The tough task threading a train line through Sydney’s crown jewel | Mattonews
A driverless train will snake its way under Sydney Harbour and the central city for the first time next year, passing new underground platforms and concourses chiselled out of sandstone beneath Central Station as testing begins on the state government’s flagship metro rail line.
Commuters have already had a taste of the biggest upgrade in decades of Australia’s busiest station, which has been spurred by the construction of theHoused under a roof shaped like a hockey stick, work on a concourse at the northern end of Central was completed recently, increasing space and natural light, and revealing parts of the station’s sandstone exterior hidden from view for decades.
The upgrade helps remove a rabbit warren of passages and gives a sense of space due in part to higher roofs of the new concourses. At the northern end, Central’s clock tower reveals itself to commuters through large louvres.With testing of automated trains expected to begin next year, Mr Lawson said Central was the most advanced of the stations along the new metro rail line in terms of “looking like the finished product”.
. However, they are still a far cry from the world’s longest, which extend for 138 metres at railway stations in St Petersburg in Russia. Construction manager Oisin Farrell said the excavation for Central Walk had been carried out without passengers standing on platforms above knowing about it. “We’ve excavated and done our structural works all underneath a live track, all while the trains are running. The suburban platforms are the busiest platforms in all of Australia,” he said.About 250,000 people a day pass through Central, and the number is forecast to increase to 450,000 by 2036.
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