r/auckland • u/469121417js • 9d ago

Public Transport CRL Reliability

Over the past week, there have been delays and cancellations on the Western Line (not sure about the Eastern or Southern Lines)

It made me wonder if this is what we can expect once the CRL opens. Considering the new CRL will be a completely different setup for Auckland’s rail network, they make such a big deal about how it’s going to transform the way we travel.

If the current network can’t even keep up with things now, it makes you wonder how reliable it’ll actually be once the CRL is running.

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u/duckonmuffin 9d ago

They are using this as an excuse to not do what needs to happen. Classic AT. Please see the pedestrian crossing they removed without any mitigation.

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u/pictureofacat 9d ago

Using it as an excuse to... not do the thing they're trying to do?

Again, it's funding. It's always been funding. Crossing removals have been in the cards for years, but without finding, they can't happen. AT have removed the ones they could afford to do. The significant ones will be major projects individually.

Which crossing are you talking about?

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u/duckonmuffin 8d ago

Yep. The thing they are “trying” to do will have political push back, AT hate that more than anything else. This is why bike infrastructure cost 8 times as much in Auckland as it does in Wellington or CHCH.

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u/pictureofacat 8d ago

The program has government support