Hi Paul 👋, I don't know how you find the time and energy to produce such amazing and informative presentations. You have unlocked a memory and a repeat of history for me. I worked in 50 Martin Place during the construction of the ESR and spent most of my lunch breaks looking down onto the construction site from the 7th floor of 50 Martin Place. The building was occupied by the Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Taxation Office, for which I was employed at the time. I am really happy they have kept this beautiful building, at least on the outside. I can imagine the internal layout has been significantly changed since the 1970's . I am excited to see the finished product of the new Martin Place Metro and I am excited to see more from you in the future. Thanks again, Paul for your hard work.
Hi John, it’s not always easy, but I try to allocate 3 hours per day to video production. And I fit these longer videos around my shorter ones, so I often have 2 or 3 on the go at once! Awesome to hear that you worked at 50 Martin Place in the past. Hope it wasn’t too taxing for you 😀 Yes I’m sure it has changed inside, but hopefully not too much! Yes it’s definitely going to be a flagship station and like you, I can’t wait to see it open! Glad you appreciate the work involved.
@@TransportVlog And Aussie John - 50 Martin Place was part of Open Sydney last year, meaning for one day, members of the public could access 50 Martin Place and see the inside and walk around the upper levels. You might both like to look into Open Sydney this year so you could visit.
Paul, great to see you back here!!! Your hikes through Sydney get yet another level of detail....having already enjoyed your organised bushwalks with you a few years ago...😊
Great video, thanks Paul. Love the interspersed videos, renders and design drawings to help make sense of how the entrances, concourse , platforms and OSDs will all come together. It made it easy to follow along and visualise the station. I look forward to exploring them in person one day!
Glad you enjoyed it! I feel I got a winning format for this video with the animated videos, renders and drawings, so plan to do similar videos for the other new stations over the next few months.
I'm following with great interest from here in the UK. Your updates provide a great deal of useful information. In particular this station, with its wide platforms and central concourse, is reminiscent of some of those of the newly-opened Elizabeth Line in London. I look forward to more content in the future.
Hi Marcel, Lovely to hear that you're watching my videos from the UK! Yes there's definitely some similarities with the Elizabeth Line for sure, and also the Jubilee Line Extension as well. As you've probably worked out from my accent, I used to live in the UK (in London), and I'm looking forward to going back when the airfares get a little cheaper, and it will be fun to ride the Elizabeth Line then!
@@TransportVlog Thanks for the reply and, yes, I had determined that you're from the UK and probably from the London area. Yes, the JLE was quite a diversion from the norm because of the use of different architects for the stations... Canary Wharf is still my favourite because it's so vast, yet still has a grace about it. As you travel down the escalators from the main entrance the space opens out before you. Incidentally it's bigger than the nearby Elizabeth Line equivalent (although not in length) Also it's on my bucket list to visit Australia, Sydney and Melbourne in particular.
Another fascinating and very well put together video, Paul! I am really enjoying these, especially since I've made my own explorations around the Martin Place construction sites - but you make it much clearer to identify what I am looking at and how it will all finish up.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying my videos! Yes, it definitely helps to know what you're looking for, especially the location of the station entrances. I plan to do similar videos for the other new stations over the next few months.
Thank you, Paul, for sharing this very informative and interesting video with us. I have been hearing about the development of the Martin Place Metro but didn't know exactly what it was going to be like until your video. It is everything I have been wanting to know. I am excited to see it all once it is finished and operational. Thanks very much for this video.
You're very welcome Maribel. Glad you found it interesting and informative, and pleased it answered all your questions. Yes, I'm particularly excited to see this station open, and the commercial towers as well!
Great video Paul! I work in the 50MP building so see out the meeting room windows how the south building's construction is coming along. Always great to see your updates!
Wonderful Paul. Thanks for tihis comprehensive episode. It saves me from trekking into the city to explore the tremendous amount of construction. I would love to see the historical pictures of the area kept as a memento of old Sydney. Perhaps as a display wall. Generations of people in the future could appreciate how much this beautiful city as progressed. You go from strength to strength! Again thank you.
Thanks Luke, Glad you enjoyed it! Here is a link to all the historical images that appear on the hoardings - www.sydneymetro.info/history/historical-images. It would be cool to see some of these in the new stations! Thanks for your lovely feedback.
Absolutely tremendous video. Love your style, incredibly informative. Well done!! Had my first visit to Sydney in 4 years last week, it was great to have a look around Central and some of the development that's going on. It's certainly an incredible project.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, and I appreciate your awesome feedback. Great to hear that you visited Sydney last week, and enjoyed seeing all the Sydney Metro developments for real!
Great video Paul, thanks haven't seen the site for a long time. as no longer work in the CBD, i was told by a Sydney Metro person, a while bakck, they will also be adding pedestrian tunnel from the new Metro to Wynyard station, which will also link to the new hunter st metro.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, that will come when Hunter Street Station is built as part of Sydney Metro West. There will be an underground link from Wynyard to Hunter Street Station, and then another underground link from Hunter Street Station to Martin Place Metro. I explained this in my Hunter Street Station video, so if you've not seen this, here is the link - ua-cam.com/video/5g-ZsHmZVuM/v-deo.html
Thanks Paul. Another great video. The angled and curved tops of buildings are a very Sydney feature and driven by specific rules about Sun planes for Martin Place and Hyde Park. It's a shame the owners of 25MP don't care about the site linkages. They were very useful on wet days. At one point it was possible to go from the Colonial Centre on Phillip St nr Hunter, all the way to The cinema strip on George St nr Wilmot St without having to get wet or cross a street, almost a 1km distance.
