Your Thoughts on central Auckland's rail development

Opinion

KEY POINTS:

• Would the new underground station idea benefit Auckland?

Plans for an underground railway station bigger than Britomart are part of an inner-Auckland tunnel project being investigated by the Government and regional authorities.

"The central station will be larger than Britomart," said Auckland Regional Transport Authority planning and strategy general manager Peter Clark.

Although Britomart would retain interchange functions, connecting ferry and bus passengers with trains, a double-tracked station 18m below Albert St - beneath most of the block between Victoria St and Wellesley St - would be surrounded by "360-degree development".

Here is the latest selection of Your Thoughts on the proposed underground train station: