I'm not easy to spot with the naked eye, but if you shine an ultraviolet light on your screen and play the video at half speed, I show up quite clearly!
@@Taitseti found myself watching this video after watching yours, hoping to get a glimpse of you. I kept looking at all the guys with cameras and wondering "is that him, is that him" I guess Philip has edited this video so you're not shown
Got to agree on the canopy. The shelters at train stations have been terrible on so many new stations. Presumably a mix of cost cutting, design 'aesthetic', and, at V/Line stations, prevent the trapping of diesel fumes.
Agree. My partner and I always have this running joke on seeing new stations as to what genius signs off on platform shelters these days in the public service. In a state where it can be freezing, rain or burning sun and you are often lucky if you get two shelters almost the size of Bus shelters for everyone to cram under for an entire platform
The reasoning for the two tram platforms, rather than four is convenience and safety. The design of the interchange is to ensure the tram platforms are on either side of the station, whereas four tram platforms would require people to cross traffic lights and change platforms which would require them to cross safely and wait for any passing trams, thereby increasing interchange times between train and tram and this would also make the original idea of convenience redundant. Having two tram platforms rather than four also increases green open spaces and also means the the road itself won't be affected. Having trams behind another wouldn't hold them up as trams are given priority at most traffic lights.
From an accessibility pov it's terrible. Where do you wait for the tram? Often a rear tram will suddenly take off to take the place when a tram in front of it has moved off. Meaning passengers who can't walk fast enough from the rear space to the front will miss the tram. Tram drivers can be really impatient if you don't move quickly enough for them. It's inconvenient, ableist, and I don't see what the issue is with safety that would have been easy to deal with in the beginning.
It looks good. We got a new station in Greensborough, and all they could come up with was a black box. They followed through with black at Montmorency Station as well. Oh, and there are no shaded areas on the Melbourne-bound side, so that should be great in summer.
@daniel-raju, hopefully, it'll mean we might get some of the regular tram services back, on Grand Prix Weekend. Instead of all 96 trams being express only from City to MSAC stop and then to next stop then terminating, & the route 12 trams also running express to/from Albert Park/Albert Rd tramstops. Can understand the 96 being express only, as with the E-Class trams they're fast movers of bulks of people, But the #12? And as the 96 & 12 take over Spencer St - Southbank junction section, no 109s come into or go from the city either, but terminate/depart from the Southbank Junction stop
At 3:45 you can see two lights on the same lighting installation and there's two different lights on it. It's frustrating me and making my OCD flair up :D Otherwise it is a very nice station. I'll have to fly back home to Melbourne (living in Perth these days) to check it out. (On second thoughts, maybe those lights are speakers? Fire detectors?)
the station looks absolutley amazing, one thing i wish they did was have larger tram time displays, similar to a train station size as the only small displays are quite high and far up which makes it harder to see
Great video Philip. Looking forward to using this station. Regarding the single escalator at the northern entrance, there is actually thought behind it, it's not a mistake. Here in Santiago, Chile, many metro stations are like that. It provides the most benefit to the most people when space is limited. Helping people go up is much more important than providing an escalator that goes down. Plus, if it stops working or needs repairs, you still have normal stairs that work both ways. And there are lifts for anyone who cannot go down the stairs. But, the vast majority can, so stairs for going down are acceptable.
The thing about seating on the platforms is similar to the Sydney metro, as since the system is designed with high frequencies in mind, there isn’t a need for a lot of seating, as realistically someone is gonna get down to the platform and there will be a train within the next few minutes.
ye, but they’re both designed to handle high volumes of passengers who don’t need to wait as long as people at other stations. Basically, more room for standing passengers and then seats for people who really need them. Although you could argue that less seats could cause more crowd crushes due to there being fewer physical barriers separating people on one platform from the other (if that makes any sense, probably not), but the idea has worked in Sydney, so it’ll probably work on the metro tunnel as well.
Way overdue Flinders Street station is renovated it's dirty, cold and old and a coat of paint does nothing. I've seen rats, pigeons and syringes and it's embarrassing that it is Melbourne's main station.
@@gregpies1649 They're building a new station linked to Flinders Street called Town Hall station, many more people won't have to use it after that's completed.
@@geoffh784 So that is your answer? What are you talking about? If you are not on the Sunbury, Cranbourne or East Pakenham Lines you are still going to alight at Flinders Street. And Flinders Street is a disgrace.
Hello Phillip. One thing I found about tram travel in the City; especially trams that travel up and down Swanston Street, is that they don't cater for the infirmed. A few months ago, I visited the City of Melbourne for the first time in 10 years, and found that I could not board any of the trams that travelled either way along Swanston Street, as the trams were of the Z Class variety; with narrow doors and steps at the entrance to those trams. My problem is that I am a Ex Service veteran aged 79 years who is now relegated to using a four wheel walker. I found that I could not get onto a tram in Swanston Street (cannot be sure if it was a B Class or a Z Class but the trams running in Swanston Street had very narrow doorways, and that walker could not fit to allow me to get up the stairs hence; It was a long walk for me in bother directions as the specialist I had to visit was almost at the Queen Victoria and of the city. Looks like PTV don't give a rats ring about the elderly. Thank you for all your videos mate. I enjoy them, as it brings back many memories of my first years in Australia, having arrived here at Station Pier Port Melbourne in April 1961. Cheers mate!
They have to match the impressive Sydney Metro stations too! Since I live in both cities. I think Melbourne needs more trains and buses to catch up to Sydney.
@74_pelicans Rubbish. Sydney for over 70% of the network has trains at least every 15 mins off peak. Most of the Melbourne Network it is 20 mins. Melbourne's Network does not even come close. I know Sydney Trains has had problems, but it is a wonderful network. It runs far more trains and carries over 110 million more passenger journeys than Melbourne. Our branch line railway by comparison absolutely sucks.
