Anzac railway station is a rapid transit railway station on the Cranbourne line, Cranbourne, Pakenham line, Pakenham and Sunbury line, Sunbury lines, serving the Melbourne CBD in Victoria, Australia. When opened as part of the Metro Tunnel project, Anzac will be an underground premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. The station will connect directly to the Anzac Station tram stop, Anzac tram interchange at street level. Major construction commenced in April 2018, and was completed in September 2024, with minor finishing works to continue until its opening in 2025.
Originally announced under the working title of Domain, after the nearby Kings Domain, following a naming competition the station was named Anzac for the nearby Shrine of Remembrance and in honour of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, Anzac spirit of "service and sacrifice". Construction on the station commenced in 2018 using the Tunnel#Cut-and-cover, cut-and-cover method. The station will provide a direct platform transfer to services on the busy tram corridor along St Kilda Road and will provide access to the nearby Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens and Albert Park and Lake, Albert Park.
Location
Anzac station is being built below St Kilda Road in Melbourne central business district, Melbourne, and is planned to feature four entrances.
Anzac precinct
The station will also feature the first platform-to-platform connection between trains and trams in Melbourne, as half of all passengers are expected to interchange between the two modes of transport.
The Anzac Station tram stop opened to passengers on 19 December 2022, replacing the Domain Interchange which formerly existed on the same site prior to Metro Tunnel construction. The train station underneath remains under construction.
The station entrance features a large wooden canopy designed by RSHP, Hassell (architecture firm), Hassell and Weston Williamson.
Station layout
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates eight routes via the tram/train interchange
*: Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University – Malvern East, Victoria, East Malvern
*: Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University – Malvern, Victoria, Malvern
*: Moreland railway station, Moreland – Glen Iris, Victoria, Glen Iris
*: Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University – Kew, Victoria, Kew
*: Coburg, Victoria, West Coburg – Toorak, Victoria, Toorak
*: Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University – Brighton East, East Brighton
*: Melbourne University – Carnegie, Victoria, Carnegie
*: Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University – Camberwell, Victoria, Camberwell
Route 72
Yarra Trams
Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Anzac station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : to Elsternwick railway station, Melbourne, Elsternwick station
CDC Melbourne operates one route via Anzac Station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Gardenvale, Victoria, Gardenvale – Melbourne central business district, Melbourne CBD (Queen Street, Melbourne, Queen Street)
Gallery
File:Anzac Metro station acoustic shed.jpg, Acoustic shed on St Kilda Road to mask excavation noise during construction of Anzac station,
June 2020
File:Anzac railway station under construction 2022 Melbourne Metro Tunnel roof detail.jpg, Detail of the wooden Anzac station entrance canopy during construction, December 2022
File:Anzac railway station under construction 2022 Melbourne Metro Tunnel.jpg, Anzac station entrance under construction viewing from Anzac Station tram stop, Anzac Station Interchange Tram stop, December 2022
File:Centre of main concourse inside Anzac Station, Melbourne.jpg, Centre of the main concourse in October 2024
File:Myki ticket gates at the main concourse in Anzac Station, Melbourne.jpg, Main ticket barriers in the concourse in October 2024
File:Domain Road Entrance to Anzac Station, Melbourne.jpg, Domain Road Entrance to Anzac Station
File:Anzac station concourse looking up.jpg, A view from the concourse looking up towards the canopy
File:Anzac Station interchange PID.jpg, Passenger Information Displays showing Interchange Connections as well as information about the RISING Trackwork concert
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Anzac railway station, Melbourne
Proposed railway stations in Melbourne
Railway stations scheduled to open in 2025
Railway stations located underground in Melbourne
Railway stations in the City of Melbourne (LGA)
ANZAC (Australia)