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Central Station

Main station features

The location of the metro platforms at Central will facilitate a critical interchange, fully connecting the station with suburban, intercity and regional rail services, buses, coaches and light rail.

The work includes:

  • new underground Sydney Metro platforms at Central beneath platforms 13, 14 and 15
  • escalators directly to suburban platforms 12 to 23 for the first time
  • an upgraded northern concourse with transformed pedestrian thoroughfares and feature roof.
Central Walk

Central Walk is a new underground pedestrian concourse at Central Station that will better connect passengers to trains, light rail and the new Sydney Metro underground platforms.

Central Walk includes:

  • a 19-metre-wide tunnel from Chalmers Street linking to new Sydney Metro platforms under Central
  • new, easy access points to Sydney Trains platforms 16 to 23
  • escalators directly to suburban platforms for the first time.

The entry at 20-28 Chalmers Street will provide direct access to Central Station for customers from the Surry Hills catchment area and a direct interchange for passengers from the CBD and South East Light Rail.

Location

The new station will be located within the existing Central Station precinct below intercity rail service platforms 13 and 14. The former platform 15, which was used as a maintenance platform, will not be reinstated.

Access and entry

Station access and entry is via:

  • the existing northern station entry from Eddy Avenue and the main northern concourse
  • the existing paid underground pedestrian connections within Central Station
  • Central Walk.

Planning and compliance

The Chatswood to Sydenham Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) covers the construction and operation of the Sydney Metro rail line from Chatswood to Sydenham.

The EIS was on public exhibition from 11 May to 27 June 2016 and received more than 300 submissions. The Minister for Planning approved the Chatswood to Sydenham EIS on 9 January 2017.

The latest information about planning modifications for Chatswood to Sydenham  can be viewed on the NSW Department of Planning and Environment website.

Laing O’Rourke has been awarded the contract to deliver the new Sydney Metro platforms under Central Station as well as the landmark Central Walk - a new underground pedestrian concourse to help customers get around Sydney’s busiest railway station

For more information see City & Southwest planning and compliance documentation or Central Station Main Works (Laing O'Rourke)to find out more about our major contractors involved in the project.

If you are having difficulty locating a document, please contact the City & Southwest project at sydneymetro@transport.nsw.gov.au or call our 24-hour community information line on 1800 171 386.

Indicative travel time (from 2024)

  • 4 minutes to Martin Place Station
  • 9 minutes to Victoria Cross Station
  • 15 minutes to Chatswood Station.

Station construction

Construction of the new metro platforms at Central Station is taking place in the area around and under the former platforms 13, 14 and 15 and between the suburban and country lines to the south. This site incorporates the footprint of the future underground metro platforms.

Construction started in August 2018.

Construction activities include:

  • construction of temporary stairs to the Olympic tunnel from Platforms 20/21 and 22/23 (complete)
  • removal of platforms 13, 14 and 15 and excavation for the metro box
  • adjustment of rail systems around platforms, the paid pedestrian connections and Devonshire Street tunnel.
Site access

Pedestrian site access during construction is via Platform 12 at Central Station. Authorised construction vehicle access is via Sydney Yard Access Bridge from Regent Street.

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