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Kia ora ,
This month the station marked several important fit-out milestones. These include the installation of all seven of the station's skylight glazing and delivery of the final station ventilation fan. We also started installing concourse glass balustrades, plastering the crossbeams, and concourse floor terrazzo tiling. Above-ground, we completed several areas of streetscape reinstatements and re-opened these up to the public.
Also this month, Minister of Transport Simeon Brown and Deputy Mayor of Auckland Desley Simpson visited the City Rail Link project, to see our progress first-hand.
As always, to contact us here at Te Waihorotiu Station you can email aotea@linkalliance.co.nz or call 0800 CRL TALK (0800 275 8255 and press option 3) to speak to us.
Kind regards
The Te Waihorotiu Station team
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Your new streets are taking shape
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Here you can see the Victoria Street ramp entrance on the left, a new bidirectional cycle lane in the middle, and the new road (Victoria Street) on the far right. The station's ramp entrance is expected to be one of the busiest train station entrances in New Zealand (see digital render below).
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We continue streetscape reinstatement work across multiple areas. Take a look below to see where we are working next month. Of particular note, the single southbound traffic lane along Albert Street between Victoria and Wellesley will shift over to the western side of the street – access to properties is unchanged.
We have also now commenced new kerb and footpath construction on the south-east corner of the Wyndham/Albert intersection. A temporary one-way diversion on Wyndham Street is in place, to enable these works to be completed safely. Access to all properties is maintained, and Wilson Parking carparks in the area remain open. Next month we expect to shift kerb and footpath construction to the south-west corner of the intersection - please follow detours in place during these reinstatement works.
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Click on the map to view a full-sized version.
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Another milestone reached this month with ultra-thick glazing now fully installed across the station’s seven skylights, representing the Matariki constellation. Each skylight glass panel is around 50mm thick and carefully transported and placed into their above-ground concrete casing and frame. Once completed with connecting garden beds, they will act as a median strip along Albert Street while also letting natural light into the underground station.
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Faces of Te Waihorotiu Station
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Hundreds of us come to work each day at Te Waihorotiu Station and we all have a story to tell. Each month we aim to profile some of our crew. This month we turn the spotlight on Liam Pattinson, Senior Site Supervisor - Streetscapes.
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Community and business support
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Karaoke on the CRL at the Midtown Street Party
Pop into our Te Pūkaki Public Info Centre (cnr Federal & Victoria Sts) during next month's Midtown Street Party. We are putting on a spread of nibbles and drinks from Hollywood Bakery (Wyndham Street), and vouchers to local eateries will be given to everyone who sings a song!
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Te Waihorotiu Station Community Liaison Group (CLG)
Our first quarterly CLG (Community Liaison Group) of 2024 took place last month at The Fiddler Irish Bar (71 Victoria St W) with refreshments provided by neighboring Hell Pizza. Thank you again to Colm and Milana from The Fiddler for their warm hospitality. You can now view the CLG meeting minutes and presentation online.
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Community tours
We recently took the owners of Hollywood Bakery (Wyndham St branch) for a very special underground tour of Te Waihorotiu Station. The big smiles on their faces say it all about their tour experience! We love to show our neighbours the station underground.
Sign up to our public station perimeter tours
We have public station perimeter tours happening every month. While these tours do not go underground, they are still popular and always book up - reserve your free place here.
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Station construction update
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Wellesley Street entrance building (Wellesley superstructure)
- A huge amount of internal fit-out and cable pulling is taking place inside the building - in total across the station we are installing over 275km of cable! The Wellesley superstructure houses the vast array of back-of-house services required to operate and maintain the station and tunnels.
- Outside, we have completed installing thousands of aluminium fins onto the building's dark concrete, in a range of different colours. This upper façade design treatment is an expression of the tears of Ranginui (the sky father). We begin taking down the scaffolding this week!
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The Wellesley Street entrance building's temporary scaffolding started to come down yesterday - ultimately revealing the impressive façade. Check out the top section of the eastern elevation of the building - you saw it here first!
