Comments on: Southern Cross Station – what could have been

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:58:54 +0000

In reply to Travis.

it’s a little hard to see in this render, but it seems to suggest the wave roof continued north along the far end of the country platforms.

https://wongm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Southern-Cross-Station-original-Civic-Nexus-plans-2003-CGI-artist-impression.jpg

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:18:51 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. Hi Marcus -Surely the original design didn’t have tin roofs over the Northern end do you know? It’s very unsatisfying huddling under there on a wet and rainy day

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 01:23:34 +0000

I hate the new ‘Southern Cross’ train station. The wave roof, the big design statement, looks interesting from above but not from street level. Inside is ugly, a huge shed with banks of escalators at each end. It stinks of trapped diesel fumes and it looks like everytkng needs a thorough wash and scrub. The experience for travellers/commuters is blah or meh and even soulless. What a lost opportunity.

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Photos from ten years ago: November 2013 - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:32:13 +0000

[…] Meanwhile at Southern Cross Station was another project – constructing the 699 Bourke Street office tower on top, a design feature proposed a decade earlier. […]

By: Don't get comfortable - the Southern Cross Station waiting room - Waking up in Geelong

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[…] being an architect’s wet dream, Southern Cross Station isn’t exactly a nice place to wait for a train – diesel exhaust […]

By: Photos from ten years ago: January 2012 - Waking up in Geelong

Photos from ten years ago: January 2012 - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:42:49 +0000

[…] Originally intended to be the base of an office tower, the space sat empty for a decade. […]

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:45:38 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. Completely missed the age article, Thanks!

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:23:30 +0000

In reply to Tom.

2016 is correct.

https://www.danielbowen.com/2016/02/25/subway-into-socross/

The Age following up the topic in 2019.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/reopening-the-spencer-street-underpass-is-still-just-a-pipe-dream-20190507-p51krp.html

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:06:29 +0000

In reply to Marcus Wong. The city of Melbourne committed $750,000 around 2016(?) to investigate reopening the subways; had to make an inquiry request with them to find out what ended up happening. It was deemed untenable (at least for council) after they realised, they would have to pay to relocate all the various services and miscellaneous things that have been shifted into the tunnels.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 01:38:06 +0000

In reply to Royyan.

The station is so dark that on cloudy days the lights need to be left on – and to make things worse some of them failed back in 2015, with diesel powered floodlights fill in the gap!

https://wongm.com/2015/05/diesel-powered-lights-at-southern-cross-station/