Crews have started to dismantle the first of five acoustic sheds, which were built to contain noise and dust from around the clock tunnelling and construction on the Melbourne Metro Tunnel.
The shed removal, located at St Kilda Road, will take around six weeks and will reveal the station site’s temporary cover, which consists of a concrete slab and Styrofoam filling.
Over the next six months, the temporary backfill will be demolished and removed.
Eventually, St Kilda Road’s tram tracks and traffic lanes will be realigned for the final time over the station, after being twice realigned already as part of the construction plan that allowed the station to be built underground while traffic and trams continued using the road above.
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Almost 40,000 people day are expected to use Anzac Station to get to business precincts and growing residential areas, as well as major cultural destinations such as the Shrine of Remembrance, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Albert Park.
Once complete in 2025, the Metro Tunnel will create capacity for more than half a million extra passengers a week during peak times across Melbourne’s train network.