Metro Insights
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
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 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
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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
Final mega TBM Ruby launches into action to finish Metro West tunnel under Sydney Harbour
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ruby has begun its journey to carve out the final section of tunnel for the city-shaping Sydney Metro West project.
Plans for Pyrmont over station development one step closer
Plans for a mixed-use building above Pyrmont Station are one step closer, with next part of the planning process now complete following the lodgement of the Response to Submissions Report.Â
Two TBMs breakthrough at Sydney Olympic Park, as new above station precinct revealed
Plans for a new metro-oriented town centre above the future Sydney Olympic Park station have been approved as tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Daphne and Beatrice break through at the metro site.
Contract awarded to safeguard Sydney’s southwest metro line
It’s full steam ahead on work to convert the T3 Bankstown Line to metro standards, with a major contract awarded for important infrastructure upgrades.