Pyrmont Station

The new Pyrmont Station will be on the doorstep of Darling Harbour, Blackwattle Bay, the new Sydney Fish Market and the Sydney CBD.

Pyrmont Station will greatly enhance plans to revitalise this inner-city precinct by encouraging jobs, investment and economic growth. The station will enable a new

Location

Pyrmont Station will be located between Pyrmont Bridge Road and Union Street, greatly enhancing plans to revitalise this western gateway to the Sydney CBD.

Access and entry

Station entrances are proposed to be located on Pyrmont Bridge Road and Union Street.

Planning update

Sydney Metro has commenced planning for over station development at Pyrmont by lodging a Scoping Report with the Department of Planning and Environment.

An Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed developments are anticipated to be on exhibition for public comment in 2023.

Construction

Station excavation and tunnelling

In November 2022, Sydney Metro awarded John Holland CPB Contractors Ghella Joint Venture (JCG) the contract to deliver 3.5 kilometres of metro rail tunnels under Sydney Harbour between The Bays and the Sydney CBD, as well as the excavation of Pyrmont and Hunter Street stations.

These works at Pyrmont include:

• site establishment and demolition – installing hoarding and acoustic sheds, demolishing buildings, installing ground support, utility relocations, installing staff facilities and services to the construction site
• excavating the station shafts and associated tunnels
• excavating the new station cavern including a crossover cavern – using three roadheaders and excavators with rock hammer attachments
• concrete lining the station cavern and crossover cavern
• tunnelling from The Bays to Pyrmont and through to Hunter Street in the Sydney CBD, using two tunnel boring machines
• providing tunnelling support – storage of excavated material, ventilation, grout batching and water treatment
• excavating and lining cross passages in the tunnels and concreting works for the tunnel inverts between Pyrmont and Hunter Street in the Sydney CBD
• removing excavated material via trucks