City Rail Link construction

Digging into the ballast, ETM 622 gets to work slowly tamping the crossover

1 June 2020

As part of the Queen's Birthday Weekend closure, the level crossing at Porters Ave was closed to cars, although will remain open for foot traffic

1 June 2020

The surface of Porters Ave is ripped up before the crossing reopens to foot traffic. This road is now closed permanently, with a new overbridge being installed for pedestrians here

1 June 2020

A new, temporary set of alarms has been installed for the pedestrian crossing that remains

1 June 2020

To provide a temporary pedestrian crossing alarm, the existing road alarms were rotated to face the footpath and the barrier arms removed. As a new bridge is going in here, the new pedestrian crossing alarms are temporary

1 June 2020

A worker grinds a track joint that was once under a layer of asphalt

1 June 2020

An overview of the pedestrian crossing at Porters Ave

1 June 2020

Mt Eden station closes from 11 July 2020 until the opening of the City Rail Link in 2024

1 June 2020

A concept image of the new Karangahape Road station is on display on a fence blocking the site

1 June 2020

Although not much to see besides bare land, there is some activity at the future Karangahape Road station site

1 June 2020

Early works for the Karangahape Road station site

1 June 2020

The station is situated across the road from the Lightpath, providing a walking and cycling route to Nelson Street

1 June 2020

The new crossover in place just west of Grafton station. This enables single line running from here to Kingsland during the City Rail Link construction

8 August 2020

Over the Normanby Road crossing, the Up Main is being lifted. All trains will use the Down main for three weeks, before switching to the Up main for the remainder of the construction

8 August 2020

The Up main across Normanby Road being lifted to make way for City Rail Link construction

8 August 2020

Through the Mt Eden area, the Down Main has been removed and all trains run on the Up Main. This is to allow space for construction at Mt Eden

3 October 2020

AM 129 passes the closed Mt Eden station, with the old Britomart-bound platform filled in

3 October 2020

Just to the north of Mt Eden station, the tunnel portal is taking shape. This will be the launch site of the tunnel boring machine

3 October 2020

Looking along the former Down Main formation from Normanby Road crossing

3 October 2020

Looking back towards Grafton along the newly single track

3 October 2020

The new end of the Down Main, just past the new crossovers

3 October 2020

On a service from Swanson to Britomart, AM 661 passes through the single track section

3 October 2020

Rolling around the corner towards Grafton, AM 661 is about to return to the Down Main

3 October 2020

City Rail Link held an open day called "Boring Day Out", to showcase their new tunnel boring machine. Here, people have their tickets checked as they enter the site

6 December 2020

As the complete machine was not yet assembled, a model of the entire machine was on display. Seen here is the rear of the machine

6 December 2020

The middle section of the model TBM

6 December 2020

At the back of the machine, spoil from the tunnel is loaded onto trucks

6 December 2020

At the front of the model, the TBM cutting head is replicated in miniature

6 December 2020

Outside, the full 7.15 metre high cutting head was on display, with the public able to get a close up view of the massive machine. The TBM has been named "Whina" in honour of Dame Whina Cooper, who spent her life fighting for Māori land rights

6 December 2020

A close up of the cutting head

6 December 2020

Behind the cutting head, spoil is pumped out and through the entire 130 long machine to be ejected out the back

6 December 2020

The TBM cutting head sitting on a stand on display

6 December 2020

Looking from the viewing platform, the tunnel portal can be seen. The first 50 metres of the tunnel will be mined out before the TBM is launched, with a junction eventually sited within the tunnel itself

6 December 2020

Looking the other way, the remains of a building in the area can be seen. In the background, a temporary wooden fence runs along the old Mt Eden platform and the remaining Up Main

6 December 2020

Sections of the TBM under wraps yet to be assembled

6 December 2020

The wooden fence protecting the Up Main from construction starts at Porters Ave. On the left, construction activity for the City Rail Link portal; on the right, the Up Main and Mt Eden platform

6 December 2020

Looking the other way, the remains of the Down Main lie in the remains of Porters Ave

6 December 2020

The single track section through Mt Eden, with most of the remnants of the Down Main now gone

20 March 2021

Tunnel portal works next to the Mt Eden station site, with the TBM being assembled in the hole

20 March 2021

The TBM can just be seen here being assembled in the tunnel portal

20 March 2021

AM 116 passes under a temporary footbridge under construction, although currently in use by utilities

20 March 2021

Earlier in the month, the Chirf Post Offuce building at Britomart reopened to the public after strengthing work was completed for the City Rail Link. As part of this, the ticket gates were moved to the top level, returning the platform concourse to a wide open space

25 April 2021

At the top of the new metro-grade escalators, the relocated ticket gates sit between the supports of the building

25 April 2021

Retail stores are now back inside the CPO, including Britomart Florist and Starbucks

25 April 2021

The large display for departing trains has also been relocated from the temporary entrance into the CPO

25 April 2021

The tunnel underneath Queen Street is now sealed off and no longer accessible

25 April 2021

The three different buildings for Britomart; the Chief Post Office opened in 1912, the rear glass entrance opened in 2003, and the temporary entrance in use from 2017 to 2021

25 April 2021

From the new Te Komititanga public space on a pedestrianised Queen Street, scaffolding is going up around the CPO. Now that the CRL works are complete on the building, Auckland Transport is giving the building a facelift

25 April 2021