{"id":69186,"date":"2024-06-20T08:15:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T22:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=116638"},"modified":"2024-06-20T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T22:15:40","slug":"new-stations-witched-on-for-crl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=69186","title":{"rendered":"New stations witched on for CRL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The City Rail Link<\/a> (CRL) project is celebrating the arrival of Matariki with the simple flick of a switch to pierce the long winter nights of T\u0101maki Makaurau with walls of light.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At five o\u2019clock on Tuesday, lights were switched on at CRL\u2019s striking new stations at Te Waihorotiu in the city centre and at Maungawhau on the North Auckland\/Western Line.<\/p>\n

City Rail Link Ltd\u2019s Chief Executive, Dr Sean Sweeney spoke about the important milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cAucklanders already know we are delivering a world class railway<\/a> and now they can see first-hand it is one unique to their city as well,\u201d Sweeney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Matariki lighting highlights the stunning influence the project\u2019s Mana Whenua Forum and mana whenua artists have had on our designs.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Te Waihorotiu, thousands of aluminium fins wrap three sides of the impressive Wellesley Street entrance building, which forms the cornerstone of midtown\u2019s transformation and regeneration.<\/p>\n

At Maungawhau, 80 fins and triangles designed to show the tears of Ranginui, Sky Father, part of the station\u2019s overall telling of the M\u0101ori story of creation will be floodlit.<\/p>\n

Floodlighting at both stations will be temporary and will become permanent later this year.<\/p>\n

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The rise of the Matariki stars marks the start of the M\u0101ori new year. Artist for Te Waihorotiu, Graham Tipene (Ng\u0101ti Wh\u0101tua, Ng\u0101ti Kahu, Ng\u0101ti Hine, Ng\u0101ti Haua, Ng\u0101ti Manu) says that the normalisation of traditional knowledge used in the CRL project has been impressive and a step in the right direction for T\u0101maki Makaurau and Aotearoa.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll work in the initial pre-planning stages has paid off and now we see the fruits of that early work as we begin to unveil the stories of Te Waihorotiu, Poutama (and the pursuit of knowledge) and through the various design thinking that has gone into the last 10 years,\u201d Tipene says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis station and this project are a testament to the nationhood we must strive for, and the excellence the Poutama facade design recognises brings to the fore a narrative that all of T\u0101maki Makaurau and Aotearoa can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seven ultra-thick glass skylights have been installed to let light into Te Waihorotiu Station, 15-metres below ground.\u00a0 The skylights represent the seven stars in the Matariki constellation, also known as the Pleiades cluster.<\/p>\n

Representatives of CRL\u2019s Mana Whenua Forum will perform karakia later this month at Te Waihorotiu to mark the successful installation and completion of its facades.<\/p>\n

Completion of the sky element facades signals progress as fit-outs continue across CRL\u2019s three new stations, including Karanga-a-Hape, with a goal to largely complete this work by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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The City Rail Link (CRL) project is celebrating the arrival of Matariki with the simple flick of a switch to \u2026 <\/p>\n

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