I’ve been lucky enough to have been to Arden Station two times. It’s with great thanks to the Metro Tunnel for giving out tickets and setting up events like this for the public and the media to have a look at this architectural marvel.
August 2019.
Arden Station was virtually a box, quite literally a box with a newly yet to be commissioned TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine). It was only a few days after this, TBM Joan started digging.
TBM Joan, was poking through as it prepares to munch through to the Western Portal (South Kensington), roughly 1.4km away from Arden Station.
2022
Fast forward to 2022, with a pandemic somewhat behind us. The station box at Arden has been filled in and this is the result. A station nearly ready for track installation.
As part of the tour, all tour participants were invited to walk 200m in the tunnel
Look at that burnt clay brick archway, its creates a symbolic meaning to the surrounding area of North Melbourne being an industrial area.