Southwest Metro Project Update, November 2020

City & Southwest

An artist’s impression of Canterbury Station.

Southwest Metro project update

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest Key features of the new metro public transport project Southwest Metro is the upgrade of the more than An air-conditioned metro train every 125-year-old T3 Bankstown Line between Sydenham four minutes in the peak in each direction and Bankstown to metro standards. It involves conversion Lifts at every station of the rail corridor and upgrades to the 11 existing stations. Southwest Metro received project approval in Level access between platforms and trains – December 2018. no more gaps or step up into the train

Since 2019, we have been doing early works such as Improved CCTV security monitoring and platform screen doors embankment improvements and cabling work to prepare for the upgrade to metro standards. All trains stopping at all stations – no waiting for the right train Major construction, including station upgrades and corridor works, are expected to start in late 2020 and Safe and easy interchanges between metro and Sydney Trains services early 2021. Faster travel times to key employment and education precincts

Project timeline We are here

Sydney Environmental Submissions and Project A final three-to-six Metro Impact Statement Preferred Infrastructure Early works Construction approved month closure services (EIS) exhibition Report (SPIR) exhibition begin

2017 July 2018 Dec 2018 2019-2020 Late 2020 Three-to-six months 2024 onwards before metro services begin

November 2020 Addison Rd

King St

Noble Av Constitution Rd Roberts Rd Arlington St

Constitution Rd Edgeware Rd

To Enmore Rd Constitution Rd Old Canterbury Rd Livingstone Rd City

Queen St N

New Canterbury Rd

Queen St Edinburgh Rd

Waterloo Rd

Fifth Av

Brighton Av Sydenham Rd Marrickville Rd Edinburgh Rd Brighton Avenue Crinan Street

Nowra St Crinan St Illawarra Rd

Bellombi St Street Dulwich Greenacre VictoriaSydenham Rd Road Ninth Av Campsie Marrickville Road Floss St Hill Hurlstone Sydenham Rd Ninth Av Wairoa St Ninth Av Ninth Av Park Jeffrey Canterbury Road Canterbury Rd Jeffrey St Ewart Street Brancourt Av Burwood Rd Albert St

Wonga St Marrickville Marrickville Rd Burwood Road Ewart St Wardell Rd Carmen St Loch St Victoria Rd Victoria Road Unwins Bridge Rd Beauchamp St Chapel Rd N Canterbury Wardell Road

Fore Street Sydenham

Punchbowl Rd RickardRickard RdRoad Evaline St Beamish St Railway Road Wangee Rd Warren Road

Beamish Street Beamish Fore St

Lady Cutler Av

Meredith St Permanent Av Warren Rd Railway Rd Lakemba Street Burlington Av Karool Av Princes Hwy Wiley Av Lakemba St Illawarra Rd Thorncraft Pde Meredith Street Wattle St Roberts Rd Waterloo Rd Illawarra Road West Tce North Tce

Haldon St The Boulevarde Bridge Rd CarringtonCarrington Rd Road King Georges Rd Lakemba The Boulevarde Leylands Pde Bridge Road Belmore Richardsons Cr

Sharp St

Oxford Av

Greenwood Av The Boulevarde Unwins Bridge Road Bankstown Ausgrid Brandon Av The Boulevarde Brandon Av Haldon Street The Boulevarde substation South Tce Wiley Park Unwins Bridge Rd

Richardsons Cr

Haldon St

Gannon St Princes Highway The Boulevarde Stacey Street

Stacey St Punchbowl Road King Georges Road Woolcott St

Macauley Av The Boulevarde

Fairford Rd The Boulevarde Kingsgrove Rd Earlwood

William St Punchbowl King Georges Rd

Loftus St

Bexley Rd

Canarys Rd

What we’ve done so far Signalling and cabling works Power supply upgrade Works have taken place across: The metro railway needs a new power system, • Foord Avenue, Hurlstone Park which will be separate from the existing Sydney Trains • Terrace Road, Dulwich Hill network. The system includes a bulk power supply cable (to transfer the electricity from the utility • Wairoa Street and Cooks River Bridge, provider) and five new substations (to convert the Canterbury power into a suitable format to power the metro trains). • Victoria Road and Livingstone Road, Marrickville Since April 2020, we have installed 1.5 kilometres Works will continue along the rail corridor in of conduits for the new underground power cable. the coming months in preparation for future Substations will be inside the rail corridor, with the metro services. locations already determined as part of the project Embankment improvements approval received in 2018. Consultation with nearby residents on the design of the new substations, which Earthworks and rail embankment work have been includes incorporating architectural treatments and carried out between Campsie and Canterbury landscaping to reduce visual impacts, is ongoing. throughout 2020. These works are improving the site conditions in preparation for future metro services. Draft Station Design and Precinct Plan consultation – Marrickville to Bankstown Place Managers A Station Design and Precinct Plan (SDPP) shows how Sydney Metro has dedicated community specialists a new station design has developed and how it will be called Place Managers, who act as the single point- integrated with the surrounding precinct. Throughout of-contact between members of the community 2020, draft SDPPs for Campsie, Canterbury, Lakemba, and the project team. Place Managers can be Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Wiley Park, contacted to answer any questions or concerns Belmore and Punchbowl stations were put on that you may have in relation to project activities public exhibition. Feedback from the community will help inform the final SDPPs, which are expected to Place Managers can be contacted on 1800 171 386 be finalised in late 2020. or [email protected] Sydney Metro is also working with key stakeholders, including City of Canterbury Bankstown, to develop a masterplan for the Bankstown Station precinct to enable better integration and connection with the broader CBD and surrounding precincts. Addison Rd