Nobody will do that if there is no train behind them. Here in Santiago, Chile, there are 2 new metro lines with platform doors at every station. The platforms were built longer than the current trains, so not all doors are used. But, the unused section is marked, so people know where to wait. It works fine because the train stops in the same section always.
Overall, this new station looks amazing and will be an excellent addition to the network. Just a pity about the small canopy at the tram stop - it will become a sea of clashing umbrellas when it rains. Otherwise, can’t wait to use this new interchange and station.
@1.50 Phillips comments is misleading. Flagstaff has 4 escalators from/to William St entrance and a lift which are also close to Latrobe St. And the entrance beside Flagstaff Gardens, & goes under Latrobe St does have a single way escalator - after have walked down the stairs next to FG and along a walkway a bit - that is!
Fair comment, thanks! At the time I was thinking of the northern exit but yes you're absolutely right, Flagstaff does have escalators at the main entrances to ground level.
@@philipmallis Hi, I did start to also write bit re Parliament Station, but gave up re that lol, (wasn't so much, re escalators tho, or lack of from concourse level to street level, at Southern exits) Was that the Macarthur St exit, in the shot you had? That northern/Flagstaff Gardens exit does rate as one of the strangest tho, with only stairs from street level, but then there's the quite short escalator down from (like a walkway level) to the concourse. Like, why have a short single escalator, between the stairs, & going down to the concourse, when must use stairs to enter /exit that way, anyway.
It looks fantastic - but was there any retail space in the main concourse? I remember early leaflets given to locals emphasised that the underground walkway would feature cafes, a supermarket, etc
I asked about this on Taitset's video and he replied saying there was "space for one or two" (shops). I doubt there will be a supermarket there since it would be a difficult location for delivery trucks to unload. Edit: Google Maps shows a Woolworths Metro supermarket just around the corner on Park Street. Perhaps it opened recently since it's not visible on Street View.
@@zoomosis Thank you! and yep - metro just opened up in the last month or so - they may have been referring to a re-do of the surrounding precinct. The whole domain interchange area had very little on-street retail before metro
As others have said here, yes there will be! We were shown a couple of locations where there is retail space. If I recall correctly this was mainly on the west side of the station near the entrance.
Another great video. I heard a story about why Punt Road curves away as the Punt Road Bridge cross the Yarra. Do you know anything about why the road doesn't go straight?
@ 3:24 that looks like you Philip in the digital rendering, looking at the map and looks like you are chatting to PTV on the phone "yeah love what you've done what the tram map but you should really have just copied mine"!!!
I hope you communicated the points about the seating in the way of information and the lack of seating to the metro team, it seems like it would only need a quick fix. I also hope that they asked some disabled individuals for their feed back, especially with the access to the tram stops via the station and how that make impact individuals with low energy or chronic pain.
Very odd 5:14 with the offset lighting for the station sign; a couple of odd design choices (limited seating? Possibly in the hope that wait times won't be long), but overall, I eagarly await opening of this new line!
I can’t believe they overlooked the shelter. Melbourne Summers and Winters will be brutal waiting for a tram. I can also foresee people blocking the escalator. How do the architects and designers not consider this stuff? They probably never take public transport themselves.
Took them long enough to complete all of this..... If this project had been done in somewhere like Japan they would have completed it in half the time!
Next time can you show us disabled ends of trains stop sometime over ends when trains going change ends(like arrow showing the directions where the train is heading
The new bike paths along St Kilda Rd are a huge improvement. At 3:37 the graphic "artwork" is too hectic, needs something more relaxing in this environment.
6:46, it seems to be a fundamental of 'good' architecture to disregard fundamentals of common sense. and if in the future, a verandah is hung off the contraption you can bet on the architect complaining loudly about corrupting his/her glorious design. as frank lloyd wright once said "if the roof doesnt leak your architect wasnt trying hard enough"
Looks marvelous . Two questions : those outside boxes are working stations and will be removed? … the blackness appearing in the video, are those surfaces actualy dark gray or dark blue? Thank you.
Thank you! To answer your first question, the wooden boards you can see around the station entrance is just part of construction will be removed once the station opens. In terms of the dark surfaces, I don't remember exactly and it depends on the exact location. You may get a better sense of the colours from Marcus Wong's photos here which are a higher resolution. Hope that helps! railgallery.wongm.com/metro-tunnel-anzac-open-day
I’m going to be a miserable sod too. “Natural light” in Australia means relentless hot sunshine beating down throughout summer. In the land of skin cancer, shelter from the “natural light” is what we need. Secondly, what about the disabled? Where are the escalators for them?
ANZAC is a fantastic name for the station. Hopefully the dreadfully misguided university students and protesters in the area don't vandalize it too much and ruin it for normal people.
I only hope it is kept CLEAN and not dingy and grotty like most city stations. A bad design feature to have only one escalator next to huge stairs in one area, I can imagine a real block up happening here. Overall looks good, let's wait and see how well it works.
As others have mentioned there is official guidance on this topic - both are acceptable: www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf
I'm hearing ya! I knew I couldn't be the only one 😊 Now I just gotta book myself to travel on one of the old VR / Steam Trains when they run every so often in the city
@@reubenab6005I’ll let the ill, elderly, children, pregnant, those carrying stuff all know of your consideration of many people that may need to sit. They they’ll just have to stand. As for trains every 3 minutes. Good luck. Ona bottle neck line with mixed regional, express and stopping all stations trains. Almost impossible.
I notice that the one escalators and stairs is something they do at train stations overseas as well. Very odd.I always thought it made people walk down the stairs for exercise but use the escalators to get up because it takes more effort to get up hill. Eventhough this is not a true metro, I like how melb has copied Sydney with safety gates!
