Check out your Future Stations
We are excited for you to ‘meet your stations’.
This month we celebrated the release of the final designs for CRL stations, for Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden), Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape) and Te Wai Horotiu Station (Aotea).
These design pictures, or renders, give people a futuristic look at what the stations will actually look like when complete in 2024. They replace the previous design station renders which were developed several years ago and have since become outdated.
The names and renders together celebrate Auckland’s cultural heritage and reflect significant landmarks relative to the stations’ locations – further connecting people and place.
Design elements at the stations use a pattern language which aligns with the gifted te reo Māori names, allowing the art, culture and other elements to converge. In some areas, the art manifests to reflect the cultural identity of the geographical location.
The collective philosophy for the station designs is the Māori creation myth of Ranginui (the sky father) and Papatūānuku (the earth mother).
The final designs of the stations also showcase the urban design around the buildings, extending the passenger’s experience into the surrounding streets. Significant engagement work, including gathering feedback from the last set of station designs, has been carried out and acted upon, to enable seamless, accessible travel to and from the stations.
For a closer look at the station designs, go to the following webpages: