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Construction snapshot for November 2024

Construction works within the Town Hall Station precinct during November 2024 include:

• station entrance construction and underground build-out works at the City Square, Flinders Quarter and Federation Square sites
• ongoing work on above ground structures at City Square including the station entrance canopy
• removal of one tower crane from Swanston Street near Flinders Lane
• uplifting of the Collins Street southern footpath near the site entrance
• widening of the pedestrian ramps at the southern side of Collins Street and Swanston Street intersection
• Campbell Arcade restoration works including fitout of the underground passenger connection to Flinders Street Station
• train testing through the tunnel.

For more information on these works, see the November 2024 Town Hall construction update (PDF, 1.3 MB).

Traffic and transport impacts

• Flinders Street westbound will be closed to traffic between Russell and Swanston streets, from 9pm Thursday 21 November to Sunday 24 November. To continue westbound, detour via Russell and La Trobe streets, and then Queen Street to return back onto Flinders Street.
• Starting in November for up to 6 weeks, the Swanston Street eastern footpath between Collins Street and Flinders Lane, will be closed. This means the southbound tram stop outside City Square will be unavailable – passengers will need to walk to the tram stop outside Federation Square to catch a southbound tram during this time.
• Starting in November through until early 2025, an on-road pedestrian diversion will be in place on Collins Street, adjacent to the City Square site, while the southern footpath is closed. At times when this on-road pedestrian diversion is unavailable, pedestrians will need to use the northern footpath to continue along Collins Street.

Ongoing

• Flinders Street eastbound lanes closed between Swanston and Elizabeth 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.
• Campbell Arcade closed.
• Degraves Subway 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:

• Swanston Street water main renewal, from July to November 2024. This will involve partial closures of the Swanston Street eastern footpath between Collins and Flinders streets during the evening.

The map below shows the location of work sites and traffic and transport changes during construction.

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