Press Release – Auckland Council Mayor Phil Goff has welcomed the government’s announcement of more than $275 million of expenditure to upgrade Auckland’s rail network, saying it will help boost employment and stimulate economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, as well as critically strengthening the city’s rail service. “Auckland’s rail network is essential to the efficient functioning of our public transport and freight systems and this new government funding is necessary to support it,” he says. “With the City Rail Link—New Zealand’s biggest transport infrastructure project—due to open at the end of 2024, Auckland’s rail capacity and passenger train frequency will be massively boosted.