Light rail in Auckland

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Auckland was served by a network of traditional tramcar routes with horse-drawn trams (1884–1902) and electric trams (1902–1956).{{cite news| url= http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/beijing-metro-auckland-light-rail-toronto-subway-cost| title= Beijing to Add Four More Metro Lines| publisher= Next City| author= Smith, Sandy| date= 27 January 2015| accessdate= 28 January 2015| url-status= live| archive-date= 30 January 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150130085004/http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/beijing-metro-auckland-light-rail-toronto-subway-cost}}{{cite news| url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11391753| title= From apps to zones: Is this how we get city moving?| work= The New Zealand Herald| author= Thompson, Wayne| date= 25 January 2015| accessdate= 27 January 2015| archive-date= 26 January 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150126151817/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11391753| url-status= live}} The original tram network was {{convert|72|km|mi}} in length at its fullest extent from the mid-1930s until closures began in 1949.{{cite news| url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11390472| title= Light rail returns to the spotlight| author= Dearnaley, Mathew| work= The New Zealand Herald| date= 23 January 2015| accessdate= 28 January 2015| url-status= live| archive-date= 22 January 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150122221735/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11390472}}

In 2015, Steve Hawkins, Auckland Transport's Chief Engineer, said that the bus routes on Symonds Street and Fanshawe Street require as many as 150 buses each.{{cite news| url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65317005/Akld-transport-plan-consultation-opens| title= Len Brown cool on light rail in Auckland transport plan| publisher= Stuff| author= Slade, Maria| date= 23 January 2015| accessdate= 28 January 2015| url-status= live| archive-date= 10 May 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180510184540/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65317005/Akld-transport-plan-consultation-opens}} The light rail study is considering replacing the bus routes on Dominion Road, Manukau Road, Mt Eden Road, Symonds Street and Queen St with light rail routes. All of these bus routes replaced routes on Auckland's former tram network.

Stuff quoted Auckland Transport officials who described how the study was considering the option of building light rail routes with dedicated right of way versus routes where rail vehicles shared the road with other vehicles, as with a traditional streetcar system. Officials projected that the maximum passenger capacity of a segregated light rail line would be 18,000 passengers per hour, while that of a street-running system would be 12,000 passengers per hour. This compares with a bus on a shared path shifting 2,500 people and a bus on a priority path's 6,000 people an hour.

In 2015, then Auckland Mayor Len Brown pointed out that the city's ten-year plan did not include funding for building new light rail routes.

{{maplink|frame=yes|type=line|id=Q117100750|text=The Airport to Botany route, which will be built as a busway instead of light rail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/auckland-unitary-plan-modifications/Pages/details.aspx?UnitaryPlanId=163|title=Notice of Requirement: Bus Rapid Transit - Botany to Rongomai Park (Auckland Transport)|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315085445/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/auckland-unitary-plan-modifications/Pages/details.aspx?UnitaryPlanId=163|archive-date=15 March 2023|access-date=2023-03-15}} No other routes have been confirmed yet.}}

A line from the airport east to Botany Downs has also been proposed with a new interchange at Puhinui railway station, planned to be built in two stages, the first of which is said to be an early deliverable component of the Airport to Botany rapid transit line, planned to be operational by the end of 2020/early 2021. This encompasses a new at-grade bus/rail interchange and enhanced station. Buses will still use the existing local road (Bridge Street) to cross the railway line to/from Manukau, along with local traffic. The second phase provides a rapid transit overbridge across the railway line to provide a more direct and bespoke rapid transit connection. The new rapid transit link will integrate with the new interchange station on the overbridge. The first stage is estimated to cost $59 million to construct.{{Cite web|url=https://at.govt.nz/media/1978494/item-88-puhinui-station.pdf|title=Airport to Botany Rapid Transit: Puhinui interchange|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219174341/https://at.govt.nz/media/1978494/item-88-puhinui-station.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2020|access-date=}} The line will also go through Manukau railway station before ending in Botany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/southwest-gateway/Southwest-Gateway-Airport-to-Botany-rapid-transit-poster.pdf|title=Southwest Gateway Airport to Botany Rapid Transit|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328140426/https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/southwest-gateway/Southwest-Gateway-Airport-to-Botany-rapid-transit-poster.pdf|archive-date=28 March 2020|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/airport-to-botany-rapid-transit/|title=Airport to Botany Rapid Transit|access-date=28 March 2020|archive-date=1 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401233722/https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/airport-to-botany-rapid-transit/|url-status=live}}