Thanks Mark, yes I did read about Sun planes in the SDPP and EIS docs, but didn't quite understand exactly what they are. I guess it's a way of ensuring that Martin Place and Hyde Park get the maximum amount of sunlight. Yes, that link was very useful and I used it regularly. As you know, you could walk from Martin Place station directly to Town Hall, the cinema strip and Kent Street, and if it had stayed (along with a Metro to MLC link), it would have been possible in 2030 to walk all the way from Barangaroo to Town Hall via the new walkways been created as part of Hunter Street station.
Thanks Philip, Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your lovely feedback! People have said that my voice is similar to Howard Collins in the past - ua-cam.com/video/---E3sJcmSs/v-deo.html
My memories of Martin Place in the Sixties was that it was at first designed to be an easily hosed down Men's toilet but somehow or other called a railway station by the time I started using it.
Congratulations again Paul. A truly awesome video. I probably watched it three times over jumping back to look at things again. A fantastic design and construction job from the Sydney Metro, very "sympathetic" to the number 50 heritage building. Really interesting that it's the largest heritage listed building in Aus. Cheers
Thanks Jim! - I packed a lot of information into this video, so I'm not surprised that you watched it several times. Yes the designs for the stations and over station developments look really good, and so much better than what was there before! I didn't know that 50 Martin Place was the largest heritage building in Aus until I started researching for this video.
Hi Paul, I have missed you. I hope I have not missed any videos as I had trouble locating you. This was great and I am pleased to see I'm not all that much behind its appearance time. It certainly outdates any minor offering I had been preparing to get up, and may still, even though way out of date, now. You said about the Commonwealth/ Tax building being the oldest, I thought AWA building was the oldest "skyscraper" hehe of the time? Is the Commonwealth/Tax building taller than AWA? Hope I can find any of your stuff I missed. I am recovering from that Metro fall and subsequent re-do of the graft on my had and left over "graft-from-the-leg" pain so, hopefully, getting "out and about" myself again, soon.
Hi Geoff, Good to hear from you again. You can find all my videos from this link - www.youtube.com/@TransportVlog/videos. I've only done 5 so far this year, but I prefer to focus on quality, rather than quantity! I don't know what the oldest skyscraper is in Sydney and I'm not sure if the Commonwealth/Tax building is taller than AWA. Perhaps another viewer can answer that. Do take it easy and hope you can get out again soon. I'll let you know when any new lifts open, especially at Central, Sydenham and Dulwich Hill.
A fascinating video. I've been surprised by how much demolition has occurred - in my mind a positive thing to allow better things to exist, but a reminder of the necessity of creative destruction. A brilliant video, and thanks to Transport NSW for allowing use of their video content! (Although they'd be silly not to, you do a tremendous job of explaining their work.)
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Absolutely! Besides looking fantastic, the newer buildings are much more suited to today's working environment. Yes I have a good relationship with Sydney Metro, and they are very supportive of my videos.
Outstanding video. Thank you Paul. Once the Hunter Street Metro Station opens, will it be possible to walk from Martin Place to Wynyard via the two Metro stations? What an amazing rail conglomeration it will be, especially with the light rail interchanging with Wynyard/Hunter. This is the stuff of fantasy rail. Exciting times.
Thanks Matt!, You're very welcome! Yes that's right. In fact, you'll be able to walk underground from Martin Place to Barangaroo. I explained this more in my Hunter Street video which you may have seen. If not, here the link - ua-cam.com/video/5g-ZsHmZVuM/v-deo.html. Yes, its wonderful to see all these schemes coming to fruition!
I remember working on the 50MP proposal. It included the metro (it didnt include hunter street but had a few other stations that didnt go ahead) well before most of the public knew about it. Its progressed quite a bit since then.
Paul, another fantastic video. Don't know what your day job is but any communications company worth its' salt should be offering you a job. I especially loved this one for its memories for me. In the late 60s early 70s I worked at Radio 2GB when it was in Phillip St between Martin Place and Hunter St. This area was like my back yard. I can remember the buildings that were demolished to make way for the buildings that were demolished for this new fantastic project. Looking forward for your next update.
Thanks Doris! I appreciate your lovely feedback. At the moment, I work for myself doing a variety of different things, and I'm not sure if I could go back to doing a conventional job now, certainly not full-time anyway. Glad you enjoyed the demolished buildings part of this video too. I think its important to remember what used to be there! It's awesome that Google makes the streetview images from previous years available!
@@TransportVlog in the 80s as an university student I worked in Wynyard during summer holidays. Martin Place was just across the road from George St. After work on a Friday we often ended up at The Rocks having a self cooked steak.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. There will be step free access from street level all the way down to the platforms. It's a requirement under the Disability Discrimination Act. The artist impression videos don't show all of the lifts, but they will be definitely be there!
