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Parnell to Museum = Steep Walk
If you follow this blog you may have noticed some grumpy postings about the location currently proposed by Auckland Council for a railway station at Parnell. These include: Parnell Pet Project Politics, Parnell Station - Shakespearean Tragedy, Parnell Station - Poor Process Continues.
A big part of the justification cited for the location is that it affords easy access to the Museum, despite the fact the location is in the cleft of a steep gully. As this sequence of images illustrates. To the left is a walk many of you may have taken in the heart of Auckland. It's from Kitchener Street (top of Victoria), up a paved walkway and steps, to the flagpole on Albert Park. From A to B. You can check the physical elevations of these points using Google Earth. The elevation of A is 99 feet, while that of B is 131 feet, which indicates you climb 32 feet vertically in that walk. Which I know leaves people I know puffed taking this walk on the way to Maidment Theatre from the car park.
This aerial shows a walk I take quite a bit when I'm walking to University from the ferry. From Custom St East, up Emily Place, through Emily Park to the bottom of Princes Street, and then up to Waterloo Quadrant, and so on. The elevations are as follows: A is 39 feet, B is 69 feet, c is 97 feet, and D is 131 feet. I get a bit puffed doing this walk briskly - and I'm cycling fit. Do the math and you see that the vertical climb, from A to D is 92 feet.
This shows the proposed location for Parnell Station (Point A), and a possible route up to the Museum. As far as I know, no budget has yet been allocated for this path and/or steps. It needs to go through some native bush. The elevation of proposed Parnell Station is 62 feet. The elevation of Point B is 163 feet, of Point C is 191 feet, and a slight incline from there up to the museum at Point D at 200 feet.
The whole climb is 138 feet, and there is very steep climb out of the gully of more than 100 feet. This might be a walk in the park for some - but it does not constitute easy and convenient access to the museum. It certainly does not justify building a railway station at this location.
Parnell to Museum = Steep Walk
If you follow this blog you may have noticed some grumpy postings about the location currently proposed by Auckland Council for a railway station at Parnell. These include: Parnell Pet Project Politics, Parnell Station - Shakespearean Tragedy, Parnell Station - Poor Process Continues.
A big part of the justification cited for the location is that it affords easy access to the Museum, despite the fact the location is in the cleft of a steep gully. As this sequence of images illustrates. To the left is a walk many of you may have taken in the heart of Auckland. It's from Kitchener Street (top of Victoria), up a paved walkway and steps, to the flagpole on Albert Park. From A to B. You can check the physical elevations of these points using Google Earth. The elevation of A is 99 feet, while that of B is 131 feet, which indicates you climb 32 feet vertically in that walk. Which I know leaves people I know puffed taking this walk on the way to Maidment Theatre from the car park.
This aerial shows a walk I take quite a bit when I'm walking to University from the ferry. From Custom St East, up Emily Place, through Emily Park to the bottom of Princes Street, and then up to Waterloo Quadrant, and so on. The elevations are as follows: A is 39 feet, B is 69 feet, c is 97 feet, and D is 131 feet. I get a bit puffed doing this walk briskly - and I'm cycling fit. Do the math and you see that the vertical climb, from A to D is 92 feet.
This shows the proposed location for Parnell Station (Point A), and a possible route up to the Museum. As far as I know, no budget has yet been allocated for this path and/or steps. It needs to go through some native bush. The elevation of proposed Parnell Station is 62 feet. The elevation of Point B is 163 feet, of Point C is 191 feet, and a slight incline from there up to the museum at Point D at 200 feet.
The whole climb is 138 feet, and there is very steep climb out of the gully of more than 100 feet. This might be a walk in the park for some - but it does not constitute easy and convenient access to the museum. It certainly does not justify building a railway station at this location.
If you follow this blog you may have noticed some grumpy postings about the location currently proposed by Auckland Council for a railway station at Parnell. These include: Parnell Pet Project Politics, Parnell Station - Shakespearean Tragedy, Parnell Station - Poor Process Continues. 
This aerial shows a walk I take quite a bit when I'm walking to University from the ferry. From Custom St East, up Emily Place, through Emily Park to the bottom of Princes Street, and then up to Waterloo Quadrant, and so on. The elevations are as follows: A is 39 feet, B is 69 feet, c is 97 feet, and D is 131 feet. I get a bit puffed doing this walk briskly - and I'm cycling fit. Do the math and you see that the vertical climb, from A to D is 92 feet.
This shows the proposed location for Parnell Station (Point A), and a possible route up to the Museum. As far as I know, no budget has yet been allocated for this path and/or steps. It needs to go through some native bush. The elevation of proposed Parnell Station is 62 feet. The elevation of Point B is 163 feet, of Point C is 191 feet, and a slight incline from there up to the museum at Point D at 200 feet. 
2 comments:
And the re-located Grafton station provides a very nice flat walk through the Domain to the Mueseum.......
Not too much native bush to worry about here - more a mix of '80s native re-vegetation, old oaks, poplars and Chinese privet. There's an existing track, tarted up in the 1980s, and known to us locals as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Heads NW to Stanley St/Grafton Rd junction at a reasonable grade and SW to the Muse up a set of steps to a position just above the intersection of lower Domain Drive and Domain Drive. Provides an excellent cardio workout and is not without interest for its feral population. Safety can be a worry though.
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