Karanga-a-Hape railway station

Railway station in New Zealand

36°51′32″S 174°45′33″E / 36.8589513°S 174.7592431°E / -36.8589513; 174.7592431Owned byAuckland TransportOperated byAuckland One RailLine(s)City Rail LinkPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundAccessibleYesOther informationWebsiteCity Rail LinkHistoryOpening2026 (planned)ElectrifiedYes (from opening)
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Karanga-a-Hape railway station is an underground railway station under construction in Auckland, New Zealand. It is scheduled to open in 2026 as part of the City Rail Link project.[1] It will serve the Karangahape Road area with entrances on Beresford Square and Mercury Lane.[2][3][4] When it opens, Karanga-a-hape will be the deepest train station in New Zealand,[5] reaching 33 metres down[6] and featuring 150 metre long platforms. Auckland Council estimates up to 1,400 people an hour will use the station at peak times.

History

Proposals for a link between downtown Auckland and central suburb train routes have been around since the 1920s, but the first proposal involving a station on Karangahape Road came in 2003.[7] Auckland Council proposed an underground line running between Britomart and Maungawhau-Mount Eden station, including three new stations at Aotea Square, Karangahape Road, and the top of Symonds Street.

Demolition work for the Mercury Lane site began on 4 November 2019, taking out the prominent Mercury Plaza foodcourt and some surrounding buildings. Tunneling from Mount Eden station to Karanga-a-hape station began on 26 April 2022, with the Dame Whina Cooper Herrenknecht TBM breaking through on 15 July.[8]

In March 2023, the station was officially renamed from Karangahape station to Karanga-a-Hape station, after the four City Rail Link stations were gifted te reo Maori names by the project's Mana Whenua Forum.[9]

In November 2023, Auckland Transport announced it would be pedestrianising the upper portion of Mercury Lane in order to improve accessibility.[10]

References

  1. ^ Orsman, Bernard (23 May 2023). "City Rail Link won't open until 2026 at the earliest". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ Karangahape Archived 23 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine City Rail Link
  3. ^ Rail is coming uptown to Karangahape Road Archived 7 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine City Rail Link
  4. ^ "City Rail Link deadline not guaranteed - project boss". Radio New Zealand. 4 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Mining starts on country's deepest railway station". City Rail Link. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ Lowrie, Matt (26 October 2022). "A visit to Karanga-a-hape". Greater Auckland. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Underground rail link feasible, says study". NZ Herald. 8 December 2023. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ^ Journal, Tunnelling (15 July 2022). "CRL's second Tunnel breakthrough at Karanga a Hape Station". The Tunnelling Journal. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ^ Harris, Sophie (16 March 2023). "Britomart officially renamed along with three other Tāmaki Makaurau railway stations". Stuff. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. ^ Transport, Auckland. "Karanga-a-Hape Station neighbourhood and bus improvements project". Auckland Transport. Retrieved 6 December 2023.[permanent dead link]


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