Hi Paul, interesting video. Martin Place ESR station was in easy walking distance to my former workplace in the former State Office Block building. From memory, they had an entrance from the footpath, at the corner of Martin Place. 55 Hunter Street was the former P & O building, where my dad worked until retiring in 1972. Has the Chifley Arcade completely gone now? I remember it quite well. I also remember the MLC Centre along with the over street walkway. Anyway, wishing you all the very best. Rob.
Hi Rob, Thanks for sharing your memories! Yes the Chifley Arcade has now gone. Yes I miss the King Street walkway from the MLC centre to Westfield. Back in 2019 when I was working close to Westfield, I would use it to get to the office, and often ended up buying something from H&M when passing through!
Hi Paul, does Chifley Square still exist? In my former employment in the State Office Block (now demolished) I used to take mail to the Goodsell Building (also now demolished), which was located at Chifley Square along with the Australian Federal Government Building, which I am not sure still exists or not. Incidentally, where is the ESR Martin Place Station in relation to the Metro Martin Place Station? Also on a different note, there used to be an automated underground walkway somewhere near Hyde Park. Would you happen to know if that is still there? ua-cam.com/video/i_C_BHt3jd4/v-deo.html All the very best. Rob.
Nice video! It's great that this station is being designed for high capacity, and I find it interesting how much the design of 50 Martin Place has influenced the designs of the two new buildings. Is there any indication yet on how the station will link to the Hunter Street station of Sydney Metro West?
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes 50 Martin Place has had a huge influence on the designs and it's great to see two quite unique and interesting buildings replacing the not so interesting ones that were there before! The route for the underground link to Hunter Street s safeguarded and that will be built as part of the Hunter Street Station construction. I explained how this link would work in this video. ua-cam.com/video/5g-ZsHmZVuM/v-deo.html. Hope you'll upload some more videos again soon. I've enjoyed the ones you've done so far, especially the Bradfield one. Drop me an email if you would like any tips or encouragement - paul@transportvlog.com. Cheers Paul
Thanks Mik! It is much harder (but not impossible) to demolish heritage buildings. Basically there is a process that must look at all other options first, and these might include moving the building, or building around it. It also depends on the building, its age and uniqueness, and also the importance of whatever is going to replace it. In the case of Martin Place North, I don't think it would have been possible to built the station in its current location, and to the size that it probably needs to it, without demolition this building. Hopefully we'll see a heritage interpretation of it somewhere within the station.
The Sydney CBD - which is tiny - has an insane number of stations: Wynyard Station, Circular Quay Station, Museum Station, Martin Place Station, St James Station, Pitt Street Station, Town Hall Station, Barangaroo Station, Hunter Street Station. There are more train stations in the Sydney CBD than there are Starbucks and McDonalds combined.
Hi Nico, I filmed all the buildings at Pyrmont a few months ago, but haven't had time to turn it into a video as yet. I might wait until the demolition starts, as that will make a more interesting video :-)
Paul I worked at 60 Martin Place for large firm of Sydney Solicitors (F H & P) for 10 years. I was demolished about 3 1/2 years ago. What has replaced it please?🙃
Hi Lynne, 60 Martin Place hasn't been demolished. Its still there - www.investa.com.au/properties/60-martin-place-sydney-nsw-2000. Not sure what has happened to the law firm though!
Hiya, is there a date for the Bankstown line closure as a heavy rail station? What with this closure and the OSCARS being displaced, there’s going to be a large surplus of stock even with K Sets gone. I wonder if they’ll rid some Tangaras too.
HI Tom, no not as yet, but likely to be late 2024 or early 2025, and it will probably close for about 6 months to do the conversion. All the rolling stock on the Bankstown Line will transfer to the T2 and T8 to provide more frequent services on these lines. This is all part of the "More Trains, More Services" project and you can read more about this here - www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/more-trains-more-services. The Mariyung / NIF / D Sets will displace the Oscars to suburban lines and that will allow the remaining K sets to be withdrawn. I think with Sydney's population growing, I reckon the Tangara's will be staying to provide more services.
Can't wait for the central and Martin place metro station to open will go and take a trip when it opens and these new d sets aswell will go and have a ride o n them aswell
55 Hunter Street building, five Elizabeth Street building, seven Elizabeth Street building, 9 to 19 Elizabeth Street building, 8 to 12 Castleway Street building, 39 to 49 Martin Place building and 33 to 35 Bly Street building what the heck happened to them?
Bit of a shame that they couldn't negotiate a tunnel link to the-building-formerly-known-as-the-MLC-centre. That's going to leave the steps west of Castlereagh as a bit of an eyesore.
Yes they will definitely be step-free with lifts for wheelchairs and other passengers that require them. . That's a legal requirement for any new station or building these days. However, not every entrance point has to be step free, so we might find that its step-free from the Castlereagh Street entrance only at Martin Place Metro North, but I reckon step free access will be possible from both Castlereagh Street/Martin Place and Elizabeth Street at Martin Place Metro South. Great question and hope my answer makes sense.
Hi Chris, the metro station can open before the over station development has been completed. They can put a temporary passageway in and allow work to go on around it, similar to the Metro Concourse at Central Station, although it may not get the blue carpet treatment!
