Auckland Transport has released new footage from the driver's point of view of the new east-west train line.
Auckland Transport has released footage of what the new train journey from east to west will look like once the City Rail Link opens.
The new line will run directly from Manukau to Swanson using the new underground stations and the tunnels, once they open this year.
Footageposted by Auckland Transport (AT) shows the driver’s point of view of the train, starting at Manukau Station, as it heads north via eastern stops.
Instead of ending at Waitematā Station, as the eastern line currently does, it continues through the new City Rail Link (CRL) underground stops of Te Waihorotiu, Karanga-a-Hape, and the refurbished Maungawhau.
That connects it to the existing western line, creating a continuous journey from Manukau to Swanson as part of the new east-west line.
The reveal comes as April is set for further network disruption.
AT said more dry-run tests of the new network would be run next month to check if systems are linking with trains and to make sure “new services will be safe and reliable”.
The transport authority’s website showed a full network closure “for CRL timetable testing” from April 13-15.
No trains will be running from April 3-6, and other partial or full closures will be in place during the month. These closures are not for CRL testing.
