Barangaroo railway station
Barangaroo | ||||||||||||||||
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 Entrance under construction in November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Hickson Road, Barangaroo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°51′49″S 151°12′11″E / 33.86373°S 151.20298°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sydney Metro City & Southwest | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www.sydneymetro.info | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opening | Scheduled for 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Barangaroo railway station is an underground rapid transit station currently under construction in the inner-city Barangaroo precinct of Sydney, Australia. The station is currently being built under the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project and will eventually form part of the extension of the Metro North West Line, making it the first station in the central business district for southbound services.[1][2]
With the first buildings at Barangaroo opening in 2015 and no mass transit construction imminent, Transport for NSW instead began work on the Wynyard Walk: a pedestrian tunnel to connect Wynyard station and the new precinct. The walkway was opened in September 2016.[3]
This station is scheduled to open in 2024, as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest.
History[edit]
Plans for a railway station in the vicinity of Barangaroo station have existed as early as 1913 when Bradfield proposed an underground railway line from the Sydney CBD to Balmain.[4]
While plans for a harbour rail tunnel have been government policy for more than a decade, neither the 2005 Metropolitan Rail Expansion (MREP) and 2012 Sydney's Rail Future strategies envisaged the new line stopping at Barangaroo.[5][6] The various metro rail proposals of 2008–10, which involved lines running west from the CBD towards Rozelle and the northern suburbs, would have included a station between Wynyard and Barangaroo. These proposals were shelved in 2010, however.[7][8] The government also considered a light rail line from Central to Barangaroo via Sussex Street and Hickson Road, but nothing came of this proposal.
In 2015, Premier Mike Baird announced the government's intention to divert the second harbour rail crossing via Barangaroo to allow a station to be built there.[2]
Construction[edit]
Construction was undertaken by BESIX Watpac.[9] On 10 November 2018 NSW Transport announced that a 180-year-old timber boat was met with during excavation works for the Metro station, regarded as 'the oldest boat of its kind ever found in NSW'. Wood samples revealed it is made from Sydney Blue Gum, Stringybark and Spotted Gum.
Starting from October 2019, excavation and tunnelling work has begun at the Barangaroo station precinct and under the Sydney Harbour.[10] 650,000 tonnes of crushed rock was removed to form the station's cavern.[9] Precast beams began deliveries to the site in March 2021.[10]
Design[edit]
The platform is located 25 metres underground. The station features terrazzo flooring on both levels, 7,700 Sydney sandstone panels, 10 escalators and eight lifts.[11] Artwork called In Time We Shall by Khaled Sabsabi is on display at the station. The design of the station includes new bike parking, bus stops near the entrance as well as kiss and ride and taxi facilities.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ New underground Sydney Metro station at Barangaroo Archived 30 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro 23 June 2015
- ^ a b NSW budget 2015: Barangaroo station to be announced by Baird government Sydney Morning Herald 23 June 2015
- ^ "Wynyard Walk connecting Sydney CBD to Barangaroo opens". ABC News. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ City Railway, Bradfield plans 1913 (Map). 1912.
- ^ The state plan: a new direction for New South Wales. 2006.
- ^ Sydney's rail future. 2012.
- ^ "Premier Iemma unveils Sydney's first Euro-style metro rail project" (PDF). Premier of New South Wales Department. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2008.
- ^ "Keneally scraps CBD Metro plans". ABC News. 22 February 2010.
- ^ a b Taouk, Maryanne (29 October 2021). "Metro tunnels under Sydney Harbour complete as Dominic Perrottet praises 'city-shaping project'". ABC News. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Barangaroo Station, Sydney". Railway Technology. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ McKeown, Renee (29 November 2023). "First Look Inside: Barangaroo Station Nears Completion". The Urban Developer. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
External links[edit]
- Barangaroo Station Sydney Metro