Residents living in Manukau are about to get a new rail line service opened to them. Unlike North Shore and Auckland City residents who have frequent bus services with dedicated bus lines such as the B-line or the Northern express buses using the Northern bus-way, Manukau City residents depend on our trains as our main public transport into Auckland CBD. Some may argue that it won't matter if there's another train line service with the increasing train fare encourages Manukau residents to get back into their cars but that’s another story.
Currently there are rail lines are being attached and laid out connecting the current Southern rail line to the new rail line heading towards Manukau’s CBD. The rail line named the Manukau rail link leads into a Britomart like transport hub, which is estimated to become the second busiest station after Britomart.
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| More new tracks are being laid out behind the pile of gravel heading towards Manukau CBD. Source: R.Layco, 2011 Personal photos |
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| Dirty roads that are being used by the heavy machinery to laid out the tracks. Source: R. Layco, 2011 Personal Photos |
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| More materials that are being used during construction. Source: R. Layco, 2011 Personal Photos |
According to Kiwi Rail this is “the first new rail route to be built in Auckland since 1930”. The line will be a double track “2km section of new track linking Davies Ave in Manukau City with the Southern railway line at Puhinui. The track will run under Lambie Drive and Plunket Ave and across Hayman Park” (Kiwi Rail, 2011).
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| Source: Kiwi Rail, 2011 |
Kiwi Rail started work in July 2009 and the project is expected to be finished mid 2011 and scheduled to operate passenger services so after. Additionally, the project has been timed to finish in time to assist in rugby world cup transportation. I have been using train services regularly for over 7 years and I have no doubt that once this line has opened that the locals will utilize it.
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