Fast forward to September 2024 after opening... pretty close to how it was envisioned except for that blue tunnel that looks like they ran out of budget for proper design . Kudos to NSW ex-premiere Gladys for making this happen.
Yes it was pretty close to the design. I quite like the tunnel with the audio visual art. It had steam trains sounds when I used it last week! Yes Gladys had lots of vision! Hope she's had a ride on it now!
this vid gives an excellent insight into the scale of the construction involved, though it only shows one TBM rather than two ua-cam.com/video/1xyOl5BybCA/v-deo.html ...and 8K! woohoo!
Hi Mark, thanks for the link to this video. It's a wonderful illustration of what's involved! I wish it was that quick in real life! - And yes, nice to reach 8K - should easily make 10K in 2023!
It's painful to remember that they demolished The Australia Hotel and The Royal Theatre to build that horrible MLC building. It would be like demonstrating The Savoy and Covent Garden. And it's a crumbling wreck. Another Seidler eyesaw.
Thank you Paul. I’ve been avidly following your updates from Silicon Valley. Green with envy. California is completely inept at building public infrastructure. Everything they build here is substandard, delayed and way over budget. (Caltrain electrification, BART to San José, San Francisco metro expansion….. And dont get me started on CA High Speed Rail)
You're very welcome Garry!, yes we do seem to do a good job here of keeping projects to time and on budget. We still have a long way to go, especially with high speed rail. But what is happening in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to increase rail capacity is very exciting! Hopefully things will improve in your area over the next few years!
Can’t help but feel the Marin Place station is poorly designed, as a shopping mall first and a station second with far too much walking to get to the metro. Coming down one set of escalators than making you walk to the opposite end for you continuance rather than have the next flight right next to where you come down is an old trick to increase foot walk past shops. Plus SIX cross passages between 2 platforms?? Bit of an overkill. By the way always love your videos.
Those artists impressions are awful. People don't walk around in all directions like that. They don't stand around admiring artworks in all-weather concourses. They will however seethe at how far they have to walk to get from the outside world down to platforms the escalators could have taken them directly into.
Hi Mark, It was placed into storage and will become part of the new Martin Place Station (or over station development). You can find out more here (on page 33) - www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/2021-09/SM_Art_Masterplan.pdf
Hi Paul 👋, I don't know how you find the time and energy to produce such amazing and informative presentations. You have unlocked a memory and a repeat of history for me. I worked in 50 Martin Place during the construction of the ESR and spent most of my lunch breaks looking down onto the construction site from the 7th floor of 50 Martin Place. The building was occupied by the Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Taxation Office, for which I was employed at the time. I am really happy they have kept this beautiful building, at least on the outside. I can imagine the internal layout has been significantly changed since the 1970's . I am excited to see the finished product of the new Martin Place Metro and I am excited to see more from you in the future. Thanks again, Paul for your hard work.
Hi John, it’s not always easy, but I try to allocate 3 hours per day to video production. And I fit these longer videos around my shorter ones, so I often have 2 or 3 on the go at once! Awesome to hear that you worked at 50 Martin Place in the past. Hope it wasn’t too taxing for you 😀 Yes I’m sure it has changed inside, but hopefully not too much! Yes it’s definitely going to be a flagship station and like you, I can’t wait to see it open! Glad you appreciate the work involved.
@@TransportVlog And Aussie John - 50 Martin Place was part of Open Sydney last year, meaning for one day, members of the public could access 50 Martin Place and see the inside and walk around the upper levels. You might both like to look into Open Sydney this year so you could visit.
@@smurf238 Thanks for that information, I will certainly look into it 😀
Paul, great to see you back here!!!
Your hikes through Sydney get yet another level of detail....having already enjoyed your organised bushwalks with you a few years ago...😊
Hello Aussie John🙃
I'm just so impressed with the design and lay-out of the system. It's all going to look so amazing, as well as being much-needed additional transport.
Hi Jay, yes it certainly will, and Martin Place will become a key interchange right in the heart of the CBD!
@@TransportVlog Sydney is very lucky. Brisbane pales in comparison with cross river rail.
Great video, thanks Paul. Love the interspersed videos, renders and design drawings to help make sense of how the entrances, concourse , platforms and OSDs will all come together. It made it easy to follow along and visualise the station. I look forward to exploring them in person one day!
Glad you enjoyed it! I feel I got a winning format for this video with the animated videos, renders and drawings, so plan to do similar videos for the other new stations over the next few months.
I'm following with great interest from here in the UK. Your updates provide a great deal of useful information. In particular this station, with its wide platforms and central concourse, is reminiscent of some of those of the newly-opened Elizabeth Line in London. I look forward to more content in the future.
Hi Marcel, Lovely to hear that you're watching my videos from the UK! Yes there's definitely some similarities with the Elizabeth Line for sure, and also the Jubilee Line Extension as well. As you've probably worked out from my accent, I used to live in the UK (in London), and I'm looking forward to going back when the airfares get a little cheaper, and it will be fun to ride the Elizabeth Line then!
