Scaffold installed as Flinders Street Station Upgrade ramps up

Scaffolding has been installed on Flinders Street at the western end of the Administration Building, to enable extensive restoration works.

These works will include repairs to the façade of the iconic building and repainting it to its original 1910 colours.

The scaffolding has been placed above the station awning, supported by ground-level towers running along the building’s northern façade.

For the safety of the public and workers, a construction zone is fenced off underneath the scaffolding, which reaches just over a metre from the building.

Shops along the Flinders Street side of the Administration Building will be open throughout the works, and pedestrians can still use the footpath, although it is now narrower.

Scaffolding had already been installed on the Platform 1 side of the Administration Building to allow roof replacement, waterproofing and painting works to be carried out.

The scaffolding on both sides of the Administration Building will remain in place until 2018.