Traffic congestion costs Auckland’s economy $1.3 billion dollars a year^[1]. The time it takes commuters to travel to work, stuck in traffic on all sides of the city, is also precious time that should be spent with family and friends. Auckland’s need for more reliable and faster public transport options is crucial to its growth and maintaining a high standard of living.

With the vision of making Auckland the world’s most liveable city, the Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) project will unlock the city and provide more public transport options to ease congestion. In 2013, Aurecon was appointed by CRL Ltd to lead the consortium of engineers and architects in the role of Principal Technical Advisor to oversee the reference design.

Commemorated by a Kaumātua (Maori Tribal Elders) blessing on a worksite in central Auckland in December 2015, preliminary work on New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project began in 2016.

Creating a transport future for Auckland

The impact that the 3.4 km underground rail line will have on the future of transport in Auckland is not to be underestimated. Unlocking the rail network will also enable ongoing developments to ameliorate the city’s heavily congested roads.

Aurecon delivered an improved design that would reduce the number of new stations needed with the same desired outcome of linking the city’s rail network together. The modified design will provide a more direct connection for commuters within the city, including a vital connection between Britomart Station and the North Auckland Line at Mount Eden Station. Commuters on the West Auckland line will save as much as 15 minutes of their travel time into the centre of Auckland CBD.

Quicker journeys also provide a whole new level of connectivity for the areas lying on the outskirts of the project. The city is already seeing some of these areas being revitalised with new housing and development projects underway in anticipation of the improved transport connections.

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