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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]
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.
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.
At the time of its construction, it was the longest rail tunnel [citation needed] Boronia Tunnels: Cowan: Main North line: Rail: 1,313 4,308: 1-4 in use, 5 deviated; double track; longest tunnel is 602 metres (1,975 ft) Bungendore - Queanbeyan rail: Bombala line: Rail: Brooks Bank tunnel and two Pine Range tunnels Carcoar Tunnel: Carcoar
The wharf's location on Barangaroo's Wulugul Walk enables direct access to the Sydney central business district; it also enables a transport interchange link to Wynyard railway station through the Wynyard Walk, an underground pedestrian tunnel purpose-built to allow direct access between the station and Barangaroo. [20] [21]
The line was estimated to have lost 384,450 commuters over 12 months after the tunnel opened. [16] ... Wynyard: 2.1 1932 Sydney, The Rocks, Millers Point, Barangaroo ...
As a terminating station, St James was equipped with a small signal box and two dead end sidings, located in the tunnel stub at the north end of the station. [6] [10] The St James signal box, equipped with pistol grips, was the smallest such box in New South Wales. Trains arriving at St James would disembark passengers on one of the outer ...
[115] [116] It offers a transport interchange with Wynyard railway station via Wynyard Walk, an underground pedestrian tunnel built to improve connections between the railway station and Barangaroo. [117] [118] Many other wharves served by Sydney Ferries have been rebuilt during the decade. The new wharves use a largely shared design. [119]