Officially, there are only three subway tunnel projects left and two left.
Major works at Anzac Station are now complete, making it the third of five new state-of-the-art Tube stations, following work at Arden and Parkville stations completed earlier this year.
Victorians will be able to access some of Melbourne's most important destinations by train for the first time, including the Shrine of Remembrance, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Albert Park, as well as the expanding St Kilda Road employment, education and residential precinct.
When it opens in 2025, trains from the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines will stop at the new station, with passengers on other lines once at Melbourne Central (to State Library Station) or Flinders Street (to Town Hall Station). transfer will be possible. ) to get there.
Located 15 meters below St Kilda Road, Anzac Station has four entrances with stairs, lifts and escalators leading to a new pedestrian underpass beneath busy St Kilda Road.
Also included is a bright and colorful artwork called 'Mural of the Future' by local artist Raafat Ishak, which is an abstract representation of St Kilda Road's iconic landmarks.
Anzac Station has been designed as a 'park pavilion', with its signature 85m long and 21m wide wooden canopy skylight filling the station with natural light and reducing reliance on artificial lighting.
Over the past six years, thousands of workers have built the station canopy and entrance, relocated St Kilda Street four times, created a new Anzac Station tram stop, poured concrete for the station platform and footbridge, and installed escalators. It had 12 elevators, six elevators, and Victorian-style equipment. The first platform door.
The tram stop, which opened in 2022, has an extra-long platform that can accommodate four trams at a time for the large crowds attending events such as Anzac Day and the Melbourne Grand Prix.
The stop will be Melbourne's first direct tram-to-rail interchange, providing a seamless tram-to-rail connection, and the station will ease strain on one of the world's busiest tram lines.
The project also saw the final section of separated cycle lanes completed on St Kilda Street between Dorcas Street and Toorak Street last month, allowing cyclists to enjoy safer travel on St Kilda Street.
Domain Road is expected to reopen to traffic from mid-October, with Route 58 trams continuing to run on nearby Toorak Road.
The underground tunnel will connect the busy Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham lines via a new tunnel beneath the city, creating an end-to-end rail line from the north-west to the south-east, providing new connections for passengers. and offer more choices. •
