First Look: Tour the new Crows Nest Metro Station on Sunday May 26.

By ANNA USHER

Crows Nest, are you ready?!

Sunday May 26 brings an opportunity to check out the new Metro Station at Crows Nest at a special community day for lower north shore residents.

Ticket holders can take a self-guided tour of the facility, meet the team behind the project and step onto the platforms, 25 metres underground.

Visitors will also see some new public art designed by 36-year-old Esther Stewart,  crafted from bespoke ceramic tiles made at Bendigo Pottery.

Once open, travellers will have easy access with two entrances, on Clarke Street and Pacific Highway, as well as nine escalators and five lifts throughout the fully accessible station, which have been installed and commissioned for operations.

So when does the station officially open? The word on the street is mid-June, but we are yet to have this confirmed. What we can tell you however is that travel times from Crowie are awesome!

• 4 minutes to Chatswood Station
• 5 minutes to Barangaroo Station
• 7 minutes to Martin Place Station.

The station creates a new transport focus on the southern side of St Leonards, streamlining travel Sydney wide. Other features include:

Air-conditioned metro train every four minutes in the peak

Retail space near both entrances

Dedicated kiss-and-ride and taxi bays

Upgraded pedestrian and cycling infrastructure

New crossings, bike parking, and signage

Two entrances: Pacific Highway and Clarke Street

Fully accessible stations including lifts

Improved CCTV, platform screen doors, and level platforms

Station interchange facilities

All trains stopping at every local station.

Fast services to Martin Place, Barangaroo, North Sydney, Chatswood and Macquarie Park

Interchanges to other rail services at Sydenham, Central and Martin Place.