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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
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
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
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 includes new bike parking, bus stops near the entrance as well as kiss and ride and taxi facilities.[10]
References
External links
- Barangaroo Station Sydney Metro
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- ↑ New underground Sydney Metro station at Barangaroo Шаблон:Webarchive Sydney Metro 23 June 2015
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 NSW budget 2015: Barangaroo station to be announced by Baird government Sydney Morning Herald 23 June 2015
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