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Metro Tunnel Domain Station METRO TUNNEL DOMAIN STATION Metro Tunnel’s new Domain station will significantly improve access to the St Kilda Road precinct and key Melbourne landmarks, reducing pressure on the road and tram network to the south of the CBD. Overview Domain station will be an important interchange Domain station is expected to provide access station between train and tram services, providing to around 33,000 jobs, and 17,000 residents access to existing business precincts and growing will be located within 800 metres of the station residential areas on St Kilda Road, Kings Way and location from 2031. in South Melbourne, Southbank and the expanding western CBD. Domain station – artist impression. Legend Public traffi c access Edmund Herring Station footprint Oval (below ground) Shrine of Station entrance Remembrance St Kilda Rd Rail tunnel Potential construction zones Melbourne Grammar Domain Rd School Trams to keep operating on St Kilda Rd St Kilda Rd A lb e Queens Rd rt R d Domain station: Potential construction sites. Bowen Cres Park St Domain station: Potential construction sites. Domain station – improving access to the St Kilda Road precinct The new Domain station will make it easier to Supporting employment visit some of Melbourne’s most valued parks and Once the Metro Tunnel is operational, attractions such as the Shrine of Remembrance, the nearly 40,000 people are expected Royal Botanic Gardens and Albert Park. to use Domain station each day in 2031, making it busier than Flagstaff station The station is strategically placed to ease pressure is today. on the St Kilda Road / Swanston Street tram corridor, which is the busiest tram corridor in the When taking in its transport links to world and is currently experiencing significant Southbank, South Melbourne, and the crowding issues. southern parts of St Kilda Road, such as the Alfred Hospital precinct, the job The new station at Domain will serve thousands of catchment for Domain station is 111,000 people destined for the employment and residential jobs, not including jobs in the CBD precinct along St Kilda Road every day, and support on William Street and Spencer Street. the continuing growth and redevelopment of the South Melbourne / Kings Way precinct. METRO TUNNEL DOMAIN STATION Legend Public traffi c access Edmund Herring Station footprint Oval (below ground) Shrine of Station entrance Remembrance St Kilda Rd Rail tunnel Potential construction zones Melbourne Grammar Domain Rd School Trams to keep operating on St Kilda Rd St Kilda Rd A lb e Queens Rd rt R d Bowen Cres Park St Station location and access Entry points Domain station is proposed to be located It is proposed that Domain station will be accessed under St Kilda Road near the intersection from three entry points, located on the outer with Albert Road and Domain Road. Building edge of the Shrine of Remembrance grounds, the new station will involve creating a new the Albert Road Reserve and a relocated Domain train/tram interchange to greatly improve tram interchange in the middle of St Kilda Road. access to this important commercial, residential The latter will provide passengers a quick and and recreational area. convenient interchange between trains and trams. The Metro Tunnel will travel from the new Access between street level and the station CBD South station under the Yarra River, platforms will be provided via escalators, Domain Parklands and St Kilda Road and stairs and lifts. arrive at Domain station. The alignment then Station entrances are strategically placed to curves towards Toorak Road and heads towards provide a free pedestrian walkway underneath the eastern tunnel entrance in South Yarra. busy St Kilda Road, improving safety for the many pedestrians that use the precinct. Ventilation shafts Domain station’s ventilation shafts will circulate air from the station concourses, platforms and tunnels MORE INFORMATION ABOUT for the comfort of passengers. They will also include COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER exhaust systems that, in the event of an emergency, ENGAGEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN will quickly remove fumes from the station and CHAPTER 7 OF THE MELBOURNE tunnels. The Metro Tunnel will be used exclusively by METRO ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS electric trains. STATEMENT. It is proposed that Domain station’s ventilation shafts will be located in the St Kilda Road median and near Bowen Crescent. The exact location of ventilation structures and station utilities will Building Domain station be finalised in consultation with local stakeholders Domain station is proposed to be built via a ‘cut as part of the project’s planning and detailed and cover’ method, with the station box excavated design phases. from the top down and a roof slab placed over the top of the site. Underground construction activities will take place 24/7 once the roof slab has been installed, while traffic and trams continue to flow on St Kilda Road. What we heard Drawing on the ideas, expertise and The Domain station