‘We can have beautiful things!’ Why Auckland’s City Rail Link is about much more than trains
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- The Spinoff NZ·3h agoA user’s guide to the City Rail Link
Best nearby bars. Best journeys. Worst journeys. Best shopping. Best parks. Here’s how to get the best bang for your 5.5 billion bucks. For Aucklanders, watching the City Rail Link open is a feeling akin to a communist witnessing the fall of capitalism or a George RR Martin fan…
Read at The Spinoff NZ → - The Conversation AU·1d ago‘We can have beautiful things!’ Why Auckland’s City Rail Link is about much more than trains
Interior of Karanga-a-Hape station. Auckland Transport, CC BY-NC-ND After nearly a decade and with a budget of NZ$5.493 billion, expectations for Auckland’s City Rail Link are high ahead of its September 13 opening. The twin 3.45-kilometre tunnels, which will expand the central…
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