reminds me of the fran banga proposal....

Walked passed today, there is scafolding all over the main old specer street building and they have removed the air conditioning etc from the roof, looks like it will be coming down soon.

Also, along collins street they have already put some new glass. It is nothing spectacular but it is going to make the station look pretty good. I took a picture but you can't see it because of the temporay fence that they have put up already.

Also walking along under the new roof you already get a great feel for what is it going to become! I can't wait it is going to be great!

dbl post

the bleaker the better eh ...

we do need the rain heh 47% we need stronger water restrictions...

and heres the whats going on area for tayser!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic94.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic95.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic96.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic97.jpg

sweet as.

looks like everyone wants to get arty farty now - what have you done silvermb! :)

it's all good.

Plotstyle they're the best perspective of the roof I have seen so far! Thanks man.

The fourth "roof arch" section was there today but wasn't there Wednesday: so the 600 tonne crane doesn't just work early Sunday mornings ...

At the risk of being called "arty farty" ...

http://www.users.bigpond.com/potaroo/Melbourne/spencer/spst5355.jpg

I was just about to ask the same question fishcatdogbird. I hope they are suspended from the roof. There is no need to clutter the platforms with ugly poles.

Re: power for electric trains:

While they haven't appeared in any rendered images I've seen, I think you'll find the overhead wires will be hung conventionally. If they hung them from the roof, they'd need to stabilize them 5m or so above track level anyway. More ugly poles & cables!

You can see the new pylons in plotstyle's pic here:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic83.jpg (large one)

and it hadn't occurred to me earlier, but you can also see some of the "new" platfroms, which, thankfully, look like they're getting completely replaced.

The new pylons wont be too bad, they're fairly simple, even bordering on minimalistic, compared to the dark grey that's there now. They're probably going to compliment the pylons for the roof more than anything IMO.

thanks for the update Yardmaster!

Now why didn't I notice that? So much clutter at the station ...

The new platform visible here is the north end of "8A" extending under Collins St. & way south of it, under a new skillion canopy designed to catch the south-westerlies.

Took these yesterday thought they would be of some interest:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/pc2cbbbb87b24c1b80e6aab423883bede/f84c491c.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p01aa05781d33e832a97a0f12893ed3ee/f84c4934.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p54649e74373a6f22fdc2d857c34f3dd3/f84c4941.jpg


A new section waiting to be transported from under the Bolte Bridge:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/pd7462631f53dc450dc67f089a73621c9/f84c4938.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p7473d27a6453fc52dfb1c5059653b25e/f84c4925.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/pafa184efb185c960c96201e1a3da436e/f84c4947.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p32b74bf81b040ba187b7a764e6a43bb1/f84c4913.jpg

This is such a massive crane:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p77c6020e83eddb1b45f5eb5af39f9bac/f84c492e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p6c9724a2ca699dbad93ce444efa2b258/f84c494c.jpg

Cheerio

FCDB :)

great small shots :) if you have bigger versions i would be happy to host them for you check my profile or pm me for my email

Right click each of the images, double click the url to the pic, right click, copy, paste the url into another browser window and add ".orig.jpg" to the end of the url and hit enter: that'll show the original pic (they're HUGE! btw).

It's all good FCDB!

Yardmaster / or any of the Railpage forum lurkers: do you know what's happening with the two outer tracks at the station?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p6c9724a2ca699dbad93ce444efa2b258/f84c494c.jpg.orig.jpg

^^ copy / paste that into a browser window.

thanks tays :)

the bleaker the better eh ...

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic97.jpg

Im Backkkk.

Ok a quick question in regard to platform 1, Say I want to take pictures of the car sidings from the end of platform 1 or the overland arriving into platform 2 can I still do it, I notice there is a yellow barrier running the length of platform 1 so is this section of the Platform still open to the public?

I noticed some where that as part of the SSS project, there is mean't to be an elevated walkway along one of the (Country) platforms from the Collins Street Concourse to the Bourke Street Bridge.

