Victoria Cross Station in the heart of North Sydney has opened its doors to the public for the first time, providing a glimpse at what future commutes will look like once the city section of Sydney Metro City and Southwest opens later this year.
The station is 95 per cent complete, with the focus now on finishing the landscaping, aboveground precinct and two station entrances.
The community open day provided visitors with a chance to view key features of the world-class metro station such as the 42 platform screen doors, futuristic-looking pedestrian walkways, 19 new escalators, 14 lifts, and 22 opal gates.
The standout feature of the station is Australia’s largest railway cavern, measuring 300 metres long, 25 metres wide and 16 metres high.
The size and scale of the station cavern can be experienced from the 170-metre-long island platform and on approach from either of two mezzanines located on the route to the platform from the lift-only northern entrance off Miller and McLaren streets or from the southern entrance off Miller and Denison streets.
While the station is close to the finished product below ground, the precinct at surface level continues to take shape and will include new retail outlets, community spaces and a pedestrian laneway lined with food and beverage options.
It has taken three years and a construction team of more than 5,000 people to deliver, design and construct Victoria Cross Station.
Around 15,150 passengers are expected to pass through the station during the morning peak by 2036.
When Sydney Metro opens, fast and reliable metro trains will take commuters from Victoria Cross Station under the harbour to Barangaroo in three minutes, Martin Place in five minutes and Gadigal in seven minutes.
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