Waitematā Station (Britomart) newsletter - May 2022

Britomart Newsletter - April 2022

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This month's newsletter touches on:

Upcoming CLG meeting
Coffee, Croissants & Construction Chats
Underground Easter works completed
Meet the team - Seth Waldrom
Britomart Place works
Link Alliance works
Meet the neighbours - Brew on Quay

Upcoming CLG meeting

City Rail Link (CRL) would like to warmly invite you to the next Britomart Community Liaison Group (CLG) before activity ramp up in May. This CLG meets regularly and is an opportunity for you to hear about upcoming works from the construction team, ask questions and give feedback.

The next Britomart CLG will be held in person in the Chief Post Office and online via Teams at 4pm on Wednesday 27 April 2022.

At this meeting we’ll update you on the ongoing Britomart works around the station itself, and at Britomart Place.

RSVPs are essential. Please RSVP via email to info@CityRailLink.govt.nz

Coffee, Crossiants & Construction Chats

Thank you to everyone who came down to Takutai Square on the morning of Wednesday April 13. It was a great opportunity for our comms and constructions teams to meet local Britomart workers and residents and chat about the upcoming works.

Thanks to our neighbour, Amano, for supplying a delicious selection of pastries!

We look forward to meeting more of you at future events.

Underground Easter works completed

There may not have been too much to see above ground, but underground it was all go over the Easter weekend! Works took place on the northern wall inside the rail tunnel under Scene Lane/Britomart Place.

A team of over 90 people converged on the tunnels to work on:

the demolition of the old north walkway
tunnel strengthening
track works
hoarding construction

The team worked 13 hours per day throughout the Easter long weekend to get as much done as they could while the rail line was closed. The nightshift team worked on Friday and Saturday night to ensure materials were available and ready for the bigger day shift team.

Meet the team

Name: Seth Waldrom

Company: Link Alliance
Title: Project Engineer

I’m the Link Alliance Project Engineer for Appendix 26 works. Appendix 26 works incorporates the building of the Britomart Station back of house rooms, as well as the smoke curtain installation and raising of the concourse inside the station.

I love my job as I get to build awesome things that benefit the end user - sometimes in ways people don’t even realise or see! Outside of work I enjoy mountain biking and I DJ.

Britomart Place works

Physical works above ground in Britomart Place are now expected to start in early to mid-May. These works will be delivered by our contractor, Martinus Rail.

The Martinus team are continuing to liaise with neighbouring businesses and apartments as they finalise construction planning.

The diagram below shows the approximate location of the works, ensuring pedestrian and vehicle access through Scene Lane and Britomart Place will be maintained.

(Click on the photo to enlarge it)

Link Alliance works

This month, Link Alliance have been getting ready to hand over completed back of house rooms to Auckland Transport. These rooms will be used by staff until CRL is operational. Back of house civil construction will continue with support rooms being built to the east, underground near Britomart Place.

Back of house at Britomart Station

The team is also gearing up to install a smoke curtain inside Britomart Station. When the CRL is operational, more passengers are expected to be using the station. For health and safety reasons, a smoke curtain is required be installed to capture smoke within the station if a fire were to occur.

The smoke curtain would contain smoke, while people use the emergency stairs to exit the station. The smoke curtain will be installed on the ceiling, in line with the middle of the platform escalators.

Emergency stairs at Britomart Station

Meet the Neighbours - Brew on Quay

Photo source: Alamy

If you haven’t already been to Brew On Quay, at 102 Quay Street, you need to go – pronto!

There is good reason why locals keep returning to this popular eating establishment. The atmosphere is welcoming, friendly and inclusive and the staff always go the extra mile to make your experience a memorable one. The food is great, with some of the biggest, tastiest pies you’ll ever eat, and impressively, there are over 102 different craft beers to choose from, plus a multitude of other drink choices. Support local and pay a visit sometime.

It’s perfect for an afterwork catchup, hearty evening meal or tasty, fulfilling lunch. Whenever you choose to go, just make sure you save some room for their world famous Brew’s chocolate brownie complete with salted caramel ice cream – it’s unbelievably good!

Also available for event bookings, their Rooftop Bar is one of Auckland’s hidden gems, and a perfect location for all occasions, for more information visit: https://brewonquay.co.nz/.

Photo source: Heart of the City

Find out more
For information about Britomart and Quay Park Yard work click here.

How to contact the Britomart Station team
If you have any questions or concerns about our works, please email the Britomart Station Team at info@cityraillink.govt.nz or phone us on
0800 CRL TALK (275 8255) and press option 1 for Britomart work.

Ngā mihi nui
Britomart Station Team