Community Liaison Group
Karanga-a-Hape Station
Meeting Agenda
• 5:30 – Testing and Commissioning – Simon Mitchell, Community Manager
• 5:35 – Station Entrances and Urban Realm – Michael Coup, Construction Manager
• 5:50 – Station Design Elements – Simon Lough, Design & Delivery Manager, City Rail Link Limited
• 6:00 – Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project – Manoj Nathoo, Auckland Transport
• 6:10 – Questions
• 6:20 – End
Testing and Commissioning
Simon Mitchell, Community Manager
Testing and Commissioning
Highlights since first test train - 12 February
- Checks on the catenary/pantograph interface with the overhead line
- Train clearance at speeds between 5 to 40 kph
- Train journeys at up to 70kph this month
- Certifying train drivers in the CRL tunnels.
Upcoming tests
- Multiple trains
- Regular journey through the CRL, stopping at the new stations
- Noise and vibration
- Tunnel Ventilation System.
Station Entrances
Michael Coup, Construction Manager
Mercury Lane Entrance Building –
Roof
TVS shaft
West Scaffold Roof
Mercury
Lane Entrance Building – March 2025
- Roofing complete
- Membrane completion
- Northern laneway construction begun
Mercury
- Batten ceiling - Chiller units
- TVS flushing - Balustrade installs
- Ticket gate installs
Mercury
- Platform ceilings - Adit 3 hatches and ceilings - B1 ceilings
Mercury
- Platform ceilings
- Adit 3 hatches and ceilings
- B1 (first level underground) ceilings - Adit 2 GRC arches
- Escalator fitout
Beresford
Square Buildings – December
• Glass canopy install and cladding underway
• Entrance paving complete
Beresford
Square Buildings – March
• Glass canopy install and cladding underway
• Entrance paving complete
Beresford Square below ground – March
- Shadowbox install
- Crossbeam cladding and escalator fitout
Urban Realm
Michael Coup, Construction Manager
Beresford
Square – December
- Concrete paving base complete
- Pavers - Approx 40% complete
- Vector works complete
Beresford
Square – March 2025
Pitt Street – December
- Station connections ongoing (approx 95% complete)
- Pavement on Pitt Street East complete
- Traffic switch completed and handed to Project K
- Vector 22kV works complete
Pitt Street – March
- Cladding panels for pou installed
- Bollard installs
- Paving ongoing
Mercury Lane – Exterior Works and Station Connections
- Entrance planters underway
- Noise shed removal preparation underway
Station design elements
Simon Lough, Design and Delivery Manager, Link Alliance
Beresford Square Entrance Building
Beresford Square Bench
Beresford Square Service Building
Beresford Square Sun and Moon
Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project
Mercury Lane progress
• Western side – laying ducting, installing light pole foundations, preparing base layers of the footpath.
• Karangahape Road frontage – laying ducting, installing traffic light foundations, preparing the new cycle lane.
Pitt Street progress
Works include:
• Installing a new watermain in front of the Fire Station
• Installing new intersection at Poynton Terrace
• Ducting between Poynton Terrace and Karangahape Road
• Tree pit and footpath works between Poynton Terrace and the Methodist Church.
CPTED: Crime prevention through environmental design
Our recommendations:
• Improve lighting:
o Add better pedestrian orientated lighting
o Reinstate streetlights on the northern side of Canada Street and Lower Mercury Lane
o There is a need for lighting to filter down into the Mercury Theatre driveway from the station building
o Install beacons at the Greys Avenue pedestrian crossing
o Ensure existing lights are well maintained and veranda ceiling lights are left on at night
• Install more CCTV cameras to enhance surveillance and deter criminal activity, particularly around the Mercury Lane entrance, behind Beresford Square, and in East Street behind the station
• Provide support on activations to increase foot traffic and for more natural surveillance
• Provide clear wayfinding signage
• Work with Auckland Council to ensure there is a regular maintenance schedule to keep the area clean and free of graffiti.
Questions?
