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Devonshire Street Tunnel

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from which both Central station and the tunnel can be accessed. The tunnel continues west from the vestibule under the tracks and platforms of the station, and opens onto Henry Deane Plaza, a depressed
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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
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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
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The tunnel extension begins at a portal at the opposite end of Henry Deane Plaza, continuing under Lee Street, Railway Square, and
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Devonshire Street Tunnel in the 1970s prior to redevelopment.
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opposite Railway Square filled with shops and restaurants.
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and extended 80 metres (260 ft) to the west under
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Sydney central business district
New South Wales
Map
Coordinates
33°53′7″S 151°12′24″E / 33.88528°S 151.20667°E / -33.88528; 151.20667
Surry Hills
Railway Square
Transport Asset Holding Entity
Pedestrians
pedestrian tunnel
Central station
Surry Hills
Railway Square
Sydney central business district

Devonshire Street Cemetery
terrazzo
fluorescent lights
Railway Square
head house
Chalmers Street
vestibule
urban square
George Street
TAFE
The Goods Line
Darling Harbour

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