Agencies release 30-year Auckland rail vision

Agencies release 30-year Auckland rail vision
The strategic rail plan looks at how to maximise the benefits from the city rail link and improve the wider Auckland network. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Oliver Lewis
A 30-year work programme to improve the Auckland rail network for freight and passengers could cost $20 billion-plus.KiwiRail and Auckland Transport have been working on the strategic investment plan, which is currently unfunded, in a bid to inform discussions about the future of the network following the opening of the City Rail Link (CRL) and associated investments.In a briefing with media on Tuesday, KiwiRail chief capital planning officer David Gordon said the scale of the proposed programme was comparable to megaprojects like Auc...

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