Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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City Rail Link - a project that has been discussed in one way or another for 100 years - is finally opening 🚄 | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Auckland mayor Wayne Brown made the formal announcement of its opening date of 13 September at one of the new stations - Karanga-a-Hape Station - on Thursday morning.

But that wasn't before billboards announcing the opening date of the $5.5 billion project were put up in error around the CBD in the early morning hours.

Full story: rnz.co.nz/news/regions_auckland/900907/city-rail-link-opening-date-officially-revealed-but-billboards-got-in-first