Auckland Subway
The Auckland city council thinks a subway is feasible. It's taken an 18-month investigation to say it's a genuine engineering and economic possibility.
The project, estimated to cost $500 million, would be put in the same 16 to 20-year timeframe as the proposed third Waitemata Harbour crossing.
The tunnel would extend the rail network westward from Britomart and connect with the Western Line near Mt Eden Station. The link would allow trains to pass through Britomart and create the possibility of an inner-city loop. Three additional stations would be built – near Aotea Square, Karangahape Rd and the top of Symonds St – bringing most of the CBD within a short walk of a station.
In the future there would also be the possibility of connecting the CBD with the North Shore, via a rail tunnel under the Waitemata Harbour.
