Work is now underway in Melbourne's CBD to support construction of Town Hall Station.
This page outlines a snapshot of works happening in the area, details of impacts and working hours, and downloads of notifications sent to nearby residents and businesses. Sign up for enews to receive notifications to your inbox.
For works around the northern end of Swanston Street, see the current works at State Library Station page.
Construction snapshot for April 2024
Construction works within the Town Hall Station precinct during April 2024 include:
- station entrance construction and build-out works
- station passenger area and operational rooms construction and fit-out
- Campbell Arcade restoration works including fit-out of the underground passenger connection to Flinders Street Station
- lift installations within the Degraves Subway at Flinders Street Station
- pedestrian ramp widening works on Collins Street and Swanston Street
- train testing through the tunnel.
For more information on these works, see the April 2024 Town Hall construction update (PDF, 1.2 MB).
Traffic and transport impacts
- A section of Flinders Lane and the southern footpath between Swanston and Elizabeth streets will be closed for lighting installation for up to two nights in early May, from 8pm to 6am.
- In late April to mid-May, Flinders Lane will be closed to through traffic between Russell and Elizabeth streets from 8pm to 6am for pedestrian ramp widening works. A road closure of Swanston Street northbound between Flinders Street and Flinders Lane will also be required during work hours on most shifts. Local access to residential buildings and businesses will be maintained via traffic control at Russell and Elizabeth streets.
- In late April to mid-May, the pedestrian crossing on the southern side of the Swanston Street and Flinders Lane intersection will be closed during all hours for pedestrian ramp widening works.
- Throughout April there will be intermittent overnight footpath closures at the Flinders Quarter site entrance on Swanston Street and at Flinders Street, between Swanston and Degraves streets.
Ongoing
- Ongoing closure of Flinders Street eastbound lanes between Swanston and Elizabeth streets.
- Ongoing closure of the Flinders Street southern footpath adjacent to the Federation Square site, with pedestrian diversions in place through Federation Square.
- Ongoing closure of the left turning lane from St Kilda Road to Flinders Street.
- Temporary holding of traffic on Flinders Lane, Swanston, and Collins streets for up to 3 minutes to enable the delivery of equipment and materials.
- Ongoing use of boom gate and swing gate controls to pedestrian traffic on Swanston and Collins streets to facilitate safe truck ingress and egress.
- Intermittent stopping of pedestrians on the corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane for the egress of construction vehicles.
- Concrete trucks will intermittently park in the loading bay on Collins Street, adjacent to the City Square site for up to 30 minutes to enable concrete testing to take place.
- Full closure of Campbell Arcade from all entrances whilst Flinders Link pedestrian connection works take place.
- Full closure of Degraves Subway from Flinders Street Station while lift installation works take place.
The map below shows the location of work sites and traffic and transport changes during construction.
