Deep below Karangahape Rd, tunnelling has begun for a new station as part of the $4.4 billion City Rail Link. "We're making excellent progress and are looking forward to the main tunnel boring machine arriving in September from Mt Eden," says Jonathan Hill, the Link Alliance's Station Manager at Karangahape. The giant boring machine, Dame Whina Cooper, that will begin the main tunnel work in April. The CRL will have two underground stations - Karangahape and Aotea below Albert St in the city - as well as a new Mt Eden station above ground. When completed in 2024, the tunnels from Britomart to Mt Eden will be able to carry up to 54,000 commuters an hour to and from the CBD - twice the current capacity of the rail network.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 25, 2021 03:56 UTC