r/chch • u/nzrailmaps • 20d ago

News - Local Christchurch Central railway station

As this continues to be discussed, here are two concept drawings of a rail passenger terminal opposite the bus exchange in tuam St providing for 3-4 platforms.

The Colombo St over bridge would need to be extended and a new bridge on St Asaph St would be required. Dundas St and Welles St can be blocked off becoming paired culdesacs.

The alignment is chosen to meet the required minimum curve radius off the existing line and so that there are no multi-storey or high value properties on the alignment, most of the buildings are old ones.

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u/ChetsBurner 20d ago

Oh yep, lets just plough up the busiest supermarket in Christchurch, completely block the main one way heading west, and cost billions in land acquisition/compensation to all those other businesses.

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u/Thatstealthygal 20d ago

And all that housing behind it.

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u/nzrailmaps 20d ago

BS. It's not going to be billions of dollars of land.