City Rail Link Ltd

Meet Hao Ding, a testing and commissioning engineer. Before we can let the first train into the tunnels, we need to make sure the tracks and tunnels are ready for this. Before you can use CRL, we are carrying out a huge programme of testing in conjunction with our partners. This is to ensure all the new systems are working together and are seamlessly integrated into Auckland’s existing rail network. #rail #railways #railwaysystems #engineers #engineering #infrastructure #tunnels #tunneling #tunnelling

As floor tiling continues at City Rail Link stations, so to does installation of customer infrastructure. At our new midtown Te Waihorotiu Station, take a look at this shiny new bench, just installed on the passenger platform. While trains are expected to pass through frequently, there are plenty of places on the platform to pause and catch a breath. Can I offer you a seat? #rail #railway #railwaystation #auckland

For the last few years, Link Alliance has hosted the country’s largest outdoor ‘walk-able’ art gallery. Hundreds of metres of hoardings, used to safely contain our construction sites were transformed into large scale artworks, mostly by artists also residing near the construction sites. As we edge closer to the final phase of station building construction, these art hoardings are coming down and planning is now underway to ensure that, if condition and circumstance allows, many of these much-loved artworks may enjoy a life beyond the construction site. Watch this space! The CRL is well underway with urban realm. Scrim (mesh looking) panels showcasing local businesses and the benefits of the CRL will adorn fences where hoardings have been removed and work has transitioned form civils work to utilities and urban realm. Of course, even though building construction is coming to an end, there’s lots to do as, before you can use CRL, we need to carry out a huge programme of testing in conjunction with our partners. #rail #railway #art #auckland #streetscapes #hoardings

We received some questions about how traction power and overhead line equipment (OLE) work after our update on commissioning an OLE switchroom. Your curiosity is appreciated!   Traction power is the 25kV electricity that powers trains on the rail network. It’s delivered through OLE – which is the electrical hardware connected to the top of the CRL tunnels or sits on masts in the wider network.   As trains move along the tracks, a pantograph (an apparatus mounted on top of the train) presses against the OLE’s contact wire, drawing power to the train's electric motors, converting it into mechanical energy to propel the trains forward along the tracks.   Some 14 kilometres of overhead line equipment (which carries traction power) has been installed along the CRL’s twin tunnels and along the section of Western Line/North Auckland Line rebuilt by the CRL project.   Traction power supply was enabled from both ends of the CRL project (close to Waitematā and Maungawhau stations) earlier in 2024 – this connected the tunnels to electricity sources for Auckland’s wider rail network.   A lot of work with Link Alliance and KiwiRail has gone on to ensure that OLE is installed and traction power is commissioned and will work as intended.  #rail #railwaysystems #auckland #railwaysystems

The end is in sight…for the country’s longest escalator! With some of the scaffolding removed, we’re starting to get a clear view along our 40-metre escalator at Karanga-a-Hape Station’s Beresford Square entrance. The first image shows the view from the second underground level, with the second image showing the view from platform level, 33-metres under Pitt Street. The third image shows one of two glass lift shafts at Beresford Square with some glass panels having been installed. This lift goes from street level – just inside the station entrance building – to the second underground level, where tickets can be purchased. The other lift, at the eastern end of the station beneath Pitt Street, then takes passengers from down to platform level. But while this is happening, there’s a lot more to go. Before you can use CRL, we need to carry out a huge programme of testing in conjunction with our partners. This is to ensure all the new systems are working together and are seamlessly integrated into Auckland’s existing rail network. #rail #railway #escalators #construction #building #infrastructure #railwaystation #auckland

We get excited about things! Today, it’s about powering up the OHLE. That is what carries traction power to move trains inside the CRL tunnels. It stands for overhead line equipment and the switch room at the eastern end of Waitematā Station (Britomart) has now been commissioned. This is a big deal for the CRL because it's the project's first station OHLE switch room to be energised, and is a welcome addition to Auckland's rail infrastructure, enabling isolation of traction power at Waitematā Station (Britomart)'s platforms. There's still some work to do to commission the remaining switch rooms, however the entirety of the OHLE along the 3.45km twin tunnels has been installed. A very short section of OHLE at Waitematā Station (Britomart) will be installed right before we connect the tunnels' OHLE to that of Auckland's network. Special thanks to the Link Alliance and KiwiRail teams working over the weekend. There’s a lot more to go. Once CRL is constructed, we need to test everything before it can open in 2026. Before you can use CRL, we need to carry out a huge programme of testing in conjunction with our partners. This is to ensure all the new systems are working together and are seamlessly integrated into Auckland’s existing rail network. #rail #railsystems #railways #electricity #railwaystation #auckland #downtownauckland #britomart

We're full steam ahead with preparations for enabling the first train through the tunnel. KiwiRail Auckland Council Auckland Transport Auckland One Rail Link Alliance #rail #railway #tunnels #tunneling #tunnelling

Above ground the stations are really coming to life. But there's still a lot to do before the CRL opens in 2026. Take a look. #rail #railway Auckland Council Auckland Transport KiwiRail Auckland One Rail

Art Week is coming this week from 4 October until 13 October and there’s something special happening on Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath, some of you may know as the pink cycleway near Spaghetti Junction. Artist Shannon Novak and iion have created an innovative artwork, commissioned by Auckland Council called Random Acts. It will shine in movement, colour and light from 7.30pm to 6.30am every day during Art Week. Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson says the programmed lights will respond positively to people as they pass by. “This is a much-loved pathway and I’m pleased to see it included in Art Week.” Art Week is delivered by Heart of the City and proudly supported by Auckland Council and the city centre targeted rate. There are over 70 pop up exhibitions, events, music, galleries, art and light installations, free art walks, artist talks, workshops and more. Full programme at https://lnkd.in/gc6Q22TK

You are now arriving at...our new midtown Auckland Te Waihorotiu Station. 20 of these aluminum signs are being installed on the platforms – ten on the northbound side and ten on the southbound. #railwaystation #rail #signs