Sydney Metro City Line Opening August 2024 | New Stations & Fast Travel

The government of New South Wales has declared a target opening date for Sydney’s eagerly awaited Metro City line, as final testing and regulatory processes near completion.

Sydney’s fresh M1 line is on track for an August 4th, 2024 launch, promising train service every four minutes during peak hours at brand-new stations.

This urban segment, destined to be the M1 Northwest & Bankstown Line, adds 15.5km of transformative metro rail, stretching the North West line from Chatswood beneath the harbor, through Sydney’s central business district, and on to Sydenham.

A game-changing 2,645 new metro services will traverse the city’s core each week, transporting over 37,000 individuals during the morning rush.

Once operational, passengers will enjoy rapid metro trips, such as three minutes from Victoria Cross in North Sydney to Barangaroo under the harbor, four minutes between Martin Place and Central, and 22 minutes from Sydenham to Chatswood.

  • 45 metro trains and 445 new daily services
  • Peak hour service every four minutes, gradually increasing to every five minutes
  • Weekday service every seven minutes between peak periods
  • Off-peak and weekend service every ten minutes
  • Six fully accessible new stations at Crows Nest, Victoria Cross, Barangaroo, Martin Place, Gadigal, and Waterloo
  • New platforms at Central and Sydenham
  • Seamless connections with buses at all stations, ferries at Barangaroo, light rail at Central, and train services at Martin Place, Central, and Sydenham
  • Uninterrupted mobile network coverage
  • Secure journeys monitored by a cutting-edge control center with approximately 100 CCTV cameras per station and 38 cameras per train
  • Over 600 secure bike parking spaces across four stations, part of 900 new spaces across all eight stations
  • Platform screen door technology for enhanced safety

Final confirmation of the opening date hinges on the operator successfully completing over 100 remaining trial runs, including:

  • Joint exercises with emergency services for station and train evacuation scenarios
  • Testing alternate train timetables for planned and unplanned disruptions
  • Managing crowds during major events at each station
  • Operating metro services from the backup control center during evacuations of the main Operations Control Centre

Later in 2024, when the Sydney Metro City is fully integrated and reliably serving Sydenham to the CBD, the T3 Bankstown Line will close for up to 12 months for final M1 conversion works. These upgrades will bring high-frequency metro service directly to southwest Sydney by 2025.

During this period, a temporary transport plan will be in place, featuring Southwest Link – dedicated, high-frequency bus services between Sydenham and Bankstown train stations.

New South Wales Minister for Transport, Jo Haylen, expressed mounting anticipation for the launch, emphasizing the new metro as the fastest way to travel within and around Sydney’s CBD and northern areas, including harbor crossings.

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