Flinders Street Station redevelopment
Flinders Street Station is the hub of the Melbourne metropolitan passenger rail network. With the associated yards, the site is 5.9 hectares in the heart of the city, bounded by the Yarra River and Federation Square.
Working with the Victorian Department of Transport, Nathan Alexander led a working party to prepare background information, passenger forecasts and development strategy options for this strategic site. This work preceded the Victorian Government's $1m international design competition.
The working group found that patronage was forecast to more than double by 2021, and the station needs alterations to deal with the increased patronage and to improve levels of passenger service.
Due to unknowns related to long-term station capacity and passenger demand, a definitive development strategy was not possible. The group examined ideas to augment passenger capacity, including remodelling of the eastern concourse, installing new escalators, extending the eastern concourse, building a new central or western concourse, and extending platforms to accommodate nine-car trains. The group found that, except for the Administration Building, almost the entire site could be redeveloped, subject to heritage considerations.
The group also found that the only way for the station to achieve a quality of passenger experience at least as good as Southern Cross Station was to rebuild it.
Working with the Victorian Department of Transport, Nathan Alexander led a working party to prepare background information, passenger forecasts and development strategy options for this strategic site. This work preceded the Victorian Government's $1m international design competition.
The working group found that patronage was forecast to more than double by 2021, and the station needs alterations to deal with the increased patronage and to improve levels of passenger service.
Due to unknowns related to long-term station capacity and passenger demand, a definitive development strategy was not possible. The group examined ideas to augment passenger capacity, including remodelling of the eastern concourse, installing new escalators, extending the eastern concourse, building a new central or western concourse, and extending platforms to accommodate nine-car trains. The group found that, except for the Administration Building, almost the entire site could be redeveloped, subject to heritage considerations.
The group also found that the only way for the station to achieve a quality of passenger experience at least as good as Southern Cross Station was to rebuild it.
Image by Sinclair Knight Merz