On 26 April 2018, Mayor Phil Goff and Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced the Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018 with $NZ28 billion of investment in Auckland transport infrastructure over ten years, including the fast-tracking of light rail to Auckland International Airport.{{cite news| url=https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/light-rail/| title=Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018| publisher=Auckland Transport| accessdate=10 May 2018| archive-date=20 November 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120093628/https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/light-rail/| url-status=dead}}{{cite news| url=https://www.transport.govt.nz/land/auckland/atap| title=Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018| publisher=New Zealand Ministry of Transport/Te Manatu Waka| date=9 May 2018| accessdate=10 May 2018| url-status=live| archive-date=10 May 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115340/https://www.transport.govt.nz/land/auckland/atap}}

On 9 May 2018, in a pre-Budget announcement, Twyford and Finance Minister Grant Robertson made the surprise announcement that work on two routes would commence immediately, with an open-tender process for funding, construction, and operation of the lines:{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103750310/nz-super-fund-keen-to-build-and-operate-aucklands-light-rail|author=Cooke, Henry|accessdate=10 May 2018|title=NZ Super Fund keen to build and operate Auckland's light rail|date=9 May 2018|publisher=Stuff |archive-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115716/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103750310/nz-super-fund-keen-to-build-and-operate-aucklands-light-rail|url-status=live}}

• A line from Wynyard Quarter along Queen Street with one route to Auckland Airport via Dominion Road.
• A second line, also travelling along Queen Street, then via Karangahape Road and Great North Road to Westgate via a Northwestern Motorway dedicated light-rail corridor, with extensions indicated to Kumeū and Huapai, running past the currently disused Kumeū and Huapai railway stations on the North Auckland Line. Passenger services on the Western Line do not currently operate north of Swanson and do not serve these stations.

In May 2018, it was announced that the New Zealand Superannuation Fund had expressed an interest in financing, designing, building and operating Auckland's light rail network, in a consortium with CDPQ Infra, a Canadian infrastructure company. The consortium was named NZ Infra.

By early 2019, the cost of the two lines had been estimated at $6 billion, with an underground alignment through Queen St under consideration.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12202106|accessdate=25 August 2019|title=Trams could run under Queen St as part of Auckland's $6 billion light rail project|date=9 February 2019|publisher=New Zealand Herald|archive-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824210609/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12202106|url-status=live}}

In August 2019, Mayor Phil Goff announced that work on the light rail network might begin the following year.{{cite web|url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/114654542/auckland-light-rail-announcement-soon|title=Auckland Light Rail announcement 'soon'|website=Stuff |date=1 August 2019|accessdate=1 August 2019|archive-date=1 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801162859/https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/114654542/auckland-light-rail-announcement-soon|url-status=live}} The same month, two delivery partners for the project were shortlisted; NZ Infra and NZ Transport Agency, but it was stated that a 2020 start date would be unlikely.{{cite web|url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/two-delivery-partners-shortlisted-for-auckland-light-rail/|title=Two delivery partners shortlisted for Auckland light rail|website=International Railway Journal|date=23 August 2019|accessdate=25 August 2019|archive-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825113727/https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/two-delivery-partners-shortlisted-for-auckland-light-rail/|url-status=live}} By late 2019, two different types of technology were being considered by the New Zealand Ministry of Transport. The original proposal from the New Zealand Transport Agency consisted of surface level light rail; the other from NZ Super Fund explored fully grade-separated, driverless light metro technology, with an underground alignment through Queen St and elevated sections elsewhere, with fewer stations between the city centre and airport.{{cite web|url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117065848/what-do-we-know-about-the-two-light-rail-plans-and-is-the-super-funds-worth-waiting-for|title=What do we know about the two light rail plans, and is the Super Fund's worth waiting for|website=Stuff |date=31 October 2019|accessdate=2 November 2019|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102033053/https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117065848/what-do-we-know-about-the-two-light-rail-plans-and-is-the-super-funds-worth-waiting-for|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/24/875033/aucklands-light-rail-decision-housing-or-transport|title=Twyford's dilemma: housing or a fast trip to the airport?|website=www.newsroom.co.nz|date=24 October 2019|accessdate=2 November 2019|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024210838/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/24/875033/aucklands-light-rail-decision-housing-or-transport|url-status=live}}

