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Construction site at Beresford Square, the future location of the northern entrance to the station
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| Location | Karangahape Road, Auckland New Zealand | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°51′32″S 174°45′33″E / 36.8589513°S 174.7592431°E / -36.8589513; 174.7592431 | ||||
| Owned by | Auckland Transport | ||||
| Operated by | Auckland One Rail | ||||
| Line(s) | City Rail Link | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||
| Accessible | Yes (Lifts) | ||||
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| Website | City Rail Link | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opening | 2026 (planned) | ||||
| Electrified | Yes (from opening) | ||||
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Karanga-a-Hape railway station is an underground railway station under construction in Auckland, New Zealand. It is scheduled to open in 2026 as part of the City Rail Link project.[1] It will serve the Karangahape Road area with entrances on Beresford Square and Mercury Lane.[2][3][4] When it opens, Karanga-a-hape will be the deepest train station in New Zealand,[5] reaching 33 metres down[6] and featuring 150 metre long platforms. Auckland Council estimates up to 1,400 people an hour will use the station at peak times.
Proposals for a link between downtown Auckland and central suburb train routes have been around since the 1920s, but the first proposal involving a station on Karangahape Road came in 2003.[7] Auckland Council proposed an underground line running between Britomart and Maungawhau-Mount Eden station, including three new stations at Aotea Square, Karangahape Road, and the top of Symonds Street.
Demolition work for the Mercury Lane site began on 4 November 2019, taking out the prominent Mercury Plaza foodcourt and some surrounding buildings. Tunneling from Mount Eden station to Karanga-a-hape station began on 26 April 2022, with the Dame Whina Cooper Herrenknecht TBM breaking through on 15 July.[8]
In March 2023, the station was officially renamed from Karangahape station to Karanga-a-Hape station, after the four City Rail Link stations were gifted te reo Maori names by the project's Mana Whenua Forum.[9]
In November 2023, Auckland Transport announced it would be pedestrianising the upper portion of Mercury Lane in order to improve accessibility.[10]
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