The City Rail Link (CRL) is New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project ever.

• Twin 3.45km rail tunnels up to 42m underground between Waitematā Station and Maungawhau Stations

• Two new underground stations -midtown Te Waihorotiu and Karanga-a-Hape with entrances at Mercury Lane and Beresford Square

• Waitematā Station redeveloped into a two-way through station

• Maungawhau Station redeveloped to include the new CRL line and a modern station building

• Wider rail network improvements including The Strand, Ōtāhuhu Henderson and Newmarket

• Provision for longer nine-car electric trains

• More people friendly spaces around the city.

CRL is added to AT’s rail network. City Rail Link Limited has now completed project delivery. Responsibility for opening and operations has transitioned to

• Auckland Transport (AT) – CRL stations

• KiwiRail – CRL tunnels

Our new CRL Stations

Te Waihorotiu

Entrances at both Wellesley and Victoria Streets, midtown

Karanga-a-Hape

Entrances at Mercury Lane and Beresford Square

Maungawhau

Auckland Transport explains what it takes to open the CRL

https://at.govt.nz/projects-initiatives/city-centre-projects-and-initiatives/city-rail-link-auckland-s-new-network-in-2026/what-it-takes-to-open-the-city-rail-link

Follow CRL at the Auckland Transport website and on their socials

Auckland Transport has dedicated CRL pages - go here and you can also follow them on their social channels- Facebook and Instagram

AT’s latest map

This was our first test train through our tunnels.

A test train made its first trip through the full length of our City Rail Link tunnels in February 2025.

The 3.45-kilometre-long inaugural journey ran south from Waitematā Station under central Auckland past the new underground stations at Te Waihorotiu and Karanga-a-Hape to Maungawhau Station on the Western/North Auckland Line.

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