@@MaxS-hn8we It’s less ticket office and more customer service/concierge. If people want to go to a staff member for information/help or do things like purchase a concession Myki (concession Myki can’t be purchased from a machine)
Just wish they would get rid of the boxey trams that you have no choice but to step up. The newer trams are so much better for those whom have mobility issues. I suppose all in time
Lovely to see you use all upper case for the word ANZAC. BUT I notice that government and the builders can’t get their act together. Some are upper case, some are lower case. Looks unprofessional and sloppy.
This is the Department of Veterans Affairs’ advice: Is it ‘Anzac’ or ANZAC? There is no rule or law that indicates how the word ‘Anzac’ should be capitalised. For example, DVA only uses ‘ANZAC’ when referencing the Corps itself and uses ‘Anzac’ in all other circumstances; the Australian War Memorial (AWM) generally uses ‘ANZAC’, given its focus on historical records and memorabilia.
@@FromtheWindowSeat Yes. I know of that document. But my issue is they have used both ways in the station on signs. Showing the left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing. It’s the equivalent of having signs in a building with the word ‘colour’ in the name and half spell it ‘colour’ and the other half use ‘color’
@@xr6lad I think that's more the whole text is capitalised compared to just the word, there is also manual entering of texts on the digital signs which are only temporary for the open day
We want more people to use PT but all of that spend and no protection from the weather for users. Like the new platforms that aren't built long enough for the trains : guys, you had one job!!
"Like the new platforms that aren't built long enough for the trains" Huh? The platforms are long enough for ten-car trains, and at present we only have seven-car trains.
Nice to see the station in it's "new condition", how long will it stay like this before the graffiti idiots make their "marks" and spoil the beautiful new tax payers station..
@@2_pelicans I'm not trying to be a shit stirrer here. Just painting something green or orange and having exposed wood doesn't make an interesting design element/feature. The majority of the station is ugly glass and steel. Oof. Coburg Station (out in the burbs and a fraction of the cost) swings bigger design-wise than this.
Or cancelled like Labors and the Airport rail link. Or the land sold like Labor and the Doncaster rail corridor? Oh and the Liberal party built the city loop. Let me guess - 10 years old?
"completing something which just wasnt in the DNA of the Liberal party" Having a version of the tunnel was also something the Liberals were on board with. It's a long-standing plan supported in some way or another by both parties.
The two tram stops are longer... but there are barricades along most of it meaning only 2 trams can alight at the same time. There are SO MANY design flaws, a lot of people think this is a massive waste of money and of course we all know Myki fees will increase because of this. ALL public transport should be free.
"we all know Myki fees will increase because of this." We do? Then how come I don't know this? "ALL public transport should be free." Paid for by the taxpayer, you mean.
@@daleviker5884 Hi there... I work full time and I pay tax. But since you seem to be so fundamentally (un)informed on my lifestyle, allow me to take you off your high-horse and correct you: I work professionally full time, I pay tax... You might be interested to know that portion of my tax payments goes towards public transport. You might also find that yours does too! Victoria's Public Transport can cost an average of $20 per day. Every time I catch the tram from home to whichever theatre or filming location I'm going to (on the occasion I Don't have a driver assigned) I would need to fork out anywhere between $5-$25 charged to a Myki card that expires and requires you to buy a replacement... So by all means... Act the fucking fool and think you have the audacity to try and come for me... now.. take a damn seat.
Must admit. Going to be a miserable sod. But not impressed with some of the colours used. They should have gone for more neutral colours. That (imo) ugly green columns for example will date extremely quickly and age the place like a purple Hyundai Excel.
@@MangoBells. Yes the green is ghastly. It looks really a cheap green as well. Not one of those nice khaki or even olive would have suit as an offset against the wood . I can live with the burnt orange.
Gee a station that might and I mean might have some staff! How novel will that be? Where will our youth go to TAG now? One would imagine that with all the money the thieving government save on staff they might have spent more on platform seating across the whole network, which is very close to 3rd world! And coverage and protection from rain and sun across all of Australia's transport is a disgrace! The wind, rain and burning sun is more important then a pretty piece of I believe art we are calling it!!!? Speaking of art and design, what isn't very vanilla is really crappy, we now have more art by stoned artiest that no doubt "we" paid a fortune for! This spend should have "us" the people paying for it involved... its not cutting edge, its crap! At the end of the day none of this matters, we have terrible transport here and the world laughs... No doubt it will all be unreliable and as ever late if running at all. Cliff for Prime minster!
Why so many fark ups for all those billions spent? Both up and down escalators should have been provided for all underground stations. Seats directly in front of the map displays? Not enough seats? Ineffective rain and sun canopies. Bare concrete at passenger level which will soon be covered in graffiti.
There are up and down escalators at the main entrance. Only the northeast entrance has 1 escalator. It's likely to be the least-used entrance. 1 escalator is fine.
@@jdillon8360 OK thanks for that detail. That is not so bad then but nevertheless it would still be better with 2 escalators at the NE entrance as well. Many people struggle with going up stairs and going down stairs.
@@YinandYangandGreen For space issues you can't have multiple escalators and stairs at all 4 entrances. Anyone who struggles with stairs can use the lifts, which are available at all 4 entrances to the station.
@@jdillon8360North east is likely to have big public events and families entering the gardens. It’s bad planning to have crowds walk down all those steps. And as for space issues - oh please. The Australian’excuse’ yet again on projects when overseas there’s never an issue with understanding these things. Simply put you would never have stairs of that length from station entrances in big cities.
@@2_pelicans The only reason why all of this otherwise totally unnecessary "big build" is going ahead is to try and cope with the "booming population". Which translates as the hordes of foreigners which "our" government is bringing in here. So many so, that we're being outnumbered in our own city. At great cost in men, we were on the winning side in the two world wars. We should be safe from this. It's a total insult to those who sacrificed their lives, that their own people will become a token presence in this railways station, as they are across the breadth of the city and it's suburbs.
