Stuff reports : Auckland Mayor Len Brown says a report on a proposed $2 billion rail tunnel through central Auckland shows the business case for it is “compelling”. The tunnel, which would link Britomart with Mt Eden station and create an inner-city rail loop, was one of Mr Brown’s primary […]
CBD tunnel
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Josh Arbury has done a post on Len Brown’s rail plans. It includes a picture of the underground rail loop and it got me thinking about the optimal way to utilise the new tunnel for the Western, Southern and Eastern Lines. Imagine a Southern line commuter getting on at Greenlane […]
There have been a couple of stories this week in the Herald. The first one talks about Transport Minister Steven Joyce claiming there is a “funding gap” for rail operational costs. The second is a response from Auckland Councillor Mike Lee claiming Steven Joyce is trying to stymie Mayor Brown’s […]
Graeme Easte sums up the rail funding issue for Auckland in a letter to the Herald last Thursday: Len Brown is being attacked for seeking billions from the Government to fund major rail projects for Auckland. But this is a category mistake: the real issue is not about seeking substantial […]
Auckland City Harbour News reports: Investigations into a city rail link between Mt Eden and Britomart show it could have one of the steepest rail gradients in the country. Last week Auckland Regional Transport Authority strategic transport planning manager Matthew Rednall presented an update to Auckland City Council’s transport committee. […]
The New Zealand Herald has reproduced an article by super city mayoral hopeful John Banks on transport in Auckland, essentially rebuking former North Shore Mayor George Wood’s suggestion that rail may not be the way forward: Quite simply, New Zealand needs Auckland to work, and for that to happen, it […]
The New Zealand Herald reports Transport Minister Steven Joyce is “worried” that the Super City mayoral contenders – John Banks and Len Brown – are too ambitious for further investment in rail beyond the $1 billion electrification project: Transport Minister Steven Joyce is trying to dampen early hopes for airport […]