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Auckland light rail facing huge hurdles to get back on track 16 May, 2021 05:00 PM 8 minutes to read Artist impression of light rail on Ian McKinnon Drive heading towards Dominion Rd. Photo / Supplied The Labour Government s failure to deliver on light rail in Auckland last term has brought a new minister and a new plan to get the multi-billion dollar project back on track. Super City reporter Bernard Orsman explains Light Rail Mark II. What is light rail? Light right is the modern-day equivalent of trams, which once carried more passengers than today s combined public transport network of buses, trains and ferries. At the time, Auckland s population was 500,000 people. Today it is 1.7 million.

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