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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.
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]
English: A view of the entrance to Wynyard railway station from the Wynyard Walk in April 2017. Arguably the most visually spectacular of the many entrances to the station, it makes a direct connection between Barangaroo and the station, served by the Sydney Trains T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line, T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line, and T3 Bankstown Line services.
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.
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 first part of the North Sydney tramway system was a double-track cable tramway which started at the original Milsons Point wharf , located where the ...
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 contains four tunnels. Two connected to the Harbour Bridge, while the two City Circle tunnels terminated at Wynyard.
The Merrick Art Gallery launched a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for continued restoration of an intriguing 62-foot long tunnel discovered last year beneath its historic New Brighton building.
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