About 11,000 tiles are the new features decorating the floor of the 70-metre pedestrian and cyclist overpass at Hoppers Crossing Railway Station.
The ten colour display, titled ‘TRACKwork’, was designed by Melbourne artist Peter Atkins and was inspired by paper tickets used by passengers from the western suburbs throughout the 20th century.
“I was conscious of the artwork relating to both the local audience of Hoppers Crossing and also, the broader community within Melbourne and Greater Victoria,“ Mr Atkins said.
“I wanted to particularly focus on narratives around movement and locality, as well as ideas around history, nostalgia, location, mapping, social connections and memory.
“These tickets are like connectors, connecting us all through time and place, to locations, events, friends and family in and around our beautiful city of Melbourne.“
The new overpass was built as part of works by the state government to remove the level crossing at Old Geelong Road.
Commuters can access the bridge to safely cross the rail line to the station, Princes Highway and the broader Hoppers Crossing shopping precinct.
“Hoppers Crossing is a great community, and we’ve made it even better by getting rid of the dangerous and congested level crossing and build the new pedestrian and cyclist overpass at Hoppers Crossing Station to make it easier for locals to get to where they need to go,” Tarneit MP Sarah Connolly said.
“The overpass now features this new artwork – which has been inspired by unique train tracks – connecting the community to stories of past journeys through the area.”
Other works currently being carried out at the station include a ‘Woody Meadow’ garden in the southern plaza which will feature 15,000 trees, plants and shrubs including flowering and native shrubs like hibiscus and bottlebrushes.