I actually feel like it's a mismatched slapstick mess. The colours don't flow, neither does the platforms escalator or lack of. It looks cheap considering the price tag
The work completed for this very futuristic station is just beautiful. In fact, when the completed Metro Tunnel is up and running, it will be simply fantastic. The amount of work done and the immense size of the entire project is WOW. If anyone has any doubts about the Victorian government's infrastructure program and its ability to deliver absolutely world class projects would do well to take a good look at the Metro Tunnel. And the doubters know full well who they are? A clue..they sit on the opposition benches. I rest my case.
"If anyone has any doubts about the Victorian government's infrastructure program and its ability to deliver absolutely world class projects would do well to take a good look at the Metro Tunnel." So 'on time' and 'on budget' don't matter to you?
lol @ beautiful. Those unfinished bare concrete looks rubbish. My partner was looking over my shoulder while I watched this and said ‘surely that’s not finished, the concrete looks uneven’.
Sydney Metro is world class. Melbourne Metro a very welcome addition to the network is just a small scale version of the Elizabeth Line. World Class it ain't.
Concrete ugly design brutalism the Sydney metro is so well designed with wood paneling seriously it is just as ugly as southern cross rail station. is this the best architects or designers can do. Melbourne is covered up in such concrete why arent they using bricks and columns with design or classical modern architecture to reflect the shrine seriously pathetic pathetic. why not have the a mural of the dawn coming over the shrine as a commiserative mural when the light comes over the trees and there it is the magnificence of the ANZAC Temple ... too many people too afraid to say No ... and here it is an ugly design with appalling interior design and architecture. The architect students should have been given the opportunity to get inspiration form Istanbul Milan Paris even Newy York Central rail station. Typical .The labour Government has built a monstrosity that will echo with the mood of Orwellian Dystopian Design. Oh, let's pat ourselves on the back at the Gala night for excellence and award the Architecture award for the ugliest interior of ANZAC Station. I want a job as an interior Architectural Design with Historical adaptation
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Great stuff! Only spotted myself a couple of times. :)
@@Taitset I know you you’re great
I love how spacious it all is. Makes me miss the old concourse level at Museum Station before the building of Melbourne Central..
The canopy above the train station always looked great when I walked by
Taitset is definitely somewhere in this video
I'm not easy to spot with the naked eye, but if you shine an ultraviolet light on your screen and play the video at half speed, I show up quite clearly!
@@Taitseti found myself watching this video after watching yours, hoping to get a glimpse of you. I kept looking at all the guys with cameras and wondering "is that him, is that him"
I guess Philip has edited this video so you're not shown
4:03 That's my guess.
Got to agree on the canopy. The shelters at train stations have been terrible on so many new stations. Presumably a mix of cost cutting, design 'aesthetic', and, at V/Line stations, prevent the trapping of diesel fumes.
Agree. My partner and I always have this running joke on seeing new stations as to what genius signs off on platform shelters these days in the public service. In a state where it can be freezing, rain or burning sun and you are often lucky if you get two shelters almost the size of Bus shelters for everyone to cram under for an entire platform
@@xr6lad yep. Terrible design
The reasoning for the two tram platforms, rather than four is convenience and safety. The design of the interchange is to ensure the tram platforms are on either side of the station, whereas four tram platforms would require people to cross traffic lights and change platforms which would require them to cross safely and wait for any passing trams, thereby increasing interchange times between train and tram and this would also make the original idea of convenience redundant.
Having two tram platforms rather than four also increases green open spaces and also means the the road itself won't be affected.
Having trams behind another wouldn't hold them up as trams are given priority at most traffic lights.
From an accessibility pov it's terrible. Where do you wait for the tram? Often a rear tram will suddenly take off to take the place when a tram in front of it has moved off. Meaning passengers who can't walk fast enough from the rear space to the front will miss the tram. Tram drivers can be really impatient if you don't move quickly enough for them. It's inconvenient, ableist, and I don't see what the issue is with safety that would have been easy to deal with in the beginning.
It looks good. We got a new station in Greensborough, and all they could come up with was a black box. They followed through with black at Montmorency Station as well. Oh, and there are no shaded areas on the Melbourne-bound side, so that should be great in summer.
This station is gonna be so good for the Australian Grand Prix
@daniel-raju, hopefully, it'll mean we might get some of the regular tram services back, on Grand Prix Weekend. Instead of all 96 trams being express only from City to MSAC stop and then to next stop then terminating, & the route 12 trams also running express to/from Albert Park/Albert Rd tramstops.
Can understand the 96 being express only, as with the E-Class trams they're fast movers of bulks of people, But the #12? And as the 96 & 12 take over Spencer St - Southbank junction section, no 109s come into or go from the city either, but terminate/depart from the Southbank Junction stop
You are incredible. Thankyou for this channel
My pleasure, you're very welcome!
At 3:45 you can see two lights on the same lighting installation and there's two different lights on it. It's frustrating me and making my OCD flair up :D Otherwise it is a very nice station. I'll have to fly back home to Melbourne (living in Perth these days) to check it out. (On second thoughts, maybe those lights are speakers? Fire detectors?)
the station looks absolutley amazing, one thing i wish they did was have larger tram time displays, similar to a train station size as the only small displays are quite high and far up which makes it harder to see
Great video Philip. Looking forward to using this station. Regarding the single escalator at the northern entrance, there is actually thought behind it, it's not a mistake. Here in Santiago, Chile, many metro stations are like that. It provides the most benefit to the most people when space is limited. Helping people go up is much more important than providing an escalator that goes down. Plus, if it stops working or needs repairs, you still have normal stairs that work both ways. And there are lifts for anyone who cannot go down the stairs. But, the vast majority can, so stairs for going down are acceptable.