site is also proposed to play opinions of stakeholders and the a key role in supporting the construction of twin community is vital as planning for tunnels south of the Yarra River. Under this option, the Metro Tunnel continues. tunnel boring machines (TBMs) would be launched from each end of Domain station box and head A comprehensive program of public towards the new CBD South station and eastern engagement and consultation has been tunnel entrance respectively. Edmund Herring underway since early 2015, and feedback Oval is proposed to be used as a support site has informed planning documentation for the station and tunnel construction activities, and project designs. and Domain Road will need to be closed at St Kilda Key Domain feedback topics included: Road during this time. The Route 8 tram will be rerouted to Toorak Road West to enable the closure • High interest in impacts on local parks of Domain Road. and gardens (such as Edmund Herring Oval, the Shrine of Remembrance A second option for the eastern TBM launch site is grounds and Fawkner Park) and also assessed through the EES process. This option requests to minimise impact on these would utilise a combination of the Domain station important community spaces. site and part of Fawkner Park at the tennis courts. • Impacts on amenity for local residents It is expected that the South African Soldiers during construction, including dust, Memorial will need to be temporarily removed while noise, vibration, and night works. the Albert Road entrance to Domain station is built. It is proposed that the monument be relocated • High interest in how road and lane to another part of the Albert Road Reserve once closures will affect traffic flows as works are complete. Some parking in Albert Road well as impacts on nearby roads will be occupied during construction. and parking. The project may also need to build two small shafts • Disruptions to the tram network and along the tunnel alignment in the Domain area to services along St Kilda Road, including provide emergency services with access to the tram Route 8. Metro Tunnel. Options being assessed as part of the • Requests that the design of the station planning process include one site in Fawkner Park entrances and access points integrate either in the north-east section of Fawkner Park well with the surrounding landscape or at the possible TBM launch site location at the and not detract from landmarks. tennis courts, and one site either in Queen Victoria Gardens adjacent to Linlithgow Avenue or in Tom’s Block adjacent to Linlithgow Avenue. Melbourne Metro Rail Authority is continuing to refine the construction approach to determine the best way to reduce impacts on the surrounding parklands and minimise the construction footprint in the Shrine of Remembrance grounds. METRO TUNNEL DOMAIN STATION Key construction activities It is also expected that Domain Road, between Key construction activities in Domain would include: St Kilda Road and Dallas Brooks Drive, will be temporarily closed to trams and traffic for an • Preparatory works, including tree protection extended period of time while Domain station and removal, and the relocation of underground is constructed. Trams currently travelling along services such as water, sewerage and Domain Road and Park Street, South Yarra, will need telecommunications. to be rerouted via Toorak Road West during this • Relocation and removal of traffic islands, time. To facilitate this change, tram infrastructure trams stops and shelters, and car parking spaces will be installed along Toorak Road West between along St Kilda Road, Albert Road and Domain Park Street, South Yarra and St Kilda Road. Road, including the diversion of tram services. Proposed construction traffic routes for the Domain • Excavation of Domain station and precinct identify a number of routes to move establishment of the tunnel boring trucks and other construction traffic away from machine launch and support sites. site as quickly as possible and on to Kings Way and CityLink. • Station structural works and station entrance connections underneath St Kilda Road. Access to Edmund Herring Oval would be via • Station architectural, mechanical Birdwood Avenue and Domain Road. and electrical fit-out. A number of alternative public traffic routes have • Track works and the installation of signalling been identified to help keep traffic flowing around and communications systems. the Domain precinct, including Canterbury Road, Beaconsfield Parade and potentially Punt Road. A • Restoration of Domain Road, St Kilda Road, comprehensive communications campaign will be in Albert Road Reserve and Edmund Herring Oval. place to promote alternative routes to drivers ahead Traffic and transport of any changes taking place. The construction of Domain station will be staged Metro Tunnel’s construction contractors will to reduce impacts on the road and tram network be required to develop and implement measures while protecting and maintaining access to nearby to minimise disruption to the transport network buildings and facilities.
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