Archive for: Rail Trench

Pics: Manukau Rail Today

Pics: Manukau Rail Today

Here is how Manukau’s rail link development with its rail trench is looking today. It’s about a year away from opening. You can see how it will end up...

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How Manukau Will Look

How Manukau Will Look

Like New Lynn, the new Manukau rail link will nicely marry bus and train into a transport interchange that is still lacking at Britomart. The Manukau railway train...

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Inside Manukau’s Rail Trench

Inside Manukau’s Rail Trench

Here are some close-up photos of Manukau’s rail trench. The line is exactly one year away from opening. As I reported a few days ago, contractors have finished...

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Manukau Ahead Of Schedule

Manukau Ahead Of Schedule

Drought-like autumn conditions enabled KiwiRail to finish excavation of the Manukau rail trench well ahead of schedule. Contractors have finished the excavation...

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Video: Manukau Trench

Video: Manukau Trench

Manukau’s rail trench, a Big Brother of New Lynn’s trench, is moving forward fast. Here’s my video showing what it looks like today: And here...

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Latest Photos: New Lynn Trench

Latest Photos: New Lynn Trench

Work on finishing the new New Lynn train station, rail trench and second track is a month ahead of schedule. Work continues underground at New Lynn station Currently...

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Digging Manukau’s Rail Trench

Digging Manukau’s Rail Trench

Manukau’s rail trench is starting to take shape. Diggers are starting to remove earth from what will be a 300m-long trench housing an island platform and the new...

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First Signs Of Manukau Rail Link Trench  –  Photos

First Signs Of Manukau Rail Link Trench - Photos

Around Lambie Drive, the first visible signs of the rail trench that forms a key part of the Manukau rail link development. It looks very familiar to those of...

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New Lynn Train Station About To Move Underground

New Lynn Train Station About To Move Underground

An exciting development this coming weekend  for New Lynn’s new transport hub, opening about September From today week, a temporary station will be in place...

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The New New Lynn Transport Hub Emerges – Latest Photos

The New New Lynn Transport Hub Emerges - Latest Photos

Shelters are now emerging as part of the new New Lynn transport hub being built in the city and due to open in September. It’s an exciting project because...

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More New Lynn Photos

More New Lynn Photos

Here are some more photos of the latest look at New Lynn’s train station development. TODAY’S NEW LYNN PHOTOS CONTINUE Station to move underground Transport...

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New Lynn Transport Centre On Track For September

New Lynn Transport Centre On Track For September

It’s all quiet at New Lynn’s rail development at the moment while progress is made on the other rail projects around Auckland. But things are on course...

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Big Dig In Full Swing In New Lynn Today

Big Dig In Full Swing In New Lynn Today

Buses replacing trains this long weekend, enables the big dig to be in full swing in New Lynn as the last quarter of the work for the rail trench gets done. The...

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New Kiwi Icon: New Lynn Rail Trench Pottery

New Kiwi Icon: New Lynn Rail Trench Pottery

Artists collect the free rail trench clay Watch out at Christmas for a potential new Kiwi icon - a one-off batch of New Lynn rail trench pottery! Today, dozens...

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New Lynn Work Ahead of Schedule – Trains In March

New Lynn Work Ahead of Schedule - Trains In March

The New Lynn train trench project is running ahead of schedule. Excavation and construction of the bridges are going so well, there is now an expectation trains...

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The Government Loves Rail

The Government Loves Rail

How wrong we were. The Government is right behind rail public transport and fully supportive of Auckland’s rail development. Eh?! Did the press get accurate...

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New Lynn Rail Trench Project Ahead Of Schedule

New Lynn Rail Trench Project Ahead Of Schedule

Good to see one Auckland rail project boasting it’s ahead of schedule. New Lynn’s rail trench is ahead, seen here at the corner of Clark St and Hetana...

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New Lynn Rail Development: What They’re Doing This Weekend

New Lynn Rail Development: What They’re Doing This Weekend

Western line services are disrupted today and will be for some Sundays to come with buses replacing services between Avondale and New Lynn. Avondale work continues Besides...

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Busy Weekend on New Lynn Rail Trench Work

Busy Weekend on New Lynn Rail Trench Work

Buses replaced trains on the Western line during the weekend to enable progress to be made on the New Lynn trench project. It’s a project that is visually...

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Milestone reached in New Lynn rail trench project

Milestone reached in New Lynn rail trench project

While people have been focused on the debate about what will happen to yet-to-be finished Auckland rail projects now the petrol tax funding has been axed, a milestone...

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Major works unfinished? No, it’s time to sort out this mess

Major works unfinished? No, it’s time to sort out this mess

As work continues on New Lynn’s rail trench development and a new Newmarket railway station hub, worrying media reports suggest these may be in jeopardy and...

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Rail trench gets deeper this weekend

Rail trench gets deeper this weekend

DEEP: New Lynn's rail trench work takes shape HOT: No beach for these workers There’s a lot of work to be done yet. There’s no long weekend for...

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New Lynn underground rail trench an enormous job

New Lynn underground rail trench an enormous job

As western line trains resume service, the challenging work on the New Lynn rail trench project is starting to show what’s involved. There's a new temporary...

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