Devonshire Street Tunnel

Devonshire Street Tunnel

Overview
Location	Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia (Map)
Surry Hills (east)
End	Railway Square (west)
Operation
Opened	1906
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Traffic	Pedestrians
Technical
Length	300 metres (980 ft)

The Devonshire Street Tunnel is a 300-metre-long (980 ft)

Opened in 1906 joining as a pedestrian continuation of Devonshire Street in the east to Lee Street in the west, it cut through what was the Devonshire Street Cemetery.^[1] In the early 1970s, the tunnel was refurbished with terrazzo panels and fluorescent lights and extended 80 metres (260 ft) to the west under Railway Square.^[1][2][3][4] In 1985 murals of trains and railway infrastructure were painted on the walls of the tunnel.^[5]

Route

At its eastern end, the tunnel begins at a

The tunnel extension begins at a portal at the opposite end of Henry Deane Plaza, continuing under Lee Street, Railway Square, and George Street, each of these points at which it can be accessed by stairs and escalators. The tunnel extension then continues under the TAFE Marcus Clark Building and finally opens up at a portal behind the International Institute of Business and Information Technology at 841 George Street, connecting it to The Goods Line, providing an off-street connection between Central station and Darling Harbour.

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