Behind the fence: look into the future
Test your knowledge with fun and interesting facts about the Sydney Metro project.
46
stations
46 new state of the art, fully accessible metro stations
History under Sydney Harbour
The first of two metro railway tunnels deep under Sydney Harbour has been completed in a historic milestone for public transport in Sydney.
2.8 km Sydney Harbour Tunnel
9 km North Connex
31 km New Sydney Metro tunnels
Tunnel length
Australia’s longest railway tunnels
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The travel calculator calculates the number of minutes for a journey during stage 1 and stage 2 of the Sydney Metro development. Select a stage and search for a start and end location to find out how many minutes it will take below. The number of minutes is displayed below.
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Hours worked to date:
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Sydney Metro City & Southwest tunnels
15.5km of twin tunnels are being constructed from Chatswood to Sydenham
379,000 tonnes of concrete will be made to produce almost 100,000 segments that will line the twin rail tunnels
Almost 100,000 concrete segments will be made into almost 16,500 concrete rings
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Almost 6 million tonnes of crushed rock is estimated to be generated for re-use from the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Featured news
Martin Place Station 95 per cent complete
Work on Martin Place Metro Station has been powering ahead and soon passengers will have access to a fully integrated transport destination right in the heart of Sydney CBD.
The final Sydney Metro West tunnel boring machines have arrived
Sydney Metro West is gearing up to build Sydney’s second under-harbour railway crossing with the final tunnel boring machines (TBMs) arriving on site. The two TBMs will carve out the 2.3-kilometre twin tunnels from The Bays, under Sydney Harbour, to Hunter Street in the Sydney CBD as part of the Sydney Metro West - Eastern Tunnelling Package (ETP). These are the last of six TBMs being used for tunnelling on the 24-kilometre Sydney Metro West line.Â
Major work powers ahead at Hunter Street Station
Work on Sydney Metro West’s Hunter Street Station is powering ahead as excavation works continue on this future CBD transport hub.
Testing on track as all 45 trains complete Tallawong to Sydenham return journey
Metro services through the Sydney CBD are in sight, following a major testing milestone ahead of services starting on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest line later this year.