The Urban Developer
AdvertiseEventsWebinars
Urbanity
Awards
Sign In
Membership
Latest
Menu
Location
Sector
Category
Content
Type
Newsletters
Untitled design (8)
FULL PROGRAM RELEASED FOR URBANITY-25 CONNECTING PROPERTY LEADERS ACROSS THE ASIA PACIFIC
FULL PROGRAM RELEASED FOR URBANITY-25 WHERE THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY CONNECTS
VIEW FULL AGENDADETAILS
TheUrbanDeveloper
Follow
About
About Us
Membership
Awards
Events
Webinars
Listings
Resources
Terms & Conditions
Commenting Policy
Privacy Policy
Republishing Guidelines
Editorial Charter
Complaints Handling Policy
Contact
General Enquiries
Advertise
Contribution Enquiry
Project Submission
Membership Enquiry
Newsletter
Stay up to date and with the latest news, projects, deals and features.
Subscribe
ADVERTISEMENT
SHARE
print
Print
TransportMarisa WikramanayakeMon 09 Sep 24

Work Completed on Third Melbourne Metro Station

The third station in the Metro Tunnel Project, Anzac Station has now been completed.

Residents along St Kilda Road will soon have direct access to the rail network with the completion of the third Melbourne Metro Tunnel station. 

Anzac Station below St Kilda Road at South Melbourne is the third station to be completed of the five that are part of the Metro Tunnel Project.

The underground station has four accessible entrances and there is also a new pedestrian underpass under St Kilda Road. 

The station will provide a rail connection to the Domain area that includes the Royal Botanic Gardens, Alfred Hospital, Albert Park and the Shrine of Remembrance.

It has been designed as a pavilion in the park with 85m by 21m skylights and sits next to a tram stop with extra-long platforms to fit four trams at once, which opened in 2022.

This makes it Melbourne’s first direct tram-train interchange and is designed to take pressure off what is the world’s busiest tram corridor. 

The design also aims to make it easier for large crowds to use public transport to attend key events such as the Melbourne Grand Prix at Albert Park and Anzac Day services. 

There are separated bike lanes from the Melbourne CBD to the suburb of Windsor to help support the tram and train services.

The skylights included in the design of the Anzac Station along Melbourne's St Kilda Road.
▲ The skylights included in the design of the Anzac Station along Melbourne’s St Kilda Road.

Artist Raafat Ishak’s bright and colourful artwork, Future Wall Painting, will be printed on the glass wall panels in the Albert Road entrance to the station.

Construction of the station began in 2016 with the Metro Tunnel Project aiming to connect the Sunbury and Cranbourne-Pakenham lines through a new tunnel under the CBD.

This would create an end-to-end line from the north-west to the south-east and allow the City Loop to be bypassed as needed. 

Anzac Station is slated to open to the public when the Metro Tunnel opens next year.

The Metro will give passengers direct train access to new destinations, including St Kilda Road (Anzac Station), Melbourne’s major health and education precinct (Parkville Station) and North Melbourne (Arden Station).

Passengers will be able to travel from Sunbury to Cranbourne or Pakenham without changing trains.

A single change will connect people to the Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Warrnambool and Gippsland regional rail lines.

Tunnelling for the project began in 2019 and was completed in 2021. The project was originally to be completed in 2026, but has been brought forward to 2025.

The project is being delivered by the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority.

InfrastructureMelbourneUrban DesignSustainabilityTransportPolicyCompletionProject
AUTHOR
Marisa Wikramanayake
The Urban Developer
More articles by this author
ADVERTISEMENT
TOP STORIES
Exclusive

Accor Deputy Delivers Verdict on Brisbane Games Hotel Shortfall

Phil Bartsch
6 Min
Qld Budget 2025-26 Brisbane City
Exclusive

Billions Promised, Now Deliver: Industry’s Qld Budget Verdict

Vanessa Croll
6 Min
Medium Density housing in NSW
Exclusive

NSW Budget ‘Groundbreaking’ $1bn Guarantee to Unlock Housing

Leon Della Bosca
7 Min
Exclusive

Azure’s Trent Keirnan on Playing the Long Game

Taryn Paris
5 Min
Exclusive

Private Credit Surge, Skittish Buyers Force Banks to Loosen Presale Rules

Taryn Paris
5 Min
View All >
Not-for-profit BaptistCare is about to embark on one of its biggest projects to date, a 6.4ha development in Sydney’s north west with a capital investment value exceeding $2 billion.
Placemaking

BaptistCare Plans $2bn Precinct at Macquarie Park

Renee McKeown
King William Road City of Unley Corner of Mary Street and King William Road North
Planning

Rezoning Push to Unlock $300m Scheme at SA’s Unley

Leon Della Bosca
Builder Hansen Yuncken has completed construction of ISPT and HESTA's latest addition to the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Precinct.
Life Sciences

ISPT, HESTA $140m Fitzroy Life Science Tower Tops Out

Marisa Wikramanayake
Part of the St Vincents’ Hospital Melbourne Precinct, the 10-storey facility will be ISPT’s first direct asset in the se…
LATEST
Not-for-profit BaptistCare is about to embark on one of its biggest projects to date, a 6.4ha development in Sydney’s north west with a capital investment value exceeding $2 billion.
Placemaking

BaptistCare Plans $2bn Precinct at Macquarie Park

Renee McKeown
2 Min
King William Road City of Unley Corner of Mary Street and King William Road North
Planning

Rezoning Push to Unlock $300m Scheme at SA’s Unley

Leon Della Bosca
4 Min
Builder Hansen Yuncken has completed construction of ISPT and HESTA's latest addition to the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Precinct.
Life Sciences

ISPT, HESTA $140m Fitzroy Life Science Tower Tops Out

Marisa Wikramanayake
2 Min
Ledlin Developments Somerville Business Park
Industrial

Ledlin Plots $13m Somerville Premium Business Park

Leon Della Bosca
3 Min
View All >
ADVERTISEMENT
Article originally posted at: https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/metro-tunnel-station-melbourne-anzac-station-completed