Why Auckland Needs This $3.2BN Railway

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As an Aucklander who watches this channel religiously, who has seen videos, especially from across the ditch, (Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney I think to date) it’s nice to see Auckland profiled. It has many challenges like any other growing city, BUT it also has A LOT of potential. Cheers to The B1M for showing off AKL to the world.

I'm from Australia and I travel to Auckland all the time and I can assure you that the only thing I don't miss in Auckland is the traffic.

Auckland needs a rail network that connects the airport to the city and northern suburbs across the harbour.

Live in South Auckland and can say personally that driving into the city at any reasonable hour is a nightmare. Just yesterday I drove from Manukau to Westgate (on other sides of the city) which took about two hours. On the way back once traffic had died down it was barely over 30 minutes. Really makes a big impact on what you can get done during the day. If I want to go into the city to shop, taking the train is by FAR the preferable choice.

Been waiting ages for you to cover something from New Zealand. Finally it seems we had an infrastructure project big enough to get noticed. Awesome vid as always.

Fred’s audible reaction to Auckland’s traffic after listing the good bits of the city is proof that there’s almost always a catch. But man that set up sounded sweet.

Meanwhile, the traffic in our city is at a minimum and that's thanks to having superb transit. Pyongyang not only has a beautiful metro with two lines, but it also has a tram system with three lines and a shuttle line (between Samhung on the Metro and Kumsusan Palace of the Sun), and that's on top of trolleybuses as well. Pyongyang used to have a tram system before the war (one of three systems in the whole peninsula; Seoul and Busan were the other two) but as a result of the war's destruction, the whole city had to be rebuilt from scratch which my grandpa managed to achieve. Kim Il-sung is a role model for so many. Where there was darkness because of warfare, my grandpa showed the light.

Woh! I was so excited to see our little country and our beautiful congested little city represented ! Thank you ! PS: No one calls it Wine Island, in fact I'd never even hard that name before lol. haha

As a Dutch person that loves making videos about transport infrastructure, I really like it when your videos are about infrastructure and subways! Good job!

Fellow kiwi here. 🥝 🇳🇿 Great to see you cover a New Zealand project!!! This is potentially the greatest day of the year!

As an Aucklander we do have many challenges like other cities, but we do have potential in our major city place in New Zealand. And yes we really do need this underground railway system because traffic is atrocious

As a viewer from new zealand, It's amazing to see auckland being showcased on this channel. Cheers B1M!

As an American who lived in Aucklands CBD, I can’t imagine paying that rent again! I saw the construction for this project often because the opening was a block away. If I was to move back, definitely to the suburbs! But knowing the traffic problems, I was not willing to do that. I’m so thankful that they are still on track to open the railway because I REALLY want to move back!

Metro or Underground Rail is a must for big city and Auckland is really far behind from the rest of the world.

Was a bit late getting here, but thank you for covering this from one person working in and around this project. Looking forward to the podcast episode!

Oh wow, NZ is official! Thanks B1M, it’s nice to see us on your channel. 😊

As a Seattle native I'd love to see you cover the world's first railway on a floating bridge!

I lived in Auckland for 15 years and this CRL project ain’t gonna fix anything. By the time this project is ready to be used, it will be like a band aid on a broken leg. Aucklands traffic issue stem from much deeper issues which include the it’s poorly designed public transport system, aged harbor bridge, and lack of commuter infrastructure for bikes and PEV’s; that’s just the start of it. I used to live one block away from the Eden Terrace construction site, and loved watching it progress. Don’t get me wrong it’s great that they are doing it, and maybe some more people will use it instead of their cars, but it will %100 not fix the traffic jams I can tell you that much.

The reason traffic was so high that year was because they were renovating the train tracks around New Market and the DBC, which lots of people catch to get to work.