City Rail Link construction

The former Normanby Road crossing is visible here as the start of a bridge to replace it starts to manifest

13 November 2021

AM 319 passes the vast trenching work on its way towards Newmarket and Britomart

13 November 2021

The temporary footbridge standing above the NAL and Normanby Road

13 November 2021

The temporary footbridge stands almost directly above the departure signal for Mt Eden station

13 November 2021

The roundabout on Boston Road does not connect Normanby Road across the tracks for now, however once the CRL is done Normanby Road will have a bridge across the four tracks

13 November 2021

From Nikau Street, the trench for the future North Island Main Trunk tracks into the CRL are clearly visible, as well as the bridge for Ruru Street connecting to the station concourse

13 November 2021

While over 450 metres from the nearest railway, Symonds Street still features some railway-related infrastructure. Monitoring prisms dotted along the route of the CRL are used to make sure that buildings at ground level are not disturbed by the TBM underground

13 November 2021

As New Zealand's deepest station with the TBM passing straight through, not a lot is visible on the surface at Karangahape station

13 November 2021

From East Street, the new cycleway passes the station, which would eventually give a cycling link to the rail network from this area

13 November 2021

A "pocket park" has appeared near the construction site for the Beresford Square entrance to Karangahape station. This space is available for the public to use

13 November 2021

Construction work for the Beresford Square entrance on Pitt Street

13 November 2021

Mayoral Drive has been closed from Vincent Street to Wellesley Street West for construction of the Aotea station

13 November 2021

On the corner of Wellesley Street West and Mayoral Drive, construction of the Aotea station is under way. This is also the area where the TBM will be lifted from the ground; once it arrives here, it will be trucked back to Mt Eden to dig the second tunnel

13 November 2021

Signage explaining what's happening behind the fences is in place at most CRL construction sites, including here at Aotea station

13 November 2021

Aotea station construction viewed from Wellesley Street West

13 November 2021

At the southern end of Albert Street, cut and cover tunnel work is in progress outside Crowne Plaza

13 November 2021

Cut and cover tunnel work on Albert Street, with access to nearly buildings maintained

13 November 2021

The edge of CRL works on Victoria Street West sit right outside the Sky Tower. Aotea station is a block from here, giving the tourist attraction convenient rail access

13 November 2021

Cut and cover tunnel works on this part of Albert Street meant temporarily removing a bluestone wall from the area, the oldest piece of road construction in the city. The wall was removed and pieces labelled so the wall could be reassembled a few metres further east once the tunnel is completed

13 November 2021

Now that the first contract for the CRL has been completed, the northern section of Albert Street has been resurfaced and returned to normality. There's little indication that rail tunnels now run underneath the street

13 November 2021

Underneath the bus interchange on Albert Street, the rail tunnels curve towards Britomart

13 November 2021

As part of the Commercial Bay development, tunnels for the CRL were threaded underneath through its foundations. Additionally, this walkway in the development is open 24/7 for public access, giving a link between Albert Street and Britomart Transport Centre, the end of the CRL

13 November 2021

Now that the CRL work is done on the Chief Post Office, the exterior renovation works are in full swing, this time carried out by Auckland Transport

13 November 2021

Viewed from the Porters Ave crossing, new track for the Down Main has been laid across the former crossing, through the Mt Eden station site

4 December 2021