Sydney Metro
Sydney’s mega underground rail project faces D-Day on expansion
New plans for the $25 billion Metro West line will go before a powerful cabinet subcommittee on Friday, in a clear sign the government is looking to expand it.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Alexandra Smith
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Billions will be needed for extra Metro West train stations
The NSW government will decide within days whether to build extra stations along the underground rail line between Sydney’s CBD and Parramatta.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Giant holes beneath Sydney reshaped into train station with new name
The new underground station will be crucial to relieving pressure on nearby Town Hall, the station under the most strain on Sydney’s rail network.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Obsession with travel times on Metro West line ‘massively outdated’
A concerted push is under way for more stations to be built on Sydney’s mega rail line to better connect suburbs and to help solve the housing crisis.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney Metro paying contractors $2300 a day amid cost blowouts
More than 500 professional services contractors are receiving average rates of $286 an hour while working on the driverless train projects.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Billionaire family pushes for metro extensions in Sydney’s west
The Perich dairy farming family owns land near Western Sydney Airport and says there are “obvious gaps” in the rail network in that part of the city.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
This Sydney council has plans for 30-storey towers – but it all hinges on the Metro
Unlike other parts of Sydney, Burwood Council and its residents want more density. They’re planning for it, assuming the Metro West project is delivered.
- by Michael Koziol
Rosehill racecourse owner pitches for Metro West station deal
The Australian Turf Club is among those jostling for extra stations on the rail line between the Sydney CBD and Parramatta ahead of the release of a crucial review.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Motorway to Sydney’s new airport rises out of paddocks
Some 17 bridges are being constructed to complete the 16-kilometre motorway link through rolling countryside beneath the Blue Mountains.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Inside the new Metro tunnels snaking their way to the airport
Veteran borers Peggy and Eileen have been joined by the “Ferraris” of tunnelling on the $11b mega project. Here’s how it’s taking shape.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
‘The Hills is under assault’: Doubling the housing density ignites a ‘lovely suburb’
Planning Minister Paul Scully has lifted a cap on the number of homes permitted in the precinct surrounding Hills Showground Metro station, which the previous government set at 5000.
- by Michael Koziol