Thank you! And yes that does make sense. We don't have very good experiences with escalator maintenance at stations here...
Wow, looks very different from when I went down when the platforms were first being put in before the TBM’s had gone through 😊
Thank you for this review, well done.
Absolutely magnificent. I heard on the grapevine that the escalators are steeper at Arden Station than at Parliament Station
The thing about seating on the platforms is similar to the Sydney metro, as since the system is designed with high frequencies in mind, there isn’t a need for a lot of seating, as realistically someone is gonna get down to the platform and there will be a train within the next few minutes.
Yes but the Melbourne Metro is not the same as the Sydney Metro.
ye, but they’re both designed to handle high volumes of passengers who don’t need to wait as long as people at other stations. Basically, more room for standing passengers and then seats for people who really need them. Although you could argue that less seats could cause more crowd crushes due to there being fewer physical barriers separating people on one platform from the other (if that makes any sense, probably not), but the idea has worked in Sydney, so it’ll probably work on the metro tunnel as well.
@Tree_132 Yes but Sydney Metro will handle that with ease. Melbourne Metro, I doubt that it will be every 3 mins past the core. It manages 4 to 6 now.
@@mjcats2011 yeah true that
Another great video, thanks for sharing.
Way overdue Flinders Street station is renovated it's dirty, cold and old and a coat of paint does nothing. I've seen rats, pigeons and syringes and it's embarrassing that it is Melbourne's main station.
Not to mention graffiti
@@gregpies1649 They're building a new station linked to Flinders Street called Town Hall station, many more people won't have to use it after that's completed.
@@geoffh784 So that is your answer? What are you talking about? If you are not on the Sunbury, Cranbourne or East Pakenham Lines you are still going to alight at Flinders Street.
And Flinders Street is a disgrace.
Hello Phillip. One thing I found about tram travel in the City; especially trams that travel up and down Swanston Street, is that they don't cater for the infirmed. A few months ago, I visited the City of Melbourne for the first time in 10 years, and found that I could not board any of the trams that travelled either way along Swanston Street, as the trams were of the Z Class variety; with narrow doors and steps at the entrance to those trams. My problem is that I am a Ex Service veteran aged 79 years who is now relegated to using a four wheel walker. I found that I could not get onto a tram in Swanston Street (cannot be sure if it was a B Class or a Z Class but the trams running in Swanston Street had very narrow doorways, and that walker could not fit to allow me to get up the stairs hence; It was a long walk for me in bother directions as the specialist I had to visit was almost at the Queen Victoria and of the city. Looks like PTV don't give a rats ring about the elderly. Thank you for all your videos mate. I enjoy them, as it brings back many memories of my first years in Australia, having arrived here at Station Pier Port Melbourne in April 1961. Cheers mate!
They have to match the impressive Sydney Metro stations too! Since I live in both cities. I think Melbourne needs more trains and buses to catch up to Sydney.
morre trains? melbournes network is bigger...
@@2_pelicans Sydney has a higher frequency of trains on each train line
@@Noosa21 only slightly and only on a couple of lines
@74_pelicans Rubbish. Sydney for over 70% of the network has trains at least every 15 mins off peak. Most of the Melbourne Network it is 20 mins. Melbourne's Network does not even come close.
I know Sydney Trains has had problems, but it is a wonderful network. It runs far more trains and carries over 110 million more passenger journeys than Melbourne.
Our branch line railway by comparison absolutely sucks.
Looking forward to seeing people walk into those doors on the platform without them opening lol
Yes. Fitting non-functioning doors is not something that Sydney Metro has done at the ends of the platform.
Nobody will do that if there is no train behind them. Here in Santiago, Chile, there are 2 new metro lines with platform doors at every station. The platforms were built longer than the current trains, so not all doors are used. But, the unused section is marked, so people know where to wait. It works fine because the train stops in the same section always.
@@jdillon8360 Oh these they will. And it will be amazing to see when it happens.
I wish they would do something with all the tram stops between Flinders station and FED square
Overall, this new station looks amazing and will be an excellent addition to the network. Just a pity about the small canopy at the tram stop - it will become a sea of clashing umbrellas when it rains. Otherwise, can’t wait to use this new interchange and station.
7:44 I teckon a bunch of people are going to jump that small fence to avoid the myki barriers...
@1.50 Phillips comments is misleading. Flagstaff has 4 escalators from/to William St entrance and a lift which are also close to Latrobe St.
And the entrance beside Flagstaff Gardens, & goes under Latrobe St does have a single way escalator - after have walked down the stairs next to FG and along a walkway a bit - that is!
Fair comment, thanks! At the time I was thinking of the northern exit but yes you're absolutely right, Flagstaff does have escalators at the main entrances to ground level.
@@philipmallis Hi, I did start to also write bit re Parliament Station, but gave up re that lol, (wasn't so much, re escalators tho, or lack of from concourse level to street level, at Southern exits)
Was that the Macarthur St exit, in the shot you had?
That northern/Flagstaff Gardens exit does rate as one of the strangest tho, with only stairs from street level, but then there's the quite short escalator down from (like a walkway level) to the concourse.
Like, why have a short single escalator, between the stairs, & going down to the concourse, when must use stairs to enter /exit that way, anyway.
It looks fantastic - but was there any retail space in the main concourse? I remember early leaflets given to locals emphasised that the underground walkway would feature cafes, a supermarket, etc
I asked about this on Taitset's video and he replied saying there was "space for one or two" (shops).
I doubt there will be a supermarket there since it would be a difficult location for delivery trucks to unload.
