Western Line, Later On

SD 3199 at Platform 4 at Newmarket on a Western Line service

5 March 2010

DC 4922 at Swanson

5 March 2010

The new overbridge at Swanson station

5 March 2010

The level crossing at Swanson that the bridge replaced

5 March 2010

SD 3199 arrives at Swanson after going to Waitakere and back

5 March 2010

SD 3199 at New Lynn's new trench station

5 March 2010

DC 4922 pushing the same train

5 March 2010

Overview of New Lyn station, with trackless Platform 2 blocked off

5 March 2010

The site of the temporary New Lynn station is now station-less and trackless, as the track has now moved into the trench

5 March 2010

The busy roundabout once notorious for the railway running through it is now an intersection with a disused railway running through it (the tracks now run underneath the road)

5 March 2010

The partially ripped up track on one side of the crossing

5 March 2010

The road crossing, with the temporary track suddenly stopping at the edge of the road

5 March 2010

The trench exit with the operational track through it, plus the temporary wall track mostly ripped up

5 March 2010

The second crossing to be eliminated by the trench, with the temporary track in the same situation as the other crossing, i.e. ripped up on each side of the crossing

5 March 2010

The ripped up track, with the operational track in the trench in the background

5 March 2010

One crossing that won't be eliminated by the trench. This crossing will be lowered by about a metre to the level of the new track, and will retain its crossing

5 March 2010

I had no idea that ONTRACK had a contract with Valve :)

5 March 2010

DC 4951 heading up out of the trench

5 March 2010

DC 4254 at the New Lynn trench station

5 March 2010

DC 4951 about to leave with one of the Kingsland-bound special trains for the Australia vs. Black Caps cricket match, with an ADL in the foreground

6 March 2010

ADC 859 arriving at Britomart from the Eastern Line

6 March 2010