Victoria Cross railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station located beneath the central business district of North Sydney, Australia. The station is served by the Metro North West & Bankstown Line. It opened on 19 August 2024.
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 Station entrance from Miller Street South, August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Miller Street, North Sydney Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°50′14″S 151°12′27″E / 33.8372415°S 151.2075279°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Metro North West & Bankstown Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Open | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.sydneymetro.info | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editA station at Victoria Cross was proposed in 2001 as part of Co-ordinator General of Rail Ron Christie's Strategic Plan for Rail, as a stop for trains travelling to the north-west, Northern Beaches, Cronulla and Macarthur. The new station, a block away from the existing station in Blue Street, was designed to take pressure off the constrained interchange, which dates from 1932.[1] The Government of New South Wales incorporated many of Christie's ideas in its Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program (MREP) in 2005, including Victoria Cross station as part of a future Redfern to Chatswood railway line. When the MREP was cancelled in 2008, the idea of a station at Victoria Cross was dropped as well.
The concept of a Redfern to Chatswood line was partially revived by the NSW Government as part of the Sydney's Rail Future plan in 2012, this time as a metro stop. A detailed concept plan, including a station at Victoria Cross, went on public exhibition in 2015. The station entrance is on the eastern side of Miller Street between Berry and Mount Streets.[2]
In June 2017, changes were announced, including an additional station entrance on McLaren Street. The second entrance is notable for being the first lift-only entrance to a passenger train station in Australia, and consists of four lifts capable of carrying 27 people each.[3]
The station opened on 19 August 2024.[4]
Platforms and services
edit| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | Services to Sydenham | [5] | |
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| 2 | Services to Tallawong | [5] |
References
edit- ^ Christie, Ron (2001). Long-term Strategic Plan for Rail. Sydney: Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail.
- ^ "Sydney Metro City & Southwest". Transport for NSW. June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (11 July 2017). "Lift-only station entrance planned for Sydney's new $20 billion Metro train line". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Sydney Metro line between Chatswood and Sydenham to open Monday, August 19 ABC News 15 August 2024
- ^ a b "M1: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
edit Media related to Victoria Cross railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Cross station Sydney Metro