On 26 November 2023, the new Barangaroo Metro Station opened its doors to the public for a community open day. And this was the second Sydney Metro City & Southwest extension station to invite the local community (and rail fans) to take a look inside.

The vast majority of Barangaroo Station is underground, with just the escalators, lifts and a few service pods visible from the surface.

But once inside, you're greeted with sandstone walls, exposed super T-Beams (that support Hickson Road), and fantastic artwork by Khaled Sabsabi.

Barangaroo Metro Station was designed by Foster & Partners, with local firm Architectus being the delivery architects. It's an incredible design with lots of space and a light and airy feel.

This video features amazing interviews with Hugh Lawson and Claire Moore, where they reveal inside information about how the station (and tunnels) were constructed. And they discuss the future southern entrance that will be delivered as part of the Barangaroo Central Development.

We also talk about the Barangaroo Boat that was found during the excavation phase, and how this is being restored.

I finish off by covering the Barangaroo Station precinct and Hickson Road changes, which include new bus stops, bicycle lanes and a pedestrian plaza surrounded by parkland.

* Chapters *
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Lift and Escalator Entrances
1:14 Escalators to Concourse
2:44 Concourse - future Southern Entrance, column art, escalator & lift locations
4:49 Concourse - Sandstone wall, artwork and Super T-Beams
7:09 Concourse - Toilets, station cooling & sustainability
8:47 Escalators to platforms
9:40 Platform Level - design and materials.
11:22 Station Length , Icebergs, Platform Screen doors & Crossover cavern
14:28 TBMs, station construction, sheds and waterproofing
17:13 Lift rides
18:43 Geek talk, substations and cabling
20:58 The Barangaroo Boat
22:42 Station Precinct, Hickson Road and Service Pods

* Featured or Mentioned in this video (in order of appearance) *
Khaled Sabsabi - https://khaledsabsabi.com/
Super T-Beam installation video -    • Barangaroo Station Update - Installat...  
Phil ‪@sydneytrainsvlogs‬
Celeb ‪@carolineramage7480‬
Sharath ‪@BuildingBeautifully‬
Sean ‪@transportforsydneyvlogs7258‬
Tallawong to Bella Vista front of train video (for Points Indicators) -    • Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bella Vis...  
Trai ‪@robloxianlifedtrainsandmor7318‬
Waterloo Open Day Video -    • Waterloo Metro Station Opens its Door...  
Barangaroo Boat documentary -    • Sydney Metro: Conservation of the his...  
Atelier Luke Architects - https://atelierluke.com/
Camera Crew - Jim ‪@ForTheBirbs‬, Alex and Matthew ‪@AheadMatthewawsome‬

* Credits and Attribution *
Everything mention above plus:
Open Streetmap - Open Streetmap - Map Data © OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Sydney Metro Map by Milkyway metro maps (with amendments)
Image link - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
License link - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Sydney Metro Images from https://www.sydneymetro.info/gallery
Sydney Metro videos from ‪@TransportForNSW‬ or from the Sydney Metro Facebook page -   / sydneymetro  

Barangaroo Station Design and Precinct Plan (SDPP)
https://www.sydneymetro.info/sites/de...

Iceberg Images by Peter Prokosch. Here are the links
https://www.grida.no/resources/3593
https://www.grida.no/resources/3616

Hunter Valley Image by Percy Claasz Coockson
Image link - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
License Link - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Google Streetview Photo of Hickson Road in 2013 - https://about.google/brand-resource-c...

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