Auckland's City Rail Link Goes Into Action for First Rush Hour After 'Incredible' Opening Day

CRL Opening: It’s the first weekday morning rush - and we’re having a race

Auckland is experiencing the first morning rush hour following the grand opening of the City Rail Link.

Auckland's City Rail Link goes into action for first rush hour after 'incredible' opening day

After decades of waiting, delays, cost blowouts and disruption, Auckland commuters finally got to ride on the new City Rail Link on Sunday.

CRL's first rush hour: Auckland's new rail network faces commuter test

Monday morning’s rush hour will provide the first real test of Auckland’s new City Rail Link, as thousands of commuters take the transformed network to work...

Auckland’s City Rail Link – 25,000+ train passengers on first weekday

By Matthew Theunissen and Lucy Xia of RNZ An estimated 72,500 passengers were counted on trains across the Auckland Transport network by 5pm today — 25,000 more than last Monday. Auckland’s City Rail Link — New Zealand’s first underground metro — has had its first full weekday in operation on Monday. Auckland Transport chief executive Stacey van der Putten said passenger numbers stayed strong all day, following the morning’s busy peak period. R…