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This neat photo was captured in a Tunnel Ventilation System (TVS) room, located on level 2 of the Wellesley Street entrance building. The camera was ingeniously positioned inside one of the diffusers. Shortly after the photograph was taken, an eight-tonne ventilation fan was installed on the plinth where the workers are standing.
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Victoria Street entrances
- Te Waihorotiu Station is expected to be New Zealand’s busiest train station – and to cater for the thousands expected to use the station each day we have built three public entrances to the underground station.
- We are now continuing with the fit-out inside the Victoria Street entrance structure (west of Albert St) including ceiling, lift and escalators down into the station.
- Watch this space as we will be installing a special wall covered with kids art near one of the Victoria Street entrances soon!
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Looking at the concourse ceiling space between our two Victoria Street entrances, where numerous station services are being installed. Eventually, these will be concealed by ceiling panels and adorned with three large circular lights.
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Passenger concourse level
- Concourse ceiling installation continues to progress well - including the very smart ceiling wrap-ups into our seven skylights and our metal composite ceiling battens that look just like wood (real wood cannot be installed underground due to the risk of fire).
- Concourse level terrazzo floor tile installation has now started - this includes a bedding screed, installation of hearing loops, and the tiles themselves. We'll share more about this next month.
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A sneak peek of the first set of glass balustrades installed on concourse level.
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Plastering and finishing one of the four station crossbeams.
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Platform and train track level
- Trains will run on either side of the now completed passenger platform structure – one southbound towards Karanga-a-Hape Station and the other northbound toward Waitematā Station (Britomart).
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Looking down to platform level from the concourse. Note the impressive new finish on the crossbeam and glass balustrades now installed.
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Northern area (between Victoria & Wyndham Streets)
- One of the key links between the underground and the natural atmosphere at the station is via an above-ground structure on Kingston Street. This structure is known as a plenum, and is part of the station-wide network of ventilation and fan systems to ensure airflow is well-maintained. Several large fans – approximately as tall as a human – are now being installed into the station. These fans are directly linked to the plenum and natural air from outside.
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The big unravel! Peeling off the protective wrap to the final Tunnel Ventilation System (TVS) fan, recently delivered and lifted down into one of the two station fan rooms below Kingston Street.
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Carefully and steadily, the station crane team working together to bring down the final TVS fan, weighing over eight tonne.
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Upcoming drone flights
Please be advised that our survey team are regularly out and about capturing aerial drone footage across the project. While the typical flight plan and path includes the project area, local roads and the rail corridor, some circumstances may require the drone to fly a wider path -- such as wind conditions or project requirements. We don’t expect the drone to cause any disturbance to day-to-day activity. Please contact us if you have any concerns or questions.
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Auckland Council's midtown regeneration programme
This month Auckland Council released a new update about its city centre transformation programmes, including midtown works. Read the update here, and find out more information on the ProgressAKL website.
We recommend you subscribe to Auckland Council's midtown newsletters - use this link to keep up-to-date with other construction project info and the exciting changes happening in the area. Click here to read the most recent midtown construction newsletter.
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Midtown Street Party is back for NZ Music Month
New Zealand Music Month is spilling into the streets of midtown in May. Check out what is happening below (with more detail online here):
Download your copy of the full programme here.
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Making midtown and the wider city centre safer
You may have noticed an increased security presence around midtown in the last few weeks - Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown recently announced further funding of the city centre safety partnership 'Together for Tamaki Makaurau'. Click here to read all about the additional safety initiatives now underway, here for the Auckland Council safety portal, and here for Heart of the City's safety page for businesses.
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In 1989, photographer Garry Lawrence captured this image from inside a helicopter using a medium format analog camera. The photo displays the area encompassing both ends of the station along Albert Street, situated between Wellesley and Victoria Streets. Interestingly, the Sky Tower, which is now a prominent feature, had not yet been built when this photo was taken. Can you spot where it stands now? Its construction took place between 1994 and 1997.
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This bright red 90 tonne piling rig named Sandrine began works at Te Waihorotiu Station almost four years ago! Check out the video for a throwback to how the station looked back then.
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