New concourse opens at Central Station

Customers at Australia’s busiest railway station are enjoying the benefits of more Sydney Metro upgrades with the 140-metre long by 27-metre wide North-South concourse opening today.

The North-South concourse is a transition zone linking Central Walk, the 80-metre-long and 19-metre-wide underground pedestrian link which opened last month, and the northern concourse.

There will be three new retail spaces in the North-South concourse area, along with back-of-house areas for Sydney Trains and Sydney Metro.

The North-South concourse area features a prominent ‘racetrack’ art piece by artist Rose Nolan, which reflects on Central Station’s built heritage with nods to the former ticketing office and brickwork of the northern concourse facades.

In 2024, the new concourse will provide customers direct access to the metro platforms 27-metres below the surface where they can join fast and reliable metro services from Central Station to Chatswood Station in 15 minutes; to Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney in 9 minutes; and a day out at Barangaroo will be a direct 6-minute metro ride away.