The work of Indigenous artist Danie Mellor features at the new State Library Station main entrance at La Trobe and Swanston streets.

All five underground Metro Tunnel stations are now complete, bringing an official end to major construction on the most complex rail infrastructure project in Victoria's history.

The station will give commuters direct access to State Library, RMIT University and the Queen Victoria Market. It links straight to trams and is connected to Melbourne Central via a new underground concourse, so you can trans- fer without tapping off.

Mellor, whose mother is descended from the Mamu, Ngagen and Ngajan peoples of Queensland's Atherton Tablelands, created the work 'Forever' for the grand entrance.

Honouring the cultural, social and family contributions of Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung women, with portraits and landscapes drawn from the State Library's archives, Forever is both an engaging and meaningful visual for commuters to view, travelling to and from the station.

"It's very exciting to consider how the artwork will impact passers-by, and people coming into the station and walking past on Swanston Street," Mellor said.

"The scale, the lighting, the colour, the way it retells a particular story of ancestral presenve, and the way it highlights the importance of people in the space of Country is one thing which I think will give something extra to the work… it adds a layer of story to those that are already told and held as oral histories."

The deepest and most complex station ever built beneath the Melbourne CBD sits 42 metres below Swanston Street and is deeper than the height of Marvel Stadium.

The main entrance at La Trobe and Swanston streets, where Forever is displayed, is framed by 12 massive columns topped with 70-tonne, 18-metre beams lifted into place by a 400-tonne crane.

A second entrance opens onto Franklin Street outside RMIT.

Premier Jacinta Allan and minister for Transport Infrastructure Gabrielle Williams marked the milestone at the brand-new State Library Station this week, before it opens later this year.

"This is the second new CBD train station in 40 years – and the first since yesterday. Transferring between State Library and Melbourne Central is one small step for a commuter and one giant leap for Victoria," said Ms Allan.

"The end of major construction means the start of a new era for Melbourne, where you can get to uni, work and retail faster and easier."

Ms Williams said "today State Library Station stands finished alongside Town Hall, Arden, Anzac and Parkville — five brand new stations ready for passengers later this year".

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