Now Question 1: can any one tell me if this walk way is to still go ahead,

Question 2: if it is, what platform will it be built to run along?

Right click each of the images, double click the url to the pic, right click, copy, paste the url into another browser window and add ".orig.jpg" to the end of the url and hit enter: that'll show the original pic (they're HUGE! btw).

It's all good FCDB!

Yardmaster / or any of the Railpage forum lurkers: do you know what's happening with the two outer tracks at the station?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p6c9724a2ca699dbad93ce444efa2b258/f84c494c.jpg.orig.jpg

^^ copy / paste that into a browser window.

Tayser, Tried that thiong you asaid to do, but I can't find a URL anywhere when I right click, all I get is the usual stuff that comes up on the right click menu. :cheers:

Paul

Right click then go to properties :)

Yardmaster / or any of the Railpage forum lurkers: do you know what's happening with the two outer tracks at the station?



I'd like to know: all I can say is they're still there under the "campus style building" in the rendering you posted.

Im Backkkk.

Ok a quick question in regard to platform 1, Say I want to take pictures of the car sidings from the end of platform 1 or the overland arriving into platform 2 can I still do it, I notice there is a yellow barrier running the length of platform 1 so is this section of the Platform still open to the public?

The section of Platform 1 north of Bourke St. is where the toilets & booking office etc. are now located (in portables). I don't think they'll let you past that yellow barrier.

I did get photos of the carriage sidings from the Lonsdale St. access bridge into Platform 2: the section bridging the tracks seemed to be excluded from the construction site. But with the increased activity north of Bourke St. where the tracks servicing platform once were, this may no longer be possible: your last photo shows a truck on this bridge.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/potaroo/Melbourne/spencer/spst5077.jpg

The station looks amazing. My partner and I took the train home today from Spencer Street Station, and he too was impressed with the size, scale and shape of the new roof. There were a few other people also talking about the new roof too!

The section of Platform 1 north of Bourke St. is where the toilets & booking office etc. are now located (in portables). I don't think they'll let you past that yellow barrier.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic97.jpg

So the toliets are where, behind all the wood panelling? But can you still walk up the platform next to the yellow barrier? or does the panelling come across the platform to the platform edge and cut the area where the yellow barrier is off from the general public?

So the toliets are where, behind all the wood panelling? But can you still walk up the platform next to the yellow barrier? or does the panelling come across the platform to the platform edge and cut the area where the yellow barrier is off from the general public?

I didn't try to go that way- having already been ordered to stay behind the yellow line in the temporary bus terminal at Lonsdale St. I think the wooden panelling actually turns in at the north end ...

Question: at the midpoint of each roof span (midway between each Y column) there appear to be pairs of rather ungainly, awkward looking I-beams rising up to support each span. Surely these are not permanent, but shall be removed when all the spans are in place, at which point the structure will be self-supporting? They just don't work aesthetically.

Blue

im guessing when the structural grids connect :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p01aa05781d33e832a97a0f12893ed3ee/f84c4934.jpg

Another question: What will be put in place in the gaps between the sections of roofing? Will it be the same type of material?

I think it's supposed to be glass panels.

glass but at the moment theres workmen around :)

The section of Platform 1 north of Bourke St. is where the toilets & booking office etc. are now located (in portables). I don't think they'll let you past that yellow barrier.

I did get photos of the carriage sidings from the Lonsdale St. access bridge into Platform 2: the section bridging the tracks seemed to be excluded from the construction site. But with the increased activity north of Bourke St. where the tracks servicing platform once were, this may no longer be possible: your last photo shows a truck on this bridge.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/potaroo/Melbourne/spencer/spst5077.jpg

With th tracks that has the bulk placed across them, are they to be removed at a later stage?

Is the Spencer Street Station Box going as well?

How do they go now getting those cars out stationed behind the box with the bulk placed across the rails?

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