Waitematā railway station
Waitematā railway station, formerly known as Britomart Transport Centre, is the public transport hub in the central business district of Auckland and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway line. It combines a railway station in a former Edwardian post office, extended with expansive modernist architectural elements, with a bus interchange. It is at the foot of Queen Street, the main commercial thoroughfare of the CBD, with the main ferry terminal just across Quay Street.
An EMU arrives at the newly electrified station, 2014.
General Post Office building in 1911, with the entrance to the Queen Street railway station to the right
The underground train terminus prior to electrification
2000s plan for City Rail Link. Newton Station was later dropped in favour of an upgraded interchange with new platforms and a grade separated junction at the existing Mount Eden station, at the southern end of the City Rail Link.
The Auckland Central Business District (CBD), or Auckland city centre, is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. It is the area in which Auckland was established in 1840, by William Hobson on land gifted by mana whenua hapū Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. It is New Zealand's leading financial hub, and the centre of the country's economy; the GDP of the Auckland Region was NZD$139 billion in the year ending September 2023.
Skyline of the CBD as seen from Devonport
The Auckland waterfront with Māori waka and the original St Paul's Church building above Point Britomart, painted in 1852.
The Dilworth Building, one of the few remaining stately older buildings along Queen Street
Aerial view of the CBD