@@TransportVlog Thanks for the reply and, yes, I had determined that you're from the UK and probably from the London area. Yes, the JLE was quite a diversion from the norm because of the use of different architects for the stations... Canary Wharf is still my favourite because it's so vast, yet still has a grace about it. As you travel down the escalators from the main entrance the space opens out before you. Incidentally it's bigger than the nearby Elizabeth Line equivalent (although not in length) Also it's on my bucket list to visit Australia, Sydney and Melbourne in particular.
The sheer scale of this is crazy - cannot wait for it to open!
Yes me too!
Great updates. Makes me understand more of the Metro plans. Will be great!
Thanks Geraldine, glad it helps you understand that is happening. Yes it certainly will 😃
I don't even live in Sydney, but watching your videos keep me invested in all the ongoing development Paul! Another great explainer.
Thanks Neil, I always love to hear from people that don't live in Sydney! - Thanks for your wonderful feedback.
I’m always watching….thank you Paul
That's great to hear! - I've got around 100 videos now, so feel free to binge watch them!
Another fascinating and very well put together video, Paul! I am really enjoying these, especially since I've made my own explorations around the Martin Place construction sites - but you make it much clearer to identify what I am looking at and how it will all finish up.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying my videos! Yes, it definitely helps to know what you're looking for, especially the location of the station entrances. I plan to do similar videos for the other new stations over the next few months.
Thank you very much, Paul, for this informative video. Very much appreciated. Regards from the other side of the globe. Rick
You're very welcome! Great to hear that you're watching this video from the other side of the world!
Hi Paul, I've been to the Martin Place market and passed through the construction site on Christmas last year to sell drinks with my friend haha
Thank you, Paul, for sharing this very informative and interesting video with us. I have been hearing about the development of the Martin Place Metro but didn't know exactly what it was going to be like until your video. It is everything I have been wanting to know. I am excited to see it all once it is finished and operational. Thanks very much for this video.
You're very welcome Maribel. Glad you found it interesting and informative, and pleased it answered all your questions. Yes, I'm particularly excited to see this station open, and the commercial towers as well!
Thanks for getting back so promptly. Have to meet you some day.
Yes absolutely, I'm sure we'll find a way to do that!
For some reason these videos are so entertaining
Thanks! - I like to inject a little bit of humour every now and again!
Excellent video. Very well put together with excellent content, editing and voice over. Thank you 👍👏
You're very welcome Ken, glad you enjoyed it, and appreciate the work involved!
Great video Paul! I work in the 50MP building so see out the meeting room windows how the south building's construction is coming along. Always great to see your updates!
Thanks Jono, Great to hear that you work in the 50MP building. It must be a great view from there! Glad you're enjoying my updates.
Hi Paul, thanks for the incredible effort!
You're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful Paul. Thanks for tihis comprehensive episode. It saves me from trekking into the city to explore the tremendous amount of construction. I would love to see the historical pictures of the area kept as a memento of old Sydney. Perhaps as a display wall. Generations of people in the future could appreciate how much this beautiful city as progressed. You go from strength to strength! Again thank you.
Thanks Luke, Glad you enjoyed it! Here is a link to all the historical images that appear on the hoardings - www.sydneymetro.info/history/historical-images. It would be cool to see some of these in the new stations! Thanks for your lovely feedback.
Absolutely tremendous video. Love your style, incredibly informative. Well done!!
Had my first visit to Sydney in 4 years last week, it was great to have a look around Central and some of the development that's going on. It's certainly an incredible project.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, and I appreciate your awesome feedback. Great to hear that you visited Sydney last week, and enjoyed seeing all the Sydney Metro developments for real!
Thanks Paul fir explaining this complex development so well.
You’re very welcome David, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video Paul, thanks haven't seen the site for a long time. as no longer work in the CBD, i was told by a Sydney Metro person, a while bakck, they will also be adding pedestrian tunnel from the new Metro to Wynyard station, which will also link to the new hunter st metro.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, that will come when Hunter Street Station is built as part of Sydney Metro West. There will be an underground link from Wynyard to Hunter Street Station, and then another underground link from Hunter Street Station to Martin Place Metro. I explained this in my Hunter Street Station video, so if you've not seen this, here is the link - ua-cam.com/video/5g-ZsHmZVuM/v-deo.html
as usual, an incredibly detailed and informative production!
Thanks Chris! I appreciate your lovely feedback.
I used to work in one of the now demolished buildings on Castlereagh St. It's going to look pretty impressive once complete.
Thanks for sharing that Peter. I took a look at Martin Place metro last weekend, and its all looking pretty impressive already!
Very informative, thanks✌️♥️🇬🇧
You're very welcome Max
Another great video Paul!
Thanks Ben, glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks Paul. Another great video.
The angled and curved tops of buildings are a very Sydney feature and driven by specific rules about Sun planes for Martin Place and Hyde Park.
It's a shame the owners of 25MP don't care about the site linkages. They were very useful on wet days.
At one point it was possible to go from the Colonial Centre on Phillip St nr Hunter, all the way to The cinema strip on George St nr Wilmot St without having to get wet or cross a street, almost a 1km distance.
The first time a major client of 50 MP gets wet because the link isn’t there, I suspect the owners might reconsider.
