Why Auckland Needs This $3.2BN Railway

Cars suck

I hope they get it

When i lived in New Zealand in 2011 i witnessed the transformation of Auckland's commuter rail that was definitely very aged during the time i was there and used it.

Auckland city is world class example of terrible planning

You really butcherd the pronouncing all of the Te reo Māori names

Build in Korea rather than China.

do you live in nz because i do

Lived in Mt Eaden and watched this being built. Wife was hired from the states to work on part of the overall mass transit plan.

Would be so keen to get back to using public transport and I'm hoping the britomart/Mt eden link is a big success bcs I'm hoping it gives a huge push for the project to link britomart station to the shore. It's the only thing that's stopping all sides of the city being connected efficiently

They should've done this 15 or so years ago. Instead they chose the cheaper option and did the stupid motorway bus lanes that haven't done shit. Now they're doing the rail system anyway. Wasted money

Change the title from Auckland to JAFA’s

as someone who lives in New Zealand, but not auckland, auckland is trash, third worst city in NZ, wellington being the worst, and hamilton being the second worst

Hey my house got a free shoutout in this video!!

Auckland needs to stop expanding! We need more hydro electric stations. Decentralization lowers crime and preserves culture. Auckland is violent and a silly place to have a big city. Its all bays.

When it comes to infrastructure of any kind, New Zealand will take a hundred years to complete it 😂.
They’re slow over here and the break/smoko culture is strong.

haven’t watched the vid yet but i see my city name, and i click, easy🤷‍♂️

We need a bridge to join the north island with the south

It's absolutely boring here.

Bunches above its weight 😂 have a word what really have NEW ZEALAND achieved!! Nothing. While the UK have had a underground for over 100 years now. Also 1.5 million people is a large town the road system in NEW ZEALAND is so outdated because all the money NEW ZEALAND government has all goes to the local iwi in there back pockets. The British built NEW ZEALAND over 70 years ago and when NEW ZEALAND became independent the country went down hill fast and counting to fall into a dark black hole.

please we need this I just spent 1 hour 30 on a bus and driving doesnt help either since motorway 1 is permanently jammed

What we want is the new Bridge. Or a cross-sea tunnel linking the north shore to the city centre.

at this point if you're moving thats a good day on traffic in auckland

NZ needs another hole in the head. The previous thousand and one holes are devoid of anything practical and useful for the long haul.

This rail link is a joke over budget and way past dead line has caused so many business to shut and to be honest it’s going to move f@ck all extra people , Auckland is so spread out most people have to drive or catch a bus to the nearest station to catch the train. How many people in Auckland use the train?

It's because NZ thinks setting up lights and speed bumps here there everywhere, will help. Traffic in Mangere has gotten 100x worse because new traffic lights and speed bumps have been put in place. Prior to all that, there was more traffic in the maccas drive through, than traffic on the road. Auckland Transport is to blame simple as that. Wasting our money on shit we dont need.

Not the first subway in New Zealand that was in Hamilton

rubbish

They spent all that and still have traffic problems after it 😂

I moved to Auckland a year ago and love it. The only thing I don't favour is the endless traffic. Rush hour is more like rush 5 hours cos that's literally how long "rush hour" lasts for every day. Public transport is so cheap atm but I can imagine it going up because of this

Have lived and traveled all around the world, and have been in most big cities, but despite being a small city, I hate driving in Auckland the most, and public transport is basically non existent in the whole country. The roads are a joke! Especially in the north. Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a 3rd world country.

As well hyped as this project is, It will not fix any of the problems we currently have in our city. Our biggest issue is the incompetence of our Transport Authority, Auckland Transport (AT) who seem to be hell bent on removing any form of motorised transportation, without first having this infrastructure in place. It is not only in the city that the traffic is bad. Most of the suburbs are now having to deal with constant road closures, gaping potholes, lack of parking. My Nieghbourhood has 3 main arterials that allow us access. Currently all 3 have major road works allowing for traffic in only one direction at a time. New Zealanders suffer from a "fix it now" mentality. We look at what is needed in the short with very little foresight for what is needed in the long term.

We can even get bus services and basic commuter rail right in NZ. This is going to be a colossal example of mismanagement and political meddling

Stupid - Auckland is sitting on over 60 volcanoes and is due for an eruption

Auckland needs new hospitals housing and other infrastructure everything is overloaded from unmanaged immigration

Hiya I'm near this stuff. I will miss the old Mt Eden as I have before multiple changes took place. I have given up on the CBD. I'm.too old for it now. Not my thing. Thank you for telling me more than what I usually hear about my own neighbourhood. I have seen another video a while ago about this which was quite good. Bye from Grafton, Auckland.

I wanted Auckland Transport to set up a new railway network called CountryLine; which starts from Kumeu and ends at Wellsford.
Stops will include Kaukapapa, Warkworth and Helensville

Someone or group will get very rich off of this project.

Gerry Goodwin legend in the tunneling world

What an incredible intro 👏🏽 bravo

You shall not pass. A classic 👌.

Auckland probably has the worst urban planning of any major city in Oceania. Its CBD is surrounded on three sides by motorway and (currently) public transport is terrible. It's amazing how long it has taken Auckland to start taking train services seriously, when Australian cities (even ones of a similar size, like Perth) have been investing in new train lines massively for decades. Auckland has A LOT of catching up to do.

$3 Bil for 3 KM? People can walk the entire 3 KM in 30 min !

It does not seem to be using double decker trains. SAD One must allow for the future

i left when it went all woke

You should produce a video on the new Montreal REM Electrical train system at 7G$. First stations are opening next summer.

What about the earthquakes? Geographically the ground is very unstable, and prone to several earthquakes. Every couple of years, how do you build a subway in an earthquake zone without putting the train and the people inside it in jeopardy?

Dude do your research, don't promote masterworks...