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‘Milky Way’ Inspires CRL Station Design

Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:32 am | City Rail Link

Designs at all three stations reflect the Māori creation myth of Ranginui (the sky father) and Papatūānuku (the earth mother), and their son Tāne Mahuta, the god of the forest. More >>

CRL Tunnel ‘School’ For Auckland Test Train Officers

Friday, 23 August 2024, 10:52 am | City Rail Link

Auckland One Rail’s group of test train officers have been part of a brand new below-ground experience – preparing to operate trains safely through the City Rail Link (CRL) tunnels. More >>

Project Momentum Maintained As CRL Names New Chief

Friday, 12 July 2024, 8:25 am | City Rail Link

Patrick Brockie (Photo/Supplied) City Rail Link Ltd has named its Chief Financial Officer, Patrick Brockie, as the new Chief Executive to lead the country’s largest transport infrastructure project to completion. Mr Brockie, a chartered accountant, ... More >>

City Rail Link’s ‘Traffic Lights’ Now Connected

Monday, 1 July 2024, 1:53 pm | City Rail Link

The City Rail Link signalling systems, the traffic lights that control how and where trains operate safely, were successfully integrated with the wider rail network. More >>

Leadership Change At Auckland’s City Rail Link

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 11:03 am | City Rail Link

Dr Sweeney has resigned today from the City Rail Link (CRL) project to lead the MetroLink project in Ireland’s capital, Dublin. MetroLink’s construction costs are around four times greater than CRL’s and it is six times longer. More >>

Another Step Towards City Rail Link Opening

Monday, 24 June 2024, 12:49 pm | City Rail Link

New CRL signalling systems will be integrated with those already in operation, allowing trains to operate seamlessly and safely between the new tunnels and the existing network. More >>

CRL Set To Dazzle Tāmaki Makaurau Matariki Night Sky

Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 5:29 pm | City Rail Link

The City Rail Link (CRL) project is celebrating the arrival of Matariki with the simple flick of a switch tonight to pierce the long winter nights of Tāmaki Makaurau with walls of light. More >>

Essential Mercury Lane Works As CRL Prepares For The Future

Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 2:53 pm | City Rail Link

The initial closure starts next Monday, 15 April, at the southern end of the lane, from the southern corner of Cross Street / Mercury Lane, to just above the Wilson parking building entry / exit on Mercury Lane. This section of work is expected to ... More >>

CRL’s “Green Light” To Clear Temporary Station Building

Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 10:15 am | City Rail Link

Rail commuters returning to work from their well-earned summer break will notice a significant change around Waitematā (Britomart) Station this month: the start of work to remove the temporary building at the rear of the station on Commerce Street. ... More >>

Power On For CRL’s Steel And Concrete ‘Christmas Tree’

Thursday, 21 December 2023, 11:16 am | City Rail Link

Twenty-two thousand volts of mains power is now surging into City Rail Link’s Te Waihorotiu Station, marking a significant development towards the completion of New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project in November 2025. “Energising ... More >>

CRL all go amid the Ho! Ho! Ho!

Sunday, 17 December 2023, 2:13 pm | City Rail Link

17 December 2023 While Aucklanders switch to relax mode for the Christmas holidays, City Rail Link (CRL) will take advantage of a temporary closure of the city’s rail network for substantial work essential to help ensure the project remains on track ... More >>

Christmas Cheer For City Centre As CRL Transforms Victoria Street

Friday, 8 December 2023, 10:07 am | City Rail Link

Karakia rang out across the dawn sky in Tāmaki Makaurau’s city centre this morning as City Rail Link (CRL), the project’s delivery partner Link Alliance, and mana whenua marked the opening of new and improved public space around the Victoria and ... More >>

Spring In The Air As CRL “Branches Out”

Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:30 am | City Rail Link

There’s a timely spring in the step of the huge City Rail Link (CRL) project as it teams up with Auckland’s Uptown Business Association to celebrate the community’s Branch Out Spring Festival on Saturday, 7 October when Nikau Street will be closed ... More >>

One Down, One To Go – New Zealand’s Newest Railway In Place

Friday, 22 September 2023, 10:36 am | City Rail Link

The first of the two 3.45-kilometre-long tracks for Auckland’s newest railway line – the City Rail Link – has now been laid connecting, underground, Waitematā (Britomart) and Maungawhau Stations. “On a project bristling with huge achievements ... More >>

“Remarkable” City Rail Link Wins Trans-Tasman Praise

Thursday, 14 September 2023, 2:00 pm | City Rail Link

Auckland’s ambitious City Rail Link (CRL) project has been recognised by the rail industries on both sides of the Tasman for its “remarkable” efforts to protect the environment. CRL’s main contractor, Link Alliance, won the Australasian Rail ... More >>

“Re-shaping” Aotearoa Wins International Recognition For CRL Manager

Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 10:54 am | City Rail Link

A City Rail Link (CRL) manager - Berenize Peita (Kaiwhakahaere Hua a Hapori) – has won international recognition for her “profound efforts in reshaping how future infrastructure projects in New Zealand will unfold”. In Melbourne, the Australian-based ... More >>

Big community “thank you” marks end of complex CRL works programme

Sunday, 10 September 2023, 10:12 am | City Rail Link

10 September 2023 Auckland’s game changing City Rail Link starts two weeks of community celebrations tomorrow (Monday, 11 September) to mark the formal end of complex construction around the project’s Maungawhau station site on the North ... More >>

The Return Of Western Line Dual Tracks

Monday, 10 July 2023, 11:48 am | City Rail Link

Commuters between West Auckland and Newmarket will from today enjoy a quicker journey thanks to the return of dual tracks on the Western Line. The Western Line has been running on a single track through the Maungawhau Station worksite since mid-2020, ... More >>

End Of The Tunnel For Mining

Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 12:03 pm | City Rail Link

The City Rail Link project continues to chalk up milestones with the completion of mined tunnelling at Maungawhau Station in Mt Eden last week. The tunnelling crews successfully completed the final 99.5m mined tunnel section, known as the cavern, ... More >>

Second Tunnel Breakthrough At Karanga A Hape Station

Friday, 15 July 2022, 3:16 pm | City Rail Link

The City Rail Link has achieved another significant project milestone with the tunnel boring machine, Dame Whina Cooper, breaking through at Karanga a Hape Station today as it bores the final second tunnel toward Te Wai Horotiu (Aotea) in midtown. The ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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