Town Hall construction update

1 December 2025

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Major construction at Town Hall Station is complete.

This page outlines a snapshot of works happening in the area, details of impacts and working hours, and downloads of notifications sent to nearby residents and businesses. Sign up for enews to receive notifications to your inbox.

For works around the northern end of Swanston Street, see the current works at State Library Station page.

Current works

Works within the Town Hall Station precinct during December 2025 and January 2026 include:

Station entrance construction and underground build-out works at the Flinders Quarter and Federation Square sites.
Awning reinstatement preparatory works at 244 Flinders Street.
Reinstatement works to Flinders Street eastbound.

For more information on these works, see the December 2025 to January 2026 Town Hall construction update (PDF, 2.3 MB).

We're taking a break from 20 December 2025 to 11 January 2026. Work sites will be secured and security will be on site during this time.

Traffic and transport impacts

Ongoing

Flinders Street eastbound lanes closed between Swanston and Degraves streets.
Flinders Street westbound lanes closed between Swanston and Degraves streets.
Flinders Street southern footpath adjacent to the Federation Square site closed, with pedestrian diversions in place through Federation Square.
Left turning lane from St Kilda Road to Flinders Street closed.
Temporary holding of traffic on Flinders Lane, Swanston, and Collins streets for up to 3 minutes for deliveries.
Ongoing use of boom gate and swing gate controls to pedestrian traffic on Swanston and Collins streets.
Intermittent stopping of pedestrians on the corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane.

Other works in the area

The following non-Metro Tunnel works are also occurring in the Town Hall Station precinct:

In the coming months, Lendlease will commence work on Town Hall Place, the over station development being built at the Flinders Quarter site. Find out more on the over station developments page.