Victoria Cross railway station

Victoria Cross is a proposed underground rapid transit station, to be located beneath the central business district of North Sydney, Australia. The station forms part of Transport for NSW's Sydney Metro City & Southwest scheme. It is scheduled to open in 2024.

Not to be confused with Victoria Street railway station, New South Wales.
Victoria Cross
LocationMiller Street, North Sydney
Australia
Coordinates33.8372415°S 151.2075279°E / -33.8372415; 151.2075279
Owned byRailCorp
Operated byMetro Trains Sydney
Line(s)Sydney Metro City & Southwest
Platforms2
Tracks2
Train operatorsMetro Trains Sydney
ConnectionsBus, Train (North Sydney)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Websitewww.sydneymetro.info
History
OpeningScheduled for 2024
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Metro   Following station
towards Tallawong
M
Metro North West Line
(2024)
towards Bankstown

A 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 NSW Government 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 will be 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 4 lifts capable of carrying 27 people each.[3]

References
  1. Christie, Ron (2001). Long-term Strategic Plan for Rail. Sydney: Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail.
  2. Transport for New South Wales (June 2015). "Sydney Metro City & Southwest". Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. O'Sullivan, Matt (11 July 2017). "Lift-only station entrance planned for Sydney's new $20 billion Metro train line". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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