It could be another three years before trains are rolling through Auckland's City Rail Link.
The construction's expected to finish by November 2025, but will then have to undergo major testing before it can open to the public.
Meanwhile several businesses have shut up shop because the noisy roadworks, tall mesh fences and road cones at their doors have just become too much.
Luka Forman asked the ones who are still open about the delay.
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