Edit: Google Maps shows a Woolworths Metro supermarket just around the corner on Park Street. Perhaps it opened recently since it's not visible on Street View.
@@zoomosis there is a goods lift so it is not hard, how do you think any of the other city locations operate:?
@@zoomosis Thank you! and yep - metro just opened up in the last month or so - they may have been referring to a re-do of the surrounding precinct. The whole domain interchange area had very little on-street retail before metro
As others have said here, yes there will be! We were shown a couple of locations where there is retail space. If I recall correctly this was mainly on the west side of the station near the entrance.
Another great video. I heard a story about why Punt Road curves away as the Punt Road Bridge cross the Yarra. Do you know anything about why the road doesn't go straight?
The mysterious logo looks like two capital Ms on top of each other... Melbourne Metro
@ 3:24 that looks like you Philip in the digital rendering, looking at the map and looks like you are chatting to PTV on the phone "yeah love what you've done what the tram map but you should really have just copied mine"!!!
I thought it was him too 😂
I hope you communicated the points about the seating in the way of information and the lack of seating to the metro team, it seems like it would only need a quick fix. I also hope that they asked some disabled individuals for their feed back, especially with the access to the tram stops via the station and how that make impact individuals with low energy or chronic pain.
is there information on the journey travel time? for example caulfield to ANZAC and caufield to TH
Very odd 5:14 with the offset lighting for the station sign; a couple of odd design choices (limited seating? Possibly in the hope that wait times won't be long), but overall, I eagarly await opening of this new line!
Sneaky Metcard :) Great video thanks
I can’t believe they overlooked the shelter. Melbourne Summers and Winters will be brutal waiting for a tram.
I can also foresee people blocking the escalator.
How do the architects and designers not consider this stuff? They probably never take public transport themselves.
when matching for speed, what kills more pedestrians, hook turns or from centre lane?
The artwork at 3:40 was done by one of my teachers at the art school down the road!
Took them long enough to complete all of this..... If this project had been done in somewhere like Japan they would have completed it in half the time!
Next time can you show us disabled ends of trains stop sometime over ends when trains going change ends(like arrow showing the directions where the train is heading
those lifts are like those on the skyrail stations
"wayfinding" sounds far better than "navigation" haha
Nice to see Anzac station just a few minutes walk to the Turkish embassy ,Now i can use trains to get there .
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@@Scotty-P I go on hollidays to Turkey and because i was born in Ozz sometimes i need documents visas ,Parking there is a nightmare .
@@umitaltay465 there has, and always will be trams there mate
@@2_pelicans i have never been on a tram mate ,Honestly and the last time i used a bus was at cheltenham high school.
The new bike paths along St Kilda Rd are a huge improvement. At 3:37 the graphic "artwork" is too hectic, needs something more relaxing in this environment.
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when do they paint it
6:46, it seems to be a fundamental of 'good' architecture to disregard fundamentals of common sense. and if in the future, a verandah is hung off the contraption you can bet on the architect complaining loudly about corrupting his/her glorious design. as frank lloyd wright once said "if the roof doesnt leak your architect wasnt trying hard enough"
we knew we saw philip in taitsets vid
I'm glad I'm not the only one whose Metlink card didn't work
I hope Melbourne renovates all their old stations to match the new ones.
Looks marvelous . Two questions : those outside boxes are working stations and will be removed? … the blackness appearing in the video, are those surfaces actualy dark gray or dark blue? Thank you.
Thank you! To answer your first question, the wooden boards you can see around the station entrance is just part of construction will be removed once the station opens.
In terms of the dark surfaces, I don't remember exactly and it depends on the exact location. You may get a better sense of the colours from Marcus Wong's photos here which are a higher resolution. Hope that helps! railgallery.wongm.com/metro-tunnel-anzac-open-day
Thanks phillip. So l must have missed it, but does this rail line join the caulfield line or the Sandringham line Phillip?
Caulfield/Dandenong line will be routed through these tunnels n future.
@@xr6lad Through to the Sunbury line.
@@PJRaymentthanks. I knew it was another line but couldn’t remember of the top of my head.
@@xr6lad falcon lad
@@2_pelicans🤣👍
I’m going to be a miserable sod too. “Natural light” in Australia means relentless hot sunshine beating down throughout summer. In the land of skin cancer, shelter from the “natural light” is what we need.
Secondly, what about the disabled? Where are the escalators for them?
ANZAC is a fantastic name for the station.
Hopefully the dreadfully misguided university students and protesters in the area don't vandalize it too much and ruin it for normal people.
Normal peopl who support GENOCIDE.
Normal people who support genocide.
I only hope it is kept CLEAN and not dingy and grotty like most city stations. A bad design feature to have only one escalator next to huge stairs in one area, I can imagine a real block up happening here. Overall looks good, let's wait and see how well it works.
The symbol looks like an eye. 👁️ like we’re peering into the future of melbourne city 😅
its MM Melbouurne Metro
YAWN, like a 1980's shopping arcade
Not quite on the standard of Sydney Metro but appreciate the natural light and functionality
do you have to get invited or can you just walk in?
Soon the station will be open, but until then it's invitation only!
@@philipmallis ok thanks for letting me know
Anzac is not a word. It is ANZAC.
@@TimWraight DVA request it to like that mate , Anzac
As others have mentioned there is official guidance on this topic - both are acceptable: www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf
reviews on train stations now I guess
nothing wrong with a flight of stairs - never needs maintenance. escalators do and will. but yes, odd there is only 1 and not 2 escalators.
Sad to know Vandals will be tagging these stations as soon as they open
Love this channel. Just curious, who else here is neurodivergent and indulging a hyperfixation with transport?
I'm hearing ya! I knew I couldn't be the only one 😊
Now I just gotta book myself to travel on one of the old VR / Steam Trains when they run every so often in the city
The original loop stations were built in the 1970's/80's when public transport was garbage and besides I think the asbestos gives it character!
