Barangaroo railway station

Barangaroo railway station is a future underground rapid transit station for the inner-city Barangaroo precinct in Sydney, Australia. The proposal, announced in 2015, forms part of Transport for NSW's Sydney Metro City & Southwest scheme and would make Barangaroo the first stop for southbound metro trains in the central business district (CBD).[1][2]

Barangaroo
LocationHickson Road, Barangaroo
Coordinates33°51′49″S 151°12′11″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byMetro Trains Sydney
Line(s)Sydney Metro City & Southwest
Platforms2
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus,
Train (Wynyard)
Light Rail (Wynyard)
Ferry (Barangaroo)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnder Construction
Websitewww.sydneymetro.info
History
OpeningScheduled for 2024
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station
Future Metro service 2024
Victoria Cross
toward Tallawong
 M1 Metro North West Line Martin Place
toward Bankstown

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.[3][4] 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.[5][6] The government also considered a light rail line from Central to Barangaroo via Sussex Street and Hickson Road, but nothing came of this proposal.

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.[7]

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] 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 began at Barangaroo station precinct and under the Sydney Harbour. This station is scheduled to open in 2024, as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest.

References
  1. New underground Sydney Metro station at Barangaroo Archived 30 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro 23 June 2015
  2. NSW budget 2015: Barangaroo station to be announced by Baird government Sydney Morning Herald 23 June 2015
  3. The state plan: a new direction for New South Wales. 2006.
  4. Sydney's rail future. 2012.
  5. "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.
  6. "Keneally scraps CBD Metro plans". ABC News. 22 February 2010.
  7. "Wynyard Walk connecting Sydney CBD to Barangaroo opens". ABC News. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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