Parnell Tunnel

The Parnell Tunnel is a railway tunnel under Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. It is 344.5 metres long, and is on the Newmarket Line. The tunnel allows the South City Line coming from Newmarket Train Station to Waitematā to pass under the Parnell Ridge before dropping to harbour level.

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Auckland War Memorial Museum and Kinder House.

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Museum

Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum, CC BY 2.0.

The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Auckland War Memorial Museum is situated 320 metres west of Parnell Tunnel.

Kinder House

Historic building

Photo: Philipp.governale, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kinder House is a historic house on Ayr Street, in the suburb of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. Kinder House is situated 120 metres east of Parnell Tunnel.

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Church

Photo: Gadfium, Public domain.

Holy Trinity Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral situated in Parnell, a residential suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the 'mother church' of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland and the seat of the Bishop of Auckland. Holy Trinity Cathedral is situated 300 metres northeast of Parnell Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parnell and Newmarket.

Parnell

Suburb

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Parnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's most affluent suburbs, consistently ranked within the top three wealthiest, and is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841.

Newmarket

Suburb

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Newmarket is a central Auckland suburb. Newmarket was originally an independent borough from 1885 to 1989, when it was abolished. Newmarket was established as a livestock market since the 1850s and grew to become a retail and commercial centre for Auckland, with the main road Broadway being the focal point of this activity.

Carlaw Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Gadfium, Public domain.

Carlaw Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It neighboured the Auckland Domain's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1930s, though this fell to around 17,000 by the time the ground was closed in 2002.

Parnell Tunnel

Type: Tunnel
Description: railway Tunnel In Auckland, New Zealand
Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.86157° or 36° 51′ 42″ south

Longitude

174.78121° or 174° 46′ 52″ east

Inception

1915

Open location code

4VMP4QQJ+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 930590109

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

Wikidata ID

Q7139325

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In Other Languages

“Parnell Tunnel” goes by many names.

Japanese: “パーネルトンネル”

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Highlights include Claybrook and Parnell Lawn Tennis Club.

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