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Did you find what you were looking for? Find what you were looking for? Help us improve AI search results bygiving your feedback (3-5 mins). Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien has today received approval from Cabinet to move MetroLink to the detailed tender stage, where market bids will be sought and partners selected to build and operate MetroLink. This is a major milestone for MetroLink. Significant enabling works are to start on site from early next year, followed by heavy tunnelling a…

Thank you all for joining us here today. Can I acknowledge the Prime Minister, the Minister for Rail, the Mayor of Auckland, my Ministerial colleagues, Members of Parliament, and Councillors – and those of you who have held those roles in the past. I want to especially recognise today the thousandsof tunnellers, engineers, electricians, specialists and planners, without who this project would not have been possible. The apprentices who came onto this project as school leavers and will walk of…

[11 September 2026, Te Waihorotiu Station, City Rail Link Official Opening] Welcome to the tunnel, and in the words of Johnny Cash: Thank you for the invitation to join you underground today in the brand-new City Rail Link. A special welcome to the new French Ambassador Francois Decoster, who presented his credentials on Wednesday. Now, we are here as Minister for Rail – the word “for” is deliberate. We are for rail. Our record is proof of that. Since 2019, the taxpayer has invested $2.4 bil…

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, Ministers, Councillors and iwi have officially opened Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) today, marking a turning point in the way New Zealand’s biggest city moves and grows. After a decade of construction, commuters will be able to travel through the heart of the city by train from Sunday 13 September, when CRL stations open and a new rail timetable begins. Transport Minister Chris Bishop says the opening is a historic moment for Auck…

President Lai Ching-te attended the unveiling ceremony of the Tainan Station "Continuing the Centenary Station and Opening up Tainan's Future" on the evening of the 10th. He said that Tainan Railway Station has gone through 126 years and now the underground railway project has been completed. He thanked all Tainan citizens for their support and the residents who were demolished along the railway line. In the future, we will build a 30-meter-wide green parkway, continue to promote the underground…