How much did this thing cost us?
Way too much
@@assuredaviation9116 But worth it
How much do roads and freeways cost us?
The station platforms look woefully lacking in seating, just like the City Loop...
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trains will come every 6 minutes or something like that i believe so it’s not a big problem
@@reubenab6005 That sounds wishful..!
@@bryan3550 during peak there will be a train every 3 minutes & off peak can be assumed half or a third of that, so 6-9 minutes off peak.
@@reubenab6005I’ll let the ill, elderly, children, pregnant, those carrying stuff all know of your consideration of many people that may need to sit. They they’ll just have to stand. As for trains every 3 minutes. Good luck. Ona bottle neck line with mixed regional, express and stopping all stations trains. Almost impossible.
@@xr6lad My very thoughts.
I notice that the one escalators and stairs is something they do at train stations overseas as well. Very odd.I always thought it made people walk down the stairs for exercise but use the escalators to get up because it takes more effort to get up hill.
Eventhough this is not a true metro, I like how melb has copied Sydney with safety gates!
is it worth the billion dollars spent??
Thats the old metcard (
Building a ticket office is quite backward when other cities have totally removed them with the introduction of tap on/off payments.
thats exactly what melbourne has, and will be able to do it with card next year too
@@MaxS-hn8we It’s less ticket office and more customer service/concierge. If people want to go to a staff member for information/help or do things like purchase a concession Myki (concession Myki can’t be purchased from a machine)
Melbourne gets a lot of tourists, and I know how frustrating it is overseas when every city has its onw quirky system. Human staff are still needed.
I cannot wait to see AOs at this train station till the end of time as the private companies try to get back their investment 😂😂😂
that canopy is going to be useless on windy and rainy day.
Not a fan of all the bare concrete and stainless steel but I must be in the minority.
Just wish they would get rid of the boxey trams that you have no choice but to step up. The newer trams are so much better for those whom have mobility issues. I suppose all in time
Lovely to see you use all upper case for the word ANZAC. BUT I notice that government and the builders can’t get their act together. Some are upper case, some are lower case. Looks unprofessional and sloppy.
blame the DVA, they request it to be this way, if you are reffering to a place or the holiday, it is spelt Anzac
This is the Department of Veterans Affairs’ advice:
Is it ‘Anzac’ or ANZAC? There is no rule or law that indicates how the word ‘Anzac’ should be capitalised. For example, DVA only uses ‘ANZAC’ when referencing the Corps itself and uses ‘Anzac’ in all other circumstances; the Australian War Memorial (AWM) generally uses ‘ANZAC’, given its focus on historical records and memorabilia.
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Yes. I know of that document. But my issue is they have used both ways in the station on signs. Showing the left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing. It’s the equivalent of having signs in a building with the word ‘colour’ in the name and half spell it ‘colour’ and the other half use ‘color’
@@xr6lad I think that's more the whole text is capitalised compared to just the word, there is also manual entering of texts on the digital signs which are only temporary for the open day
You should be a politician
metlink card 💀
We want more people to use PT but all of that spend and no protection from the weather for users. Like the new platforms that aren't built long enough for the trains : guys, you had one job!!
"Like the new platforms that aren't built long enough for the trains"
Huh? The platforms are long enough for ten-car trains, and at present we only have seven-car trains.
nice pudding.
The proof will be in the eating.
Nice to see the station in it's "new condition", how long will it stay like this before the graffiti idiots make their "marks" and spoil the beautiful new tax payers station..
go have a look at carnegie-dandenong new skyrail stations, six years old and look as good as day 1, there is hope
The station is very devoid of any personality or any interesting design elements. It looks so very bland. Where did all the money go?
bland, lets just remove the massive timber and green steel canopy and the all the orange detailing
@@2_pelicans I'm not trying to be a shit stirrer here. Just painting something green or orange and having exposed wood doesn't make an interesting design element/feature. The majority of the station is ugly glass and steel. Oof. Coburg Station (out in the burbs and a fraction of the cost) swings bigger design-wise than this.
The platform screen doors look ugly who agrees
completing something which just wasnt in the DNA of the Liberal party
Or cancelled like Labors and the Airport rail link. Or the land sold like Labor and the Doncaster rail corridor? Oh and the Liberal party built the city loop. Let me guess - 10 years old?
Except for the City loop. Built by the Liberals. But unlike the land sold by Labor for the Doncaster rail corridor.
Almost as bad as spending $1 billion to NOT build a major road
@@BigLukeyBoi Or spending millions to NOT have the Commonwealth Games. Basically paying for Glasgow to have them!
"completing something which just wasnt in the DNA of the Liberal party"
Having a version of the tunnel was also something the Liberals were on board with. It's a long-standing plan supported in some way or another by both parties.
Wow, compare to Chinese metro..... LOL!!! 😂😂😂😂
The two tram stops are longer... but there are barricades along most of it meaning only 2 trams can alight at the same time.
There are SO MANY design flaws, a lot of people think this is a massive waste of money and of course we all know Myki fees will increase because of this. ALL public transport should be free.
"we all know Myki fees will increase because of this."
We do? Then how come I don't know this?
"ALL public transport should be free."
Paid for by the taxpayer, you mean.
No, it should not.
@@PJRayment I don't know your complex life so that's a question for your therapist not me.
"All public transport should be free". Translation: "someone who works and pays tax should be forced to work a bit harder to pay for my lifestyle".
