on track

Papakura, Auckland

The recent redevelopment of the Papakura railway station involved the refurbishment and relocation of the existing wooden station building to the main Railway Street West to become the new public entry portal to the station and platforms.

The original station building built in 1922 housed the station master's office and waiting rooms and was typical of the period on the rail networks. It was designed by the then famous Railways' architect George Troup.

It had been altered over the years to suit changing needs and while remaining in its original location, the railway station and infrastructure development over the years had isolated the building on the central island platform. In its last incarnation it was used to house the operational railways staff and the historic manual track lever control system, which was only decommissioned in 2012.

Recently the building has been extensively refurbished and the original exterior features of the building have been retained including the original railway iron supports for the verandahs, complete with new decking along one side.

The interior now features an entry foyer with ticket office to one side and a mini museum to the other with the old track control levers and cabinets retained behind a glass screen as a heritage feature along with other railway memorabilia. A coffee kiosk, public amenities and staff office are also located at one end.

The building has been given a new exterior colour palette based on the discovered paint layers found on the old building during an in depth paint analysis. The exterior colours used are Resene Half Stack (sandy grey) for the weatherboards with Resene Ironside Grey (stormy grey) highlighting the railway steel supports, the architectural trim is picked out in Resene Spanish White (complex neutral) and Resene Nelson Red (colonial red) adds a colour punch for the doors topped by a new COLORSTEEL® Permanent Green roof.

Resene Hi-Glo waterborne gloss was used on the weatherboards and exterior timber complemented by Resene Enamacryl waterborne gloss used on the window joinery and steel supports. Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield provides anti-graffiti protection over the paintwork.

The interior colour palette is in a neutral tone of Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen (walls), Resene SpaceCote Flat (ceilings) and Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel (trims) tinted to Resene Half Thorndon Cream (green neutral) complemented by Resene Ceiling Paint, to highlight the timber floors and new floor tiling.

Now back in business the finished project cleverly provides for the needs of modern day customers while still being respectful of yesteryear.

Architectural Specifier: Jasmax
Main Contractor: Watts & Hughes
Painting Contractor: NTP
From the Resene News – issue 3/2013

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