Overview WAITEMATĀ STATION (BRITOMART)
WORKS
How to contact the Waitematā Station (Britomart) team
There is still work to be done to prepare Waitematā Station (Britomart) for when New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project – City Rail Link – opens in late 2024. Once complete, Waitematā Station (Britomart) will be transformed from a dead-end stop, into a two-way through station connecting downtown Auckland to Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden). The City Rail Link (CRL) includes the creation of two brand new stations, provisionally named Te Wai Horotiu Station (Aotea) and Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape), along the way. Most of the works will be underground in the station and will not affect neighbours at surface level. However, occasionally works will be required at street level – particularly in Tyler Street and Britomart Place. Works will be managed by CRL Ltd and delivered by Link Alliance and Martinus Rail, in partnership with Auckland Transport and KiwiRail. When we are finished, Auckland will be left with a world-class rail station.
If you have any questions or concerns about our works, please email the Waitematā Station (Britomart) team at info@cityraillink.govt.nz or phone us on 0800 CRL TALK (275 8255) and press option 1 for Waitematā Station (Britomart) work. Scan the QR code to sign up to the Waitematā Station (Britomart) Works newsletter. For more information visit our Waitematā Station (Britomart) Notifications webpage
*Official use of gifted City Rail Link station names, including Waitematā Station, is subject to a New Zealand Geographic Board decision. Visit our Meet Your Stations webpage to find out more about the naming process.
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Downtown Ferry Terminal
Commercial Bay
Shed 10, Queens Wharf
Waitematā Station Britomart Station’s (Britomart) Atrium on Atrium on Takutai entrances Takutai entrances
Historic Chief Post Office building
Takutai Square
Te Komititanga
Britomart Precinct
CITY RAIL LINK TUNNELS Provision for nine-car electric trains Continues underground to Mt Eden Station Continues underground to the redeveloped Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden) via the new the new Aotea Karangahape stations. CRLvia stations - Te Wai and Horotiu Station (Aotea) and Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape)
Existing platforms
Connects to the existing rail network
Not to scale – indicative only
Waitematā Station Britomart Station entrances (Britomart) entrances
TUNNEL FIT OUT WORKS
Waitematā Station (Britomart) Works
• Fit out works in the CRL tunnels running from Waitematā Station (Britomart) to lower Albert Street.
QUAY ST
• Concrete deliveries via Tyler Street into Station Plaza. • Construction will be complete as of December 2023.
EXISTING LINE
GALWAY ST
GALWAY ST
TAKUTAI SQUARE
WESTPAC BUILDING
GALWAY ST
WAITEMATĀ STATION (BRITOMART) WORKS
TUNNEL ROOF STRENGTHENING WORKS
• Reconfiguring and constructing underground equipment and ‘back of house’ facilities rooms
• Digging through street level to the tunnels below. • Required for tunnel roof strengthening and the relocation of a structural wall within the rail tunnel.
• Installation of a smoke curtain at the western end of Waitematā Station (Britomart) • Raising the station concourse to accommodate 9-carriage trains
• Physically located at Britomart west, on the corner of Scene Lane and Britomart Place.
• Currently underway and scheduled to be complete in April 2023
• Works are due to start in May 2022 and be complete by early 2023.
What we’ll do to minimise the impact of these works on you
Machinery you’ll see on the street
Noise & Vibration
Parking & Loading
Dust Control
• Minimising noisy machinery
• Maintain access to private off-street parking and loading for neighbours
• Maintaining machinery
• Proactive monitoring
Pedestrian Access
• Routine monitoring and visual inspections
Communication
• Maintain property and pedestrian access
• Regular updates including newsletters, works notifications and meetings
• Clear wayfinding signage
• Open communication with neighbours
Excavators are used to dig up earth and help with lifting heavy objects Mobile crane for lifting and moving heavy goods, machines and materials Concrete pump is used to transfer liquid concrete to a location on site Plate compactor flattens backfill ready to be concreted
M A RT PL
WAITEMATĀ STATION (BRITOMART)
TYLER ST
GORE ST
CHIEF POST OFFICE
COMMERCE ST
CRL LINE
TYLER ST
B R I TO
TYLER ST
SCENE LANE