@@daleviker5884 Hi there... I work full time and I pay tax. But since you seem to be so fundamentally (un)informed on my lifestyle, allow me to take you off your high-horse and correct you: I work professionally full time, I pay tax... You might be interested to know that portion of my tax payments goes towards public transport. You might also find that yours does too! Victoria's Public Transport can cost an average of $20 per day. Every time I catch the tram from home to whichever theatre or filming location I'm going to (on the occasion I Don't have a driver assigned) I would need to fork out anywhere between $5-$25 charged to a Myki card that expires and requires you to buy a replacement...
So by all means... Act the fucking fool and think you have the audacity to try and come for me... now.. take a damn seat.
Must admit. Going to be a miserable sod. But not impressed with some of the colours used. They should have gone for more neutral colours. That (imo) ugly green columns for example will date extremely quickly and age the place like a purple Hyundai Excel.
The colours they picked combined with the concrete make it look like it’s still an active construction site. Really ugly and looks unfinished.
@@MangoBells. Yes the green is ghastly. It looks really a cheap green as well. Not one of those nice khaki or even olive would have suit as an offset against the wood . I can live with the burnt orange.
Gee a station that might and I mean might have some staff! How novel will that be? Where will our youth go to TAG now? One would imagine that with all the money the thieving government save on staff they might have spent more on platform seating across the whole network, which is very close to 3rd world! And coverage and protection from rain and sun across all of Australia's transport is a disgrace! The wind, rain and burning sun is more important then a pretty piece of I believe art we are calling it!!!? Speaking of art and design, what isn't very vanilla is really crappy, we now have more art by stoned artiest that no doubt "we" paid a fortune for! This spend should have "us" the people paying for it involved... its not cutting edge, its crap! At the end of the day none of this matters, we have terrible transport here and the world laughs... No doubt it will all be unreliable and as ever late if running at all. Cliff for Prime minster!
Why so many fark ups for all those billions spent? Both up and down escalators should have been provided for all underground stations. Seats directly in front of the map displays? Not enough seats? Ineffective rain and sun canopies. Bare concrete at passenger level which will soon be covered in graffiti.
There are up and down escalators at the main entrance. Only the northeast entrance has 1 escalator. It's likely to be the least-used entrance. 1 escalator is fine.
@@jdillon8360 OK thanks for that detail. That is not so bad then but nevertheless it would still be better with 2 escalators at the NE entrance as well. Many people struggle with going up stairs and going down stairs.
@@YinandYangandGreen For space issues you can't have multiple escalators and stairs at all 4 entrances. Anyone who struggles with stairs can use the lifts, which are available at all 4 entrances to the station.
@@jdillon8360North east is likely to have big public events and families entering the gardens. It’s bad planning to have crowds walk down all those steps. And as for space issues - oh please. The Australian’excuse’ yet again on projects when overseas there’s never an issue with understanding these things. Simply put you would never have stairs of that length from station entrances in big cities.
@YinandYangandGreen there is a lift for people who have difficulties going up or down stairs at the NE entrance.
So sterile and soulless
It's an insult, naming it A.N.Z.A.C station.
Why?
no the DVA request it to be Anzac...
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"the DVA request it to be Anzac..."
As opposed to ANZAC (I would accept that), or as opposed to Domain?
@@xr6lad Because over 60,000 of our men perished - God rest their souls - in the First World War and now they're making us a minority in our own city.
@@2_pelicans The only reason why all of this otherwise totally unnecessary "big build" is going ahead is to try and cope with the "booming population".
Which translates as the hordes of foreigners which "our" government is bringing in here. So many so, that we're being outnumbered in our own city.
At great cost in men, we were on the winning side in the two world wars.
We should be safe from this.
It's a total insult to those who sacrificed their lives, that their own people will become a token presence in this railways station, as they are across the breadth of the city and it's suburbs.
Ah, the station in the middle of nowhere that no one will use. Remind me why we spent hundreds of millions of dollars on it?
I actually feel like it's a mismatched slapstick mess. The colours don't flow, neither does the platforms escalator or lack of. It looks cheap considering the price tag
The work completed for this very futuristic station is just beautiful. In fact, when the completed Metro Tunnel is up and running, it will be simply fantastic. The amount of work done and the immense size of the entire project is WOW. If anyone has any doubts about the Victorian government's infrastructure program and its ability to deliver absolutely world class projects would do well to take a good look at the Metro Tunnel. And the doubters know full well who they are? A clue..they sit on the opposition benches. I rest my case.
ok....
I still dont understand why the underground line doesnt stop anywhere in the sport/stadium district, MCG, Rod Laver, etc.
"If anyone has any doubts about the Victorian government's infrastructure program and its ability to deliver absolutely world class projects would do well to take a good look at the Metro Tunnel."
So 'on time' and 'on budget' don't matter to you?
lol @ beautiful. Those unfinished bare concrete looks rubbish. My partner was looking over my shoulder while I watched this and said ‘surely that’s not finished, the concrete looks uneven’.
Sydney Metro is world class. Melbourne Metro a very welcome addition to the network is just a small scale version of the Elizabeth Line. World Class it ain't.
Concrete ugly design brutalism the Sydney metro is so well designed with wood paneling seriously it is just as ugly as southern cross rail station.
is this the best architects or designers can do. Melbourne is covered up in such concrete why arent they using bricks and columns with design or classical modern architecture to reflect the shrine seriously pathetic pathetic. why not have the a mural of the dawn coming over the shrine as a commiserative mural when the light comes over the trees and there it is the magnificence of the ANZAC Temple ...
too many people too afraid to say No ... and here it is an ugly design with appalling interior design and architecture.
The architect students should have been given the opportunity to get inspiration form Istanbul Milan Paris even Newy York Central rail station.
Typical .The labour Government has built a monstrosity that will echo with the mood of Orwellian Dystopian Design.
Oh, let's pat ourselves on the back at the Gala night for excellence and award the Architecture award for the ugliest interior of ANZAC Station.
I want a job as an interior Architectural Design with Historical adaptation