City Rail Link Upper Albert Street tunnel
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About the project
The City Rail Link (CRL) is New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project ever and a game-changer for Auckland.
The CRL is a 3.45km twin-tunnel underground rail link up to 42 metres below the Auckland city centre. It will transform the downtown Britomart Transport Centre into a two-way through-station that better connects the Auckland rail network and will enable the rail network to at least double rail capacity.
CRL will extend the existing rail line underground through Britomart to Albert Street, Vincent Street and Pitt Street. The railway will then cross beneath Karangahape Road and the Central Motorway Junction to Symonds Street, rising to join the western line at Eden Terrace.
Two new stations with underground platforms will be built at Albert Street (entrances on Victoria and Wellesley Streets) and Karangahape Road (entrances Mercury Lane and Beresford Square) and Mt Eden Station is being redeveloped to include the new CRL line and a modern station building. Wider rail network improvements are also being done at The Strand, Otahuhu, Henderson and Newmarket.
What’s involved
Underground rail tunnels along upper Albert Street will connect the new mid-town Aotea Station, underground between Victoria and Wellesley Sts, to Karangahape Rd and Mt Eden.
Construction on the foundations of the new Aotea station is expected to start before the middle of 2020.
We have removed the canopies from buildings located on Albert Street between Victoria and Wellesley Streets in preparation for the equipment needed to begin this work.
Dates
The CRL is currently under construction and due to be finished in 2024.
Further Information
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