AUSTRALIA: Visitors will be able to enter the future Hunter Street Station cavern on 22 August, seeing the underground space where Sydney Metro West platforms are planned.

Sydney Metro platform with screen doors and an arched ceiling at Martin Place Station
Illustrative image of Sydney Metro platforms at Martin Place; this image does not depict the Hunter Street event. Photo: PEPSI697 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inside the future Hunter Street Station cavern

Sydney Metro has scheduled the open day at the Hunter Street East construction site, on the corner of O’Connell and Hunter streets in central Sydney. The event will run from 9:00 am to noon.

Attendees will be able to step inside the excavated station cavern and view the position of the future platforms. Representatives from Sydney Metro, the JCG joint venture and Lendlease will be available to answer questions about the work and share project information.

Places are limited, and advance booking is mandatory. Prospective visitors can access registration through the official Sydney Metro open-day announcement. The notice does not indicate that walk-in admission will be available.

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How Hunter Street Station will connect central Sydney?

Hunter Street is planned as the Sydney CBD terminus of the new metro line. Sydney Metro’s station information places the project across two city-centre sites, with proposed entrances on Bligh, O’Connell and George streets.

The future station is intended to provide connections to George Street light rail, Sydney Trains services at Wynyard and Martin Place, and existing metro services at Martin Place. This would place the new platforms within walking distance of several established transport links in the CBD.

Hunter Street’s role in Sydney Metro West

Sydney Metro West is a planned 24-kilometre underground railway with nine confirmed stations between Westmead and the Sydney CBD. The project is intended to double rail capacity between Greater Parramatta and the city centre, and Sydney Metro is targeting a 2032 opening.

The public event offers a view of the cavern during construction, before it is fitted out as a station. The announced visit is limited to the three-hour morning session on 22 August, so a confirmed booking is essential for entry.

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