Metro Insights
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
2.8 km Sydney Harbour Tunnel
9 km North Connex
31 km New Sydney Metro tunnels
Tunnel length
Australia’s longest railway tunnels
Travel Calculator
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.

67,898,369
hours
Hours worked to date:
March 2025
Loading map ...
Show me
Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport tunnels

9.8km of twin tunnels constructed

Excavation of 1,863,460 tonnes of material

69,966 concrete segments installed to line the new tunnel walls

100
%
Almost 6 million tonnes of crushed rock is estimated to be generated for re-use from the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Featured news

Huge cavern carved out below Sydney CBD as Hunter Street Station takes shape
A major milestone has been reached in the delivery of the city-shaping Sydney Metro West mega project, with excavation of the Hunter Street metro station cavern now complete.

Cultural recognition at Sydney Metro Trains Facility South
A 25-metre-long and 3-metre-high artwork by Indigenous artist Konstantina is transforming a security fence at the Sydney Metro Trains Facility South in Marrickville into a community asset that honours the culture of the Gadigal people.

Designs confirmed for six new Airport metro stations
Work to construct six new metro stations for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport is in full swing and designs for each station are now finalised.

First tracks laid for new Western Sydney Airport metro
The first tracks have been laid at Luddenham for the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line as the 23-kilometre new metro railway, connecting to the new Western Sydney International Airport, takes shape.