloped into a multi-story high-class mixed-use development and cruise ship terminal.

Chief Post Office

Latitude
-36.84409° or 36° 50′ 39″ south
Longitude
174.7674° or 174° 46′ 3″ east
Inception
1912
Levels
4
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
4VMP5Q48+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23904390
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Japanese—“Chief Post Office” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Hlavní pošta”
  • Japanese: “旧中央郵便局”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Customer Service Centre and The Glasshouse.

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