WESTERN LINE INTEGRATION Before the City Rail Link opens in 2024, significant changes need to be made in and around the rail corridor at Mt Eden to integrate the new CRL lines with the existing rail infrastructure and construct new overbridges for motorists and/or pedestrians and cyclists.
Early works along the rail corridor at Mt Eden In the first half of 2020, we’ll start early works in a number of locations along the Mt Eden rail corridor to prepare for the main CRL construction works. These include: • diverting utility services away from the rail line along Fenton St and Normanby Rd • diverting utilities on Mt Eden Rd to enable us to construct an additional Mt Eden Rd bridge for the CRL line to pass underneath • building the foundations for a temporary utility services bridge across the rail line at Normanby Rd • undertaking ground strengthening works in the corridor between Mt Eden Rd and Normanby Rd before rail trench construction begins. Two significant closures will also occur in the station area during this period to enable utility diversion and construction work to be carried out: • On 10 April (Easter weekend), the Porters Ave level crossing will permanently close to vehicles. Pedestrians and cyclists will still be able to cross the rail line in this area until the new Porters Ave pedestrian/cycle overbridge opens in 2021.
Looking ahead to the main works Key activities happening in and around the rail corridor over the next few years: • Closing the Normanby Rd level crossing and constructing a new Normanby Road bridge over the rail line • Building new pedestrian and cycle bridges over the Western Line from Porters Ave to Wynyard St, Fenton St to Ngahura St and the new station building to the Western Line platform • Building trenches, bridges and tunnels for the new CRL rail lines, both within the rail corridor and on CRL-owned land we’ve cleared for construction purposes • Widespread changes to rail infrastructure, including signals, overhead electrical lines, tracks and an extended Western Line platform that caters for nine-car trains.
• On 30 May, the Mt Eden Station will close for about four years while the new station building and CRL tunnels and tracks are constructed. Trains will run on one line (referred to as ‘single line running’) through Mt Eden to keep freight and passenger services operating on the network while our team works on other side of the corridor, but trains will not stop at the station. Visit www.cityraillink.co.nz/mt-eden-train-station-closure-crl for more on the station closure. Concept design for overbridge from Ngahura St to Fenton St
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Mt Eden Station overbridge to Western Line platform
WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE
WESTERN LINE AT MT EDEN LATE 2020 TO 2022
Mt Eden rail corridor works extend from the Dominion Rd flyover to the SH1 flyover by Mt Eden Prison and can be divided into three geographic areas: MT EDEN RD TO END OF STATION PLATFORM
EASTERN-FACING CONNECTION (east of Mt Eden Rd towards Normanby Rd)
ACTIVITIES
INDICATIVE DATES
ACTIVITIES
INDICATIVE DATES
Construction of additional Mt Eden Rd bridge for CRL line
Q3 2020 – Q3 2021
Commencement of single line running on the southernmost track and removal of rail assets from the northern side of the corridor.
From Q3 2020
Removal of station access ramp from Mt Eden Rd
Q3 2020 Q1 2021 – Q4 2022
Construction of retaining walls required for rail trenches. This will include piling, rock breaking and installing capping beams
Q3 2020 – Q4 2022
Demolition of existing Western Line platform and staged construction of an extended and re-aligned platform Construction of the re-developed Mt Eden Station.
From Q1 2021
Construction of temporary utility services bridge over Normanby Rd level crossing
Q3 2020 – Q4 2020
WESTERN-FACING CONNECTION (from Fenton St towards Porters Ave) ACTIVITIES
INDICATIVE DATES
Staged from Q3 2020 – Q1 2023
Construction of split-level cross-over structure, which will enable trains to connect to the new CRL line.
Q4 2020 – Q4 2021
Bulk earthworks for rail trenches
Q1 2021 – Q4 2022
Track removal and construction of rail trench (incl. bulk earthworks, blasting and piling for retaining walls) and rail cross-over structures
Construction of Normanby Rd road-over-rail bridge. Normanby Rd will close for approximately six months to accommodate this work.
Q3 2021 – Q2 2022
Construction of Porters Ave overbridge
Q3 2020 – Q3 2021 Q4 2020 – Q3 2022
Realignment of Boston Rd / Normanby Rd / Nugent St roundabout to accommodate new Normanby Rd bridge
Q2 2021 – Q2 2022
Staged re-instatements of Fenton St after utility relocation works and footbridge construction. Construction of Fenton St to Ngahura St overbridge
Q1 2021 – Q3 2022
Ruru St extension
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