Thanks Mark, yes I did read about Sun planes in the SDPP and EIS docs, but didn't quite understand exactly what they are. I guess it's a way of ensuring that Martin Place and Hyde Park get the maximum amount of sunlight. Yes, that link was very useful and I used it regularly. As you know, you could walk from Martin Place station directly to Town Hall, the cinema strip and Kent Street, and if it had stayed (along with a Metro to MLC link), it would have been possible in 2030 to walk all the way from Barangaroo to Town Hall via the new walkways been created as part of Hunter Street station.
yes let's hope they do Francesco!
Fantastic video with impeccable details. Your voice remind me of someone I heard before but cannot place who!
Thanks Philip, Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your lovely feedback! People have said that my voice is similar to Howard Collins in the past - ua-cam.com/video/---E3sJcmSs/v-deo.html
My memories of Martin Place in the Sixties was that it was at first designed to be an easily hosed down Men's toilet but somehow or other called a railway station by the time I started using it.
Congratulations again Paul. A truly awesome video. I probably watched it three times over jumping back to look at things again. A fantastic design and construction job from the Sydney Metro, very "sympathetic" to the number 50 heritage building. Really interesting that it's the largest heritage listed building in Aus. Cheers
Thanks Jim! - I packed a lot of information into this video, so I'm not surprised that you watched it several times. Yes the designs for the stations and over station developments look really good, and so much better than what was there before! I didn't know that 50 Martin Place was the largest heritage building in Aus until I started researching for this video.
Yet another well researched and informative video Paul…thankyou!…and congrats on 4k subscribers..
Thanks Terence, glad you enjoyed it.
Another very informative video Paul. Thank you very much.
You’re very welcome Eimja. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi Paul thanks for up date the information you have is good great video and great information thanks looking forward to next video.
You're very welcome Jason, Glad you enjoyed this video.
Hi Paul, I have missed you. I hope I have not missed any videos as I had trouble locating you. This was great and I am pleased to see I'm not all that much behind its appearance time. It certainly outdates any minor offering I had been preparing to get up, and may still, even though way out of date, now. You said about the Commonwealth/ Tax building being the oldest, I thought AWA building was the oldest "skyscraper" hehe of the time? Is the Commonwealth/Tax building taller than AWA? Hope I can find any of your stuff I missed. I am recovering from that Metro fall and subsequent re-do of the graft on my had and left over "graft-from-the-leg" pain so, hopefully, getting "out and about" myself again, soon.
Hi Geoff, Good to hear from you again. You can find all my videos from this link - www.youtube.com/@TransportVlog/videos. I've only done 5 so far this year, but I prefer to focus on quality, rather than quantity! I don't know what the oldest skyscraper is in Sydney and I'm not sure if the Commonwealth/Tax building is taller than AWA. Perhaps another viewer can answer that. Do take it easy and hope you can get out again soon. I'll let you know when any new lifts open, especially at Central, Sydenham and Dulwich Hill.
A fascinating video. I've been surprised by how much demolition has occurred - in my mind a positive thing to allow better things to exist, but a reminder of the necessity of creative destruction.
A brilliant video, and thanks to Transport NSW for allowing use of their video content! (Although they'd be silly not to, you do a tremendous job of explaining their work.)
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Absolutely! Besides looking fantastic, the newer buildings are much more suited to today's working environment. Yes I have a good relationship with Sydney Metro, and they are very supportive of my videos.
Excellent video,
Thanks Nick!
well explained and detailed.
Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it.
You can go for a tour onsite as a visitor mate...Just contact the Builders Lend Lease
Outstanding video. Thank you Paul. Once the Hunter Street Metro Station opens, will it be possible to walk from Martin Place to Wynyard via the two Metro stations? What an amazing rail conglomeration it will be, especially with the light rail interchanging with Wynyard/Hunter. This is the stuff of fantasy rail. Exciting times.
Thanks Matt!, You're very welcome! Yes that's right. In fact, you'll be able to walk underground from Martin Place to Barangaroo. I explained this more in my Hunter Street video which you may have seen. If not, here the link - ua-cam.com/video/5g-ZsHmZVuM/v-deo.html. Yes, its wonderful to see all these schemes coming to fruition!
I remember working on the 50MP proposal. It included the metro (it didnt include hunter street but had a few other stations that didnt go ahead) well before most of the public knew about it. Its progressed quite a bit since then.
That's interesting! Yes it certainly has!
Paul, another fantastic video. Don't know what your day job is but any communications company worth its' salt should be offering you a job.
I especially loved this one for its memories for me. In the late 60s early 70s I worked at Radio 2GB when it was in Phillip St between Martin Place and Hunter St. This area was like my back yard. I can remember the buildings that were demolished to make way for the buildings that were demolished for this new fantastic project.
Looking forward for your next update.
Thanks Doris! I appreciate your lovely feedback. At the moment, I work for myself doing a variety of different things, and I'm not sure if I could go back to doing a conventional job now, certainly not full-time anyway. Glad you enjoyed the demolished buildings part of this video too. I think its important to remember what used to be there! It's awesome that Google makes the streetview images from previous years available!
another great video well done paul
Thanks Gary, glad you enjoyed it.
Congratulations on 8k Paul!
