Behind the fence: look into the future
Test your knowledge with fun and interesting facts about the Sydney Metro project.
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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.
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Hours worked to date:
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Sydney Metro City & Southwest tunnels
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15.5km of twin tunnels are being constructed from Chatswood to Sydenham
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379,000 tonnes of concrete will be made to produce almost 100,000 segments that will line the twin rail tunnels
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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.
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Western Sydney Airport metro tunnels complete
Greater Western Sydney is now home to landmark new 9.8-kilometre twin metro railway tunnels, with major tunnelling officially complete on the city-shaping Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project. These tunnels are set to become the transport spine of the Greater West.
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Search begins for new Transport Hub and builders for Sydney Metro West
Sydney Metro West is on its way to creating opportunities for new housing as it kicks off the procurement process for integrated station developments.
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Full speed ahead as trial running starts on the new city section of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project
Testing has reached its final stages, ahead of city-shaping metro services starting in August from Chatswood, below the Sydney CBD and out to Sydenham.
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Three tunnels done and dusted for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, one to go!
Mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Catherine, Eileen and Peggy have completed their historic journeys to build metro rail tunnels for the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project.