Behind the fence: look into the future
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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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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.
Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport tunnels on homestretch
Mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) constructing the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport southern tunnels are edging closer to their final destinations.
Sydney Metro receives green light on development plans at Hunter Street in Sydney’s CBD
A world-class precinct at Hunter Street is one step closer with the first stage of the planning process complete for the over station developments of the key major CBD precinct after receiving planning approval from the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.
Sydney Metro West tunnel boring machines reach Burwood North
Two mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have arrived at Burwood North Station site as the 24-kilometre Sydney Metro West twin tunnels connecting Greater Parramatta and the Sydney CBD continue to take shape.