Thanks Adiram
great video well done all the best
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
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Great video, Paul, highly informative. It must have taken some time to put together which would explain why you haven't posted for a few weeks.
Hi William, yes this one took a while to do, and I had some time off as well!
Can't wait till 2024! Also with combination of Metro West that will end at Hunter St in the future, the whole area will be set alight.
Yes absolutely! It's going to be a mega transport interchange when Hunter Street opens as well!
@@TransportVlog in the 80s as an university student I worked in Wynyard during summer holidays. Martin Place was just across the road from George St. After work on a Friday we often ended up at The Rocks having a self cooked steak.
Nice video paul
Thanks Ernie👍
Great video. Well researched and very interesting. I might have missed it but it doesn't seem like there is lift access to the platforms?
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. There will be step free access from street level all the way down to the platforms. It's a requirement under the Disability Discrimination Act. The artist impression videos don't show all of the lifts, but they will be definitely be there!
Another great video!
Thanks Tamas, Glad you enjoyed it!
Great work.
Thanks Jack
Hi Paul, interesting video. Martin Place ESR station was in easy walking distance to my former workplace in the former State Office Block building. From memory, they had an entrance from the footpath, at the corner of Martin Place. 55 Hunter Street was the former P & O building, where my dad worked until retiring in 1972. Has the Chifley Arcade completely gone now? I remember it quite well. I also remember the MLC Centre along with the over street walkway. Anyway, wishing you all the very best. Rob.
Hi Rob, Thanks for sharing your memories! Yes the Chifley Arcade has now gone. Yes I miss the King Street walkway from the MLC centre to Westfield. Back in 2019 when I was working close to Westfield, I would use it to get to the office, and often ended up buying something from H&M when passing through!
Hi Paul, does Chifley Square still exist? In my former employment in the State Office Block (now demolished) I used to take mail to the Goodsell Building (also now demolished), which was located at Chifley Square along with the Australian Federal Government Building, which I am not sure still exists or not. Incidentally, where is the ESR Martin Place Station in relation to the Metro Martin Place Station? Also on a different note, there used to be an automated underground walkway somewhere near Hyde Park. Would you happen to know if that is still there? ua-cam.com/video/i_C_BHt3jd4/v-deo.html All the very best. Rob.
good video mate
Thanks 👍
Nice video! It's great that this station is being designed for high capacity, and I find it interesting how much the design of 50 Martin Place has influenced the designs of the two new buildings. Is there any indication yet on how the station will link to the Hunter Street station of Sydney Metro West?
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes 50 Martin Place has had a huge influence on the designs and it's great to see two quite unique and interesting buildings replacing the not so interesting ones that were there before! The route for the underground link to Hunter Street s safeguarded and that will be built as part of the Hunter Street Station construction. I explained how this link would work in this video. ua-cam.com/video/5g-ZsHmZVuM/v-deo.html. Hope you'll upload some more videos again soon. I've enjoyed the ones you've done so far, especially the Bradfield one. Drop me an email if you would like any tips or encouragement - paul@transportvlog.com. Cheers Paul
It’s been designed as a shopping centre: as a station it’s very poorly designed.
Bravo again, Paul. But I don't suppose you can explain why they were able to demolish the art deco apartment block, if it was heritage listed?
Thanks Mik! It is much harder (but not impossible) to demolish heritage buildings. Basically there is a process that must look at all other options first, and these might include moving the building, or building around it. It also depends on the building, its age and uniqueness, and also the importance of whatever is going to replace it. In the case of Martin Place North, I don't think it would have been possible to built the station in its current location, and to the size that it probably needs to it, without demolition this building. Hopefully we'll see a heritage interpretation of it somewhere within the station.
The Sydney CBD - which is tiny - has an insane number of stations: Wynyard Station, Circular Quay Station, Museum Station, Martin Place Station, St James Station, Pitt Street Station, Town Hall Station, Barangaroo Station, Hunter Street Station. There are more train stations in the Sydney CBD than there are Starbucks and McDonalds combined.
I'd say that's a good thing! - I think the Maccas on Park Street was demolished for Pitt Street station.
You might want to make an update of Pyrmont Metro Station The buildings that are going to get demolished to make way for.
Hi Nico, I filmed all the buildings at Pyrmont a few months ago, but haven't had time to turn it into a video as yet. I might wait until the demolition starts, as that will make a more interesting video :-)
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Thanks Harry 😀
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Paul I worked at 60 Martin Place for large firm of Sydney Solicitors (F H & P) for 10 years. I was demolished about 3 1/2 years ago. What has replaced it please?🙃
Hi Lynne, 60 Martin Place hasn't been demolished. Its still there - www.investa.com.au/properties/60-martin-place-sydney-nsw-2000. Not sure what has happened to the law firm though!
Hiya, is there a date for the Bankstown line closure as a heavy rail station? What with this closure and the OSCARS being displaced, there’s going to be a large surplus of stock even with K Sets gone. I wonder if they’ll rid some Tangaras too.
