Victoria Cross railway station

Proposed railway station in Sydney, Australia

North Sydney
Bus

ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatusUnder constructionWebsitewww.sydneymetro.infoHistoryOpeningScheduled for 2024ElectrifiedYesServices

Preceding station	Sydney Metro			Following station
Future Metro service 2024
Crows Nest towards Tallawong		Metro North West Line		Barangaroo towards Bankstown

Victoria Cross is a future 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.

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

^ Christie, Ron (2001). Long-term Strategic Plan for Rail. Sydney: Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail.
^ Transport for New South Wales (June 2015). "Sydney Metro City & Southwest". Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ 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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Victoria Cross station Sydney Metro

Transport for NSW railway stations

Sydney Trains services and stations

Sydney Metro services and stations
Metro North West Line	Tallawong Rouse Hill Kellyville Bella Vista Norwest Hills Showground Castle Hill Cherrybrook Epping Macquarie University Macquarie Park North Ryde Chatswood Crows Nest Victoria Cross Barangaroo Martin Place Gadigal Central Waterloo Sydenham Marrickville Dulwich Hill Hurlstone Park Canterbury Campsie Belmore Lakemba Wiley Park Punchbowl Bankstown

Sydney Metro services and stations

Metro North West Line