Contracts

Britomart Station

Queen Street Mt Eden Station

Aotea Station

Under Construction:

Contract 1 - Britomart Station/Lower Queen St

Contract 3 - Alliance:

Stations and Tunnels  Western Line connection/NAL --- Rail Systems Karangahape Station

Contract 9 - Britomart East  Contract 8 - Wider network improvements (not shown): • Strand (completed) • Ōtāhuhu (completed) • Newmarket

Completed:

Downtown Shopping Centre (DSC)  Contract 2 - Albert St (Customs to Wyndham St)  Contract 6 - Mt Eden Stormwater Main

The CRL project has been divided into a number of delivery contracts. Some have been completed, others are underway, and some are planned.

 Contract 1 - Britomart Station/Lower Queen Street  Contract 3 - main tunnel, stations, Western

Delivered by Downer Soletanche Bachy Joint

Line connection and rail systems

Venture (DSBJV)

Delivered by the Link Alliance (Vinci Construction Grands Projets SAS, Downer, Soletanche Bachy, WSP,

Construction of CRL tunnels from Britomart under Lower Queen Street is finished and refurbishment of AECOM, Tonkin+Taylor and CRL Ltd) the CPO heritage building that is part of the station The Link Alliance will excavate tunnels on Albert will be completed in April 2021. Lower Queen Street Street from just south of Wyndham Street to the has been converted into a people-friendly square Western Line at Mt Eden, build two underground known as Te Komititanga, and the Contract 1 portion stations (Aotea and Karangahape) and redevelop of streetscape enhancement on Tyler and Galway Mt Eden Station (original Contract 3 works). streets will be completed in April 2021. Connection of tunnels to the existing live rail corridor environment and line-wide systems, rail systems

 Contract 2 - the lower end of Albert Street between Customs and Wyndham streets

Delivered by Connectus - a McConnell Dowell and Downer Joint Venture

integration and testing and commissioning from Britomart Station to Mt Eden Station will also be delivered by the Link Alliance (original Contract 5 and Contract 7 works, now incorporated into Contract 3). Contract 2 was completed in October 2020. • Aotea - Temporary removal of Albert Street's The contract included 350 metres of trenching historic bluestone wall is underway, relocating and tunnelling from Commercial Bay at Customs underground utilities continues, construction of Street to Wyndham Street, relocating a stormwater D or diaphragm walls for the station continues, main, strengthening the Ōrākei Main Sewer and installing bored piles for station and tunnels in improvements at street level that included new street Albert Street is underway. furniture and lighting, trees and bus bays.

Artist's impression of Aotea Station's Wellesley Street entrance

• Karangahape - In Mercury Lane, a sound-proof noise enclosure to reduce construction impact on neighbours has been erected with mining underway. At Beresford Square, permanent work has started on installing D walls for the station entrance/exits.

• Mt Eden - Re-assembly of the TBM - Dame

Whina Cooper - continues on site, mining of the first 51 metres of tunnel at the southern portal is underway. This will provide room to accommodate the TBM before it starts its excavations, scheduled for April 2021.

• Mt Eden North Auckland Line (NAL) - Heavy civil work is underway to prepare for the connection of the CRL to the existing NAL, stage one of the

Mt Eden Road bridge is underway.  Contract 8 - Wider network improvements

Delivered by KiwiRail and Libbet Ltd

Contract 8 involves additional platforms and turn-back facilities at The Strand, Ōtāhuhu and Newmarket.

Works at Ōtāhuhu Station were completed in September 2020 and included a new 1.3 kilometre long section of track alongside the main line, a new platform, four new cross-overs, new overhead line and signalling equipment.

 Contract 9 - eastern end of Britomart Station

Delivered by KiwiRail

Works involve track realignment, and changes to some walls and station access required to accommodate nine-car trains.