Extending Grater Auckland

If you live in Auckland, You might have noticed that there are a lot of apartments coming up around the suburbs.This is mostly because of the unitary plan. Auckland council a basically making more apartments (not houses) because they are trying to lower the cost of houses. And I think it's working very well.

But it's not just happening in local areas. The unitary plan also says that they are also building new suburbs in rural areas. So in 30 years, places like Dairy flat,Pokeno and even Kumeu will be all urbanised and will be capable of holding the young generation of Auckland.Altogether, Around 4500 houses are being created.

Obviously if these plans do go ahead (which they are most likely too) they will need good transport links. For example, I think a smart option for Northwest Auckland would be too reclaim the track between Swanson and Waimuku. But currently,Auckland Transport are investigating that.For the north of Auckland, one thing that is happening is Ara tuhuno, The extension of the northern motorway. to Wellsford. This is definitely happening because it is one of New Zealand's road of national significance. So that is very good.

History of the Onehunga Line

The Onehunga line is the shortest railway line in Auckland with only six railway stations.The Railway Starts at Britomart and ends at Onehunga Town centre.It also is the only Rail line that has a single track railway bit.

The onehunga Line was technically opened in 1873 but it was only used for freight services to the port.It was opened for public transport use in 2010 though.The railway back then was used for freight services because it was a good way to connect inner city freight to the ports in Onehunga. The Onehunga line was then closed in 2006 because of less demand for freight services to Onehunga. It was soon Reopened in 2010 and was brought by Maxx(Auckland Transport) And is now known as the Onehunga line starting from Britomart An ending in Onehunga.

The Onehunga lounge may be the newest line in Auckland but it would be one of the best investments Auckland Transport has made. Onehunga station is always full of people meaning there is obviously lots of demand. I think the future of the Onehunga line is pretty clear: When demand reaches capacity, make the line double tracked and maybe, just maybe in the very long future, we could extend it down to Auckland Airport.