Karanga-a-Hape | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location |
Karangahape Road,
Auckland New Zealand | ||||
Coordinates | 36°51′32″S 174°45′33″E / 36.8589513°S 174.7592431°E | ||||
Owned by | Auckland Transport | ||||
Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||
Line(s) | City Rail Link | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||
Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Website | City Rail Link | ||||
History | |||||
Opening | 2026 (planned) | ||||
Electrified | Yes (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.
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]
Karanga-a-Hape | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location |
Karangahape Road,
Auckland New Zealand | ||||
Coordinates | 36°51′32″S 174°45′33″E / 36.8589513°S 174.7592431°E | ||||
Owned by | Auckland Transport | ||||
Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||
Line(s) | City Rail Link | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||
Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Website | City Rail Link | ||||
History | |||||
Opening | 2026 (planned) | ||||
Electrified | Yes (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.
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]