Gadigal railway station
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 A temporary acoustic shed at the northern entrance in July 2018, viewed from the corner of Castlereagh Street and Park Street | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Pitt Street and Castlereagh Street Sydney, New South Wales Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′22″S 151°12′32″E / 33.8728383°S 151.2087604°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 | |||||||||||||||
| Depth | 17 metres (56 ft) below Park Street 20 metres (66 ft) below Bathurst Street | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
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| Opening | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Pitt Street | |||||||||||||||
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Gadigal station is an under-construction underground rapid transit station in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The station is being constructed as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, and it will be part of the North West Line of the Sydney Metro upon opening in 2024.
Description[edit]
Gadigal station is located within the Sydney central business district, two blocks west of Town Hall and two blocks east of Hyde Park. The adjacent station to the north is Martin Place station, and the adjacent station to the south is Central station. Gadigal station was designed to relieve pressure on Town Hall station, which is an important interchange on the Sydney Trains network and is less than 150 metres (490 ft) west of Gadigal station. Unlike Martin Place station though, there is no underground walkway between Gadigal and Town Hall stations, as planners were trying to avoid creating a "megastation" and to avoid problems at one station affecting the other.[1]
Gadigal station has two entrances. The north entry is on the northern side of Park Street between Pitt Street and Castlereagh Street. The south entry is on the south-eastern corner of Pitt Street and Bathurst Street.[2] The northbound platform is located beneath Pitt Street and the southbound platform is located beneath Castlereagh Street. The platforms are 17 metres (56 ft) below Park Street and 20 metres (66 ft) below Bathurst Street,[3] making Gadigal station the shallowest station on the City & Southwest project.[1]
Artwork[edit]
At each entrance is an artwork titled The Underneath, by Callum Morton. This consists of two 12.5-metre high (41 ft) tiled murals on the walls opposite the escalators at each entrance.[4]
History[edit]
Excavation[edit]
Demolition of buildings to make way for Pitt Street station began in August 2017.[5] Excavators were craned to the top of buildings to complete the demolition from the top down. By April 2018, all eight buildings at the station's northern entrance had been demolished, the tallest of which was fourteen storeys. The four buildings at the station's southern entrance were demolished soon after as well. After that, concrete retaining walls were built so that the entrance shafts could be excavated. An acoustic shed was built over the sites to limit the impact of construction noise on surrounding areas.[6]
By early 2019, the platform caverns were being excavated by roadheader machines.[7] In August 2019, the first tunnel boring machine (TBM), Nancy, broke through the southern cavern wall to reach Pitt Street station,[8] and the following month, the second TBM, Mum Shirl, reached Pitt Street station. After undergoing maintenance, the TBMs continued tunnelling north towards Martin Place station.[9] As of November 2020, concrete lining and waterproofing the station was nearly complete,[10] and by the end of 2020, excavation work had been completed.[3]
Station construction[edit]
In September 2019, a consortium of CPB Contractors, Oxford Properties and Grocon were awarded a $463 million contract to construct the station and design and construct two buildings above the station. Under the deal, the consortium also had to pay $369 million for the air rights above the station. CPB was responsible for the station's construction and [11][12][13]
By the end of 2021, Gadigal station's platforms, which were made out of 681 precast concrete sections, were built, and the concrete slabs for the tracks had been poured.[14] By November 2022, the platform screen doors were in place and the southern entrance building's structure was complete. Five out of the southern entrance's six escalators were in place, with the final escalator planned to be installed by the end of 2022. Over the following months, the eight escalators at the northern entrance were planned to be installed.[15]
Name[edit]
Gadigal station was originally known as Pitt Street station. In August 2021, the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council proposed naming the station after the Gadigal people, the local Indigenous group. The New South Wales Department of Transport and the minister for transport, Andrew Constance, supported the idea and sent it to the Geographical Names Board (GNB) for approval. During consultation, the GNB received 120 submissions, most of which were in support of the name "Gadigal". However, in February 2022, two months after David Elliott was sworn in as the new transport minister, he intervened to propose the station be named after Indigenous army officer Reginald Saunders.[16][17][18] In October 2023 though, after the election of a Labor government, the name "Gadigal station" was finalised.[19][20][21]
Over-station developments[edit]
Services[edit]
Gadigal station will be served by the Metro North West Line, which is operated under contract by Metro Trains Sydney, a joint venture between MTR Corporation, John Holland Group, and UGL Rail.[22] Upon opening, the Metro North West Line will run between Tallawong station to the north-west and Sydenham station to the south-west. In 2025, an extension to Bankstown station further south-west will open.
The Metro North West Line is planned to operate at a four-minute headway during peak and a ten-minute headway outside of peak.[23]
References[edit]
- ^ a b O'Sullivan, Matt (18 October 2023). "Giant holes beneath Sydney reshaped into train station with new name". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Foster and Partners & Urbis 2021, p. 12.
- ^ a b "Gadigal Station". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Gadigal Station takes shape as name is announced" (PDF). Sydney Metro. December 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Major work starts for Sydney Metro CBD stations". Sydney Metro. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Demolition complete at Pitt Street north". Sydney Metro. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Pitt Street Station taking shape". Sydney Metro. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Historic first breakthrough under Sydney City Centre". Sydney Metro. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Another CBD breakthrough for Sydney Metro's mega borers". Sydney Metro. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Pitt Street Station update". Sydney Metro. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Pitt Street metro station to become the city's newest landmark". Sydney Metro. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Cummins, Carolyn (18 September 2019). "Mega-developments add to the crane index". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Builder appointed for Sydney Metro Pitt Street Station". Felix Vendor Marketplace. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Pitt Street Station: update". Sydney Metro. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Pitt Street Station taking shape below Sydney CBD". Sydney Metro. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ McGowan, Michael (2 March 2022). "David Elliott intervened to stop department's proposal to name Sydney Metro station after traditional custodians". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Knowles, Rachael (3 March 2022). "Gadigal name pushed aside by minister in train station debate". NITV News. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Have your say on a place name in City of Sydney LGA" (PDF). Geographical Names Board. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Segaert, Anthony (8 August 2023). "Indigenous name slated for new Sydney metro station". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "New CBD metro station named Gadigal Railway Station". Sydney Metro. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Todoroski, Caitlyn (20 October 2023). "This new Sydney CBD metro station has been named in recognition of the land's traditional custodians". TimeOut. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Trains Sydney (MTS)". MTR Australia. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Sydney Metro City & Southwest Final Business Case Summary" (PDF). Sydney Metro. October 2016. p. 24. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
Sources[edit]
- Foster and Partners; Urbis (September 2021). "Station Design and Precinct Plan: Pitt Street Metro Station" (PDF). Sydney Metro. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- Rees, C; Sanchez, G; Yurt, K; Krauss, S; Trim, M (10–13 May 2021). "Excavation and primary support of Pitt street station". 17th Australasian Tunnelling Conference – 2020+1: 2020 Vision: Innovating the next 50 years. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. pp. 512–522. ISBN 978-1-925100-96-9.
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