In May 2020, it was reported that the light rail project had been placed on hold due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.{{cite news |last1=Coughlan |first1=Thomas |title=Government puts light rail 'on hold' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300011411/government-puts-light-rail-on-hold |accessdate=13 May 2020 |work=Stuff |date=13 May 2020 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520130242/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300011411/government-puts-light-rail-on-hold |url-status=live }} In June, Twyford confirmed that the Ministry of Transport was still committed to the project, but as a fully grade-separated light metro line between the city and airport;{{cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/1247394/light-metro-not-light-rail|title='Light Metro', not 'Light Rail'|website=www.newsroom.co.nz|date=26 June 2020|accessdate=26 June 2020|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628173203/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/1247394/light-metro-not-light-rail|url-status=live}} stating that "Our policy is that light metro is the form of rapid transit that Auckland needs. We've decided very clearly that we need a rapid transit system that's not competing with pedestrians and other cars in the road corridor. A light metro system just like you see in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, is actually faster and more efficient. It would allow you to get from Queen St to the Airport in 30 minutes as opposed to the 47 minutes that was projected for the old streetcar model Auckland Transport developed."

The ministry did not release the updated cost of the new light metro proposal, or any time frame for its construction. However, industry commentators estimated that the decision to use the metro mode would increase cost of the two lines from $6 billion to more than $20 billion, with a new design and construction period of 8 to 10 years beginning from 2021 at the earliest.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-24|title=Light Rail dies but Light Metro may return|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2020/06/25/light-rail-dies-but-light-metro-may-return/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Greater Auckland|language=en-NZ|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804052111/https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2020/06/25/light-rail-dies-but-light-metro-may-return/|url-status=live}}

In January 2022, the New Zealand government confirmed it had endorsed a $14.6 billion "Tunnelled Light Rail" line from the city centre to the airport, featuring an underground line between the city centre and Mount Roskill, which would then emerge to the surface and continue to the airport via Māngere. In October 2022, Auckland Light Rail Limited was established to further work on the project.{{Cite web |last=Coughlan |first=Thomas |date=1 December 2022 |title=Auckland Light Rail company has few employees, but 54 contractors and consultants |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/auckland-light-rail-company-has-few-employees-but-54-contractors-and-consultants/WRKQINZKMVG55H34BB2ZRAEWXA/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=New Zealand Herald }} Minister for Transport Michael Wood indicated construction could begin in 2023 and last six to seven years.{{cite web |date=28 January 2022 |title=Auckland light rail goes for tunnel option with harbour crossing |url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127610200/auckland-light-rail-goes-for-tunnel-option-with-harbour-crossing |access-date=28 January 2022 |website=Stuff |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128071228/https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127610200/auckland-light-rail-goes-for-tunnel-option-with-harbour-crossing |url-status=live }}

Following the 2023 General Election, the incoming Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, told media that his government would be cancelling the project "because it’s a white elephant”.{{Cite web |last=Franks |first=Raphael |date=19 October 2023 |title=Election 2023: Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon pays visit to his Botany electorate |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-2023-prime-minister-elect-christopher-luxon-pays-visit-to-his-botany-electorate/XK7MBUHAWJHIJHU72LLCT5HURQ/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=New Zealand Herald }}

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However, Auckland mayor Wayne Brown contended that the project could be built at a fraction of the cost of previous options, citing overseas projects such as the light rail network in the French city of Angers which cost just $53 million per kilometre, against the $375 million which he described as being the current cheapest option for the route.{{Cite web |last=Hollingworth |first=Adam |date=20 October 2023 |title=Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to scrap Light Rail, Auckland mayor suggests cheaper option |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/10/incoming-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-to-scrap-light-rail-auckland-mayor-suggests-cheaper-option.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019141717/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/10/incoming-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-to-scrap-light-rail-auckland-mayor-suggests-cheaper-option.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2023 |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Newshub }}

On 29 November 2023, under their 100-day plan, the National-led government undertook to stop central government work on the Auckland Light Rail project.{{Cite web |last=Neilson |first=Michael |date=29 November 2023 |title=Christopher Luxon’s first Cabinet: Unveils Government’s 100-day plan, pressure to rein in Winston Peters |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/watch-live-christopher-luxon-faces-pressure-to-rein-in-winston-peters-as-he-fronts-first-post-cabinet-press-conference/KEQJSEU7YVDUBJDUEBZX6INU4Y/ |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=The New Zealand Herald }} However, Auckland Transport chief executive Dean Kimpton said light rail was still an option for the city - if above ground.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Amy |date=30 November 2023 |title=Auckland Light Rail: New government taking advice after stopping work on project |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/503560/auckland-light-rail-new-government-taking-advice-after-stopping-work-on-project |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=RNZ }} Nevertheless, on 14 January 2024, Simeon Brown, Minister of Transport in the new National-led coalition government, instructed Auckland Light Rail Limited to immediately cease work on the project and take the necessary steps to wind up the company. Brown described the projected $29.2 million cost of the Light Rail project as unsustainable. He also criticised the previous Labour government for spending NZ$228 million on the project over the past six years with little to show for it. Brown confirmed that the Government would continue work on the City Rail Link, which had been started the previous National Government.