HI Tom, no not as yet, but likely to be late 2024 or early 2025, and it will probably close for about 6 months to do the conversion. All the rolling stock on the Bankstown Line will transfer to the T2 and T8 to provide more frequent services on these lines. This is all part of the "More Trains, More Services" project and you can read more about this here - www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/more-trains-more-services. The Mariyung / NIF / D Sets will displace the Oscars to suburban lines and that will allow the remaining K sets to be withdrawn. I think with Sydney's population growing, I reckon the Tangara's will be staying to provide more services.
Can't wait for the central and Martin place metro station to open will go and take a trip when it opens and these new d sets aswell will go and have a ride o n them aswell
Yes me too! - and it will be good to see the D sets finally coming into service as well!
Imposible s better explanation.
Who is Martin?
It was named after Chief Justice James Martin. He was the NSW Premier in 1892!
@@TransportVlog Well there ya go huh? thank you.
55 Hunter Street building, five Elizabeth Street building, seven Elizabeth Street building, 9 to 19 Elizabeth Street building, 8 to 12 Castleway Street building, 39 to 49 Martin Place building and 33 to 35 Bly Street building what the heck happened to them?
They did a disappearing act!
Bit of a shame that they couldn't negotiate a tunnel link to the-building-formerly-known-as-the-MLC-centre. That's going to leave the steps west of Castlereagh as a bit of an eyesore.
Yes it will unfortunately!
I wonder if these stations will be accessible for wheelchairs etc. Seems like they won’t
Yes they will definitely be step-free with lifts for wheelchairs and other passengers that require them. . That's a legal requirement for any new station or building these days. However, not every entrance point has to be step free, so we might find that its step-free from the Castlereagh Street entrance only at Martin Place Metro North, but I reckon step free access will be possible from both Castlereagh Street/Martin Place and Elizabeth Street at Martin Place Metro South. Great question and hope my answer makes sense.
Hi mate isn't clouding dangerous use in office remember what happened in the UK with the apartment building caught on fire
I think it depends on the type of cladding used. That was quite an old building, and I think designs and materials have improved since then.
Do use think the Metro Station will be built before the over station is Complete hope the Scaffolding will not be in the way
Hi Chris, the metro station can open before the over station development has been completed. They can put a temporary passageway in and allow work to go on around it, similar to the Metro Concourse at Central Station, although it may not get the blue carpet treatment!
Fast forward to September 2024 after opening... pretty close to how it was envisioned except for that blue tunnel that looks like they ran out of budget for proper design . Kudos to NSW ex-premiere Gladys for making this happen.
Yes it was pretty close to the design. I quite like the tunnel with the audio visual art. It had steam trains sounds when I used it last week! Yes Gladys had lots of vision! Hope she's had a ride on it now!
this vid gives an excellent insight into the scale of the construction involved, though it only shows one TBM rather than two ua-cam.com/video/1xyOl5BybCA/v-deo.html ...and 8K! woohoo!
Hi Mark, thanks for the link to this video. It's a wonderful illustration of what's involved! I wish it was that quick in real life! - And yes, nice to reach 8K - should easily make 10K in 2023!
It's painful to remember that they demolished The Australia Hotel and The Royal Theatre to build that horrible MLC building. It would be like demonstrating The Savoy and Covent Garden. And it's a crumbling wreck. Another Seidler eyesaw.
Hi Leo, yes it because of things like this, that heritage listing was introduced. So we've learned from past mistakes.
Thank you Paul. I’ve been avidly following your updates from Silicon Valley. Green with envy. California is completely inept at building public infrastructure. Everything they build here is substandard, delayed and way over budget. (Caltrain electrification, BART to San José, San Francisco metro expansion….. And dont get me started on CA High Speed Rail)
You're very welcome Garry!, yes we do seem to do a good job here of keeping projects to time and on budget. We still have a long way to go, especially with high speed rail. But what is happening in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to increase rail capacity is very exciting! Hopefully things will improve in your area over the next few years!
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Can’t help but feel the Marin Place station is poorly designed, as a shopping mall first and a station second with far too much walking to get to the metro. Coming down one set of escalators than making you walk to the opposite end for you continuance rather than have the next flight right next to where you come down is an old trick to increase foot walk past shops. Plus SIX cross passages between 2 platforms?? Bit of an overkill.
By the way always love your videos.
Hi Paul dont bother explaining melb metro tunnel its a waste of your time
Those artists impressions are awful. People don't walk around in all directions like that. They don't stand around admiring artworks in all-weather concourses. They will however seethe at how far they have to walk to get from the outside world down to platforms the escalators could have taken them directly into.
Looking Good!
Thanks Bob!
Do you know what they will do with the 1963 Tom Bass fountain that was inset to the pedestrian wall of 55 Hunter St?
Hi Mark, It was placed into storage and will become part of the new Martin Place Station (or over station development). You can find out more here (on page 33) - www.sydneymetro.info/sites/default/files/2021-09/SM_Art_Masterplan.pdf
Great video Paul.. only feedback is Castlereagh is pronounced by Sydney natives as "Caastlereigh"
Glad you enjoyed it. I'll remember this for next time.
wow paul. your videos are so detailed. a credit to you for all the hard work and time you put into it..😀🚊
Thanks William for your lovely feedback! Yes, lots of hard work goes into these videos, but its very rewarding too!
Nice video paul
Thanks Ernie 👍