KiwiRail gets $94.8m for Northland upgrade

Fri, 06 Sep 2019

By Gavin Evans Sept. 6 (BusinessDesk) - The government will provide $94.8 million to upgrade the rail link from Auckland to Whangarei. The planned work will include replacing or upgrading almost a third of the 181-kilometre line between Swanson and Whangarei. It will include maintenance work on 13 tunnels, replacing five ageing bridges, strengthening embankments, improving drains and culverts and a series of safety improvements at the Whangarei rail yard. “This work will make our freight train services faster, more reliable and much le...

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