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The Wynyard Walk is a 180-metre-long (590 ft) pedestrian link and tunnel between Wynyard station and Barangaroo that opened in September 2016, [12] with a Clarence Street entrance that opened in December 2016.
Museum railway station is a heritage-listed [1] underground commuter rail station that is located on the City Circle route at the southern end of Hyde Park in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia.
Wynyard Walk provides a quick and safe route and has increased the entry and exit capacity of Wynyard station to meet demand as Barangaroo is redeveloped. An estimated 20,000 pedestrians per hour can walk through the tunnel. [2] In 2009, prior to construction of Barangaroo, the pedestrian tunnel was estimated to cost $100 million. [3]
Built in stages, the first City Circle stations to open were the heritage-listed [4] Museum and St James, which both opened in 1926 as part of the initial electrification of Sydney railways. Next was the "western limb" through Town Hall and Wynyard, which opened in 1932 in conjunction with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This section ...
Wynyard (/ ˈ w ɪ n j ər d /) is an urban locality adjacent to Wynyard railway station in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia. Wynyard is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2000. Wynyard Park is a prominent landmark in this area.
These platforms were converted into a car park after the tramway's closure on 28 June 1958. Wynyard station's railway platforms are thus numbered 3–6. The line along Military Road, opened in September 1893, was the first permanent electric tramway in Sydney and New South Wales.
The line to St James station and Museum was opened in 1926, while the "western branch" of the City Circle through Town Hall and Wynyard opened in 1932, in conjunction with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Circular Quay remained a "missing link" until 1956, when it connected the ends of the two underground branches via an elevated track.
The station and platforms are constructed of reinforced concrete finished with pre-cast white terrazzo panels, and red glazed ceramic wall tiles. A turnback siding is located east of the station. [4] A service tunnel extends from Martin Place railway station under Sydney Hospital into The Domain. The tunnel carries air conditioning services ...