{"id":110983,"date":"2024-08-20T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T02:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=110983"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T02:05:48","slug":"wangaratta-station-precinct-improvements-take-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=110983","title":{"rendered":"Wangaratta Station Precinct improvements take shape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Key features of the Wangaratta Station Precinct design are starting to take shape, revealing improvements to accessibility, connectivity and visual amenity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Work: Wangaratta Station Precinct takes shape August 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIjbxbjbhiE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wangaratta community has told us safety and accessibility across the station precinct is important to them. Our modern infrastructure will deliver these benefits as we build a fast freight line that will connect Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our contractor McConnell Dowell is constructing a new accessible pedestrian underpass with lifts, ramps and stairs; a new station platform with shade structures; and a new car park on the western side of the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve also restored connectivity at the station entrance by filling in the \u201cDive\u201d to create a better connection between the station and Norton Street businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the coming months, other improvements the community will start seeing include construction of an additional 26 car parking spaces, an 18-metre \u2018kiss and ride\u2019 facility and installation of artwork sympathetic to the heritage features of the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re on track to complete works in Wangaratta in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inlandrail.com.au\/where-we-go\/projects\/beveridge-to-albury\/\">Beveridge to Albury section of Inland Rail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key features of the Wangaratta Station Precinct design are starting to take shape, revealing improvements to accessibility, connectivity and visual amenity. The Wangaratta community has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":110984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,326,47],"tags":[8,10316,12720],"class_list":["post-110983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-inland-rail","category-rail-news","tag-victoria","tag-wangaratta","tag-wangaratta-station-precinct"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111023,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110983\/revisions\/111023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/110984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}