The Victorian Government has wrapped up major construction works on the new Anzac Station in Melbourne.
The station – the third of five new state-of-the-art stations to be finished as part of the Metro Tunnel Project – will provide a quick and easy rail connection to the Domain area, including the Shrine of Remembrance, Royal Botanic Gardens, the Alfred Hospital and Albert Park.
Located below St Kilda Road, Anzac Station has four entrances with stairs, lifts and escalators that link to a new pedestrian underpass beneath busy St Kilda Road.
Anzac Station has been designed as a “pavilion in the park” with its signature 85m long, 21m wide timber canopy’s skylights filling the station with natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting.
The station’s tram stop, which opened in 2022, has extra-long platforms that can fit four trams at a time for large crowds attending events such as Anzac Day and the Melbourne Grand Prix.
The stop will be Melbourne’s first direct tram/train interchange, providing a seamless connection between tram and train services, while the station takes pressure off the world’s busiest tram corridor.
Separated bike lanes that stretch from the suburb of Windsor to Melbourne’s CBD have recently been completed, better connecting Melbourne’s suburbs and providing safer active transport. Charnwood Road to Linlithgow Avenue separated bike lanes were jointly delivered under Victoria’s Big Build through Big Build Roads and the Metro Tunnel Project.
The Metro Tunnel will connect the busy Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham lines via a new tunnel under the city, creating an end-to-end rail line from the north-west to the south-east, freeing up space in the City Loop and giving passengers new connections and more choices.
Photos of the new station can be found here.
Image: Victorian Government
