There is step-free pedestrian and cycle access from Nicholls Lane to Parnell Station via the Carlow Park Student Village and Lower Domain Drive pathway. This route is approximately 310 meters. The entrance to the path can be found at:

Carlaw Park Student Village,
19/26 Nicholls Lane,
Parnell, Auckland 1010

Pedestrian entrance between modern buildings, with a paved walkway leading slightly uphill and a leafless tree in the centre. Handrails line an accessible ramp on the right side.Entrance to Lower Domain Drive pathway from Nicholls Lane.

Go straight ahead through to the end of Carlaw Park Student Village. Turn left onto the Lower Domain Drive pathway.

Entrance to a grassy area with open black metal gates. A paved pathway leads left or right beyond the gate and signpost with multiple directional arrows stands in the centre.Entrance to Lower Domain Drive pathway from Carlaw Park Student Village. 

Signs direct you to Parnell Station.

A gently sloping wooden pathway curves through a grassy embankment. Urban buildings are in the distance, and a directional signpost is in the foreground. Lower Domain Drive pathway. 

Follow the pathway through the underpass to the left. There are 9 steps or ramp access to the underpass.

A pedestrian underpass entrance with stairs and an accessible ramp runs beneath a railway line, bordered by railings and planted greenery.Entrance to underpass from Nicholls Lane approach.

Turn right out of the underpass. There are 5 steps or ramp access. Signs direct you to Platform 2.

View from inside a concrete pedestrian underpass looking out toward daylight, with stairs and an accessible ramp around a planted central island. Directional signage and tactile paving mark the pathways ahead.Exit from underpass, headed towards Parnell station building, Platform 2.

The station building is at the top of the ramp directly ahead.

A wide concrete ramp with handrails leads uphill from an underpass toward a station building, with tactile paving at the base. Directional signs and planted areas line the pathway.Ramp towards Parnell station building from underpass.