A Government Cabinet paper revealed that the disestablishment of the Ministry of Transport’s work on the project was estimated to cost millions of dollars spent over six months and would involve the disposal of property and land, and settling obligations, coming after an alleged $228m had already been spent on the project without a metre of track laid.{{Cite web |last=Dillane |first=Tom |date=2 February 2024 |title=Auckland Light Rail ‘disestablishment’ to likely cost millions over six months - Cabinet paper release |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-light-rail-disestablishment-to-likely-cost-millions-over-six-months-cabinet-paper-release/DURFAAKNQ5GOHCDYIK2QBHTSZA/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=New Zealand Herald }}

The business case for the cancelled project was released in February 2024, showing that every dollar invested would have brought an economic benefit of $NZ2.40.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Simon |date=20 February 2024 |title=What Christopher Luxon would say if he really was a ‘straight-talking’ leader |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/what-christopher-luxon-would-say-if-he-really-was-a-straight-talking-leader-simon-wilson/45YQS2TSBJBFBBSLSVBB2BVV5I/ |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=New Zealand Herald }}

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There are two heritage tram lines in Auckland:

The Dockline Tramway is a 1.5km circular track in the Wynard Quarter.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-22 |title=Wynyard Quarter's historic trams to resume this summer |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wynyard-quarters-historic-trams-to-resume-this-summer/GPMRTER3YNLFGER5TUGVUMTHLQ/?c_id=1&objectid=12287841 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |last=MOTAT |title=Auckland Dockline Tram |url=https://motat.nz/experiences/auckland-dockline-tram/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=images.ctfassets.net |language=en}}

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The Western Spings Tramway runs between the two sites of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), with an intermediate stop at Auckland Zoo.{{Cite web |last=MOTAT |title=Tram Information |url=https://www.motat.nz/visit/tram-information/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.motat.nz |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=MOTAT |title=Future-Proofing our Iconic Tramway |url=https://www.motat.nz/visit/tramway-upgrade-2025/?_gl=1*hpfnx6*_gcl_au*MTM5MTQ2NzgyLjE3NDU3NTc2NzE.*_ga*NjU3NTA2MTA1LjE3NDU3NTc2NzI.*_ga_WMRMNEMFV4*MTc0NTc1NzY3Mi4xLjEuMTc0NTc1Nzc4Ni42MC4wLjA. |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.motat.nz |language=en}}

{{See also|City Centre–Māngere Line}}

The City Centre-Māngere line was planned to run from Wynyard Quarter to Auckland Airport; via the Auckland CBD, University of Auckland, Kingsland railway station, Wesley, Mount Roskill, Onehunga and Māngere. There would have been be a total of 18 stops with trains running every five minutes. While the line between Wynyard Quarter and Mount Roskill would have been tunnelled, the rest of the network would have been a surface line running alongside State Highway 20.{{cite news |last1=Small |first1=Zane |title=$14 billion Auckland light rail bid gets green light, decision on second Waitemata Harbour crossing on 2023 |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/01/14-billion-auckland-light-rail-bid-gets-green-light-decision-on-second-waitemat-harbour-crossing-in-2023.html |access-date=29 January 2022 |work=Newshub |date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129202949/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/01/14-billion-auckland-light-rail-bid-gets-green-light-decision-on-second-waitemat-harbour-crossing-in-2023.html |archive-date=29 January 2022|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |date=29 January 2022 |title=Auckland light rail tunnel to run to Mt Roskill before following SH20 to the airport |work=Radio New Zealand |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/460377/auckland-light-rail-tunnel-to-run-to-mt-roskill-before-following-sh20-to-the-airport |url-status=live |access-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128034022/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/460377/auckland-light-rail-tunnel-to-run-to-mt-roskill-before-following-sh20-to-the-airport |archive-date=28 January 2022}}As of 2025, Auckland Transport continues to include the corridor in its rapid transit plans, but lists City Centre-Māngere as "mode to be confirmed."{{Cite web |date=March 2025 |title=Auckland Rapid Transit Pathway |url=https://at.govt.nz/media/hmedfx0s/akl-rapid-transit-plan-report.pdf |access-date=27 April 2025 |publisher=Auckland Transport}}

• Rail transport in New Zealand
• Trams in New Zealand
• Auckland Airport Line
• Public transport in Auckland
• Light rail in Wellington

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