First tracks laid for Sydney Metro

The first railway tracks have been laid for Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project. The project is proceeding on track and is expected to take passengers in the first half of 2019.  

The tunnelling for Sydney Metro Northwest is finished and the skytrain is almost per cent complete. The Sydney Metro will be able to move more people across the harbour in the busiest time of day that the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel combined.

There is 19km of railway steel being laid inside the Sydney Metro trains facility, along with 11,0 sleepers and 30,000 tonnes of ballast. 22 metro trains will be stabled and maintained at the facility when services start in the first half of 2019.

The facility will also maintain the extra trains needed to service the entire line to Bankstown once stage two is built, as well as house the Sydney Metro operations centre.

108km of railway steel is expected to be used across the Sydney Metro Northwest project.

The final design of the new Bella Vista station on the $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest has also been unveiled.

Sydney Metro Northwest includes eight new metro stations, five existing stations upgraded to metro standards and 4,000 new commuter car parking spaces.      

The Property Council has long advocated for the use of funds from asset recycling to fund better infrastructure across Sydney and is pleased to see the progression of projects across the State.

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