Crows Nest railway station
Crows Nest | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Pacific Highway, Crows Nest | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°49′31″S 151°11′56″E / 33.8254061°S 151.1989687°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Sydney Metro City & Southwest | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
Website | www.sydneymetro.info | |||||||||||||||
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Opening | 2024 (scheduled) | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Crows Nest railway station is an underground rapid transit station currently under construction in Crows Nest. It is being built as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project and will form part of the extension of the Metro North West Line. It is scheduled to open in 2024.[1][2] The station will be near the existing St Leonards station on the North Shore line.
Access is provided via Clarke Street and the Pacific Highway.[3] The station is located 25 metres underground.[4] Crows Nest railway station was constructed by AW Edwards.[4] The design includes nine escalators and five elevators.[3]
History
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In 2021, plans were released for three buildings of up to 21, 17 and nine storeys to be built above the station.[5] The approved buildings are slightly smaller in scale than the initial proposal, in response to residents' concerns about overdevelopment.[5]
References
- ^ 19 November 2015. Crows Nest gets Sydney Metro train station as State Government plans to extend new line to Liverpool. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Crows Nest Station Sydney Metro. Retrieved on 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b "First look at Crows Nest Metro Station". Sydney Metro. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b Hartmann, Imogen (19 October 2020). "$370 million Crows Nest Station contract awarded". InfraStructure. Monkey Media. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b O'Sullivan, Matt (13 January 2021). "Plans for towers above station on Sydney's north shore approved". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
External links
- Crows Nest station Sydney Metro