King St

Noble Av Constitution Rd Roberts Rd Arlington St

Constitution Rd Edgeware Rd

To Enmore Rd Constitution Rd Old Canterbury Rd Livingstone Rd City

Queen St N

New Canterbury Rd

Queen St Edinburgh Rd

Waterloo Rd

Fifth Av

Brighton Av Sydenham Rd Marrickville Rd Edinburgh Rd Brighton Avenue Crinan Street

Nowra St Crinan St Illawarra Rd

Wonga St Marrickville Marrickville Rd Burwood Road Ewart St Wardell Rd Carmen St Loch St Victoria Rd Victoria Road Unwins Bridge Rd Beauchamp St Chapel Rd N Canterbury Wardell Road

Fore Street Sydenham

Punchbowl Rd RickardRickard RdRoad Evaline St Beamish St Railway Road Wangee Rd Warren Road

Beamish Street Beamish Fore St

Lady Cutler Av

Haldon St The Boulevarde Bridge Rd CarringtonCarrington Rd Road King Georges Rd Lakemba The Boulevarde Leylands Pde Bridge Road Belmore Rail corridor work Richardsons Cr

Sharp St

Oxford Av Greenwood Av Bankstown The Boulevarde Unwins Bridge Road Brandon Av Ausgrid Station upgrades (including The Boulevarde Brandon Av Haldon Street The Boulevarde substation South Tce Wiley Park new metro services buildings) Unwins Bridge Rd

Richardsons Cr

Haldon St

Gannon St Princes Highway The Boulevarde Stacey Street New substations within rail corridor

Stacey St Punchbowl Road King Georges Road Woolcott St

Macauley Av The Boulevarde Installation of power supply cable

Fairford Rd The Boulevarde Kingsgrove Rd Earlwood

William St Punchbowl King Georges Rd Note: Diagram not to scale, indicative only.

Loftus St

Bexley Rd

Canarys Rd

What’s next What can you expect Substation construction and power Work will generally take place during standard supply upgrade construction hours (7am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 6pm Saturday). From late 2020 construction will begin on the rail corridor substations. The buildings will be modular Some work may take place outside of standard structures, so we can assemble them off-site and then construction hours to complete work while trains drop them into place by crane to reduce construction are not running and to minimise community impacts. impacts in the area. The community will be notified about any out-of-hours work at least seven days in advance. We will also continue installing the new underground power supply cable between the Ausgrid Canterbury Will train services be impacted? substation and the new Campsie substation, which The T3 Bankstown Line will remain open during the is due to be completed by early 2021. majority of construction. Some work needs to occur Station construction and corridor works during rail possession (shutdown) periods, including the routine weekend rail possessions scheduled by Sydney The process to upgrade stations between Marrickville Trains. Longer rail possessions of up to two weeks may and Punchbowl continues, with contract award for take place during school holiday periods when there the station upgrades and corridor works expected are fewer customers on the rail network. There will be throughout late 2020 and early 2021. These works will no two-week shutdown during the 2020/2021 commence shortly after. Christmas and New Year holiday period.

Establishment of site compounds During rail possessions, alternative transport From late 2020, more site compounds will be set up arrangements will be in place to help customers get along the alignment to support station upgrades and where they need to go. corridor works. These include the site adjacent to To complete the Southwest Metro works, a final closure Bridge Road, Belmore (current Sydney Trains facility) of between three to six months will be required for and a planned temporary site at Close Street, work that can only be done once Sydney Trains Canterbury (the former Canterbury Bowls Club site). services have stopped operating on the line. This closure will be just before metro services start in 2024. To North Sydney and the North West Sydney Metro connections To North Sydney and Hornsby

Circular Quay Barangaroo Connections to the city Sydney Metro will deliver direct access to 800m 400m Martin key employment, educational and retail districts To Bondi Wynyard Place like Barangaroo, Chatswood and Macquarie Junction University, via new Sydney CBD stations at Martin Place, Pitt Street and Barangaroo. Pitt Street 350m Customers can continue to access the City Circle by Town Hall transferring to Sydney Trains services at Central Station. Alternatively, Martin Place and Pitt Street 130m 450m metro stations are just 350 metres away from 350m St James and Museum stations. St James Museum

Erskineville and St Peters Central

These stations will continue to be serviced by Redfern Sydney Trains. Customers will be able to access the Waterloo Erskineville metro by catching a train to Central Station for St Peters metro services. Sydenham

To Waterfall, Cronulla and Macarthur To Bankstown

Services west of Bankstown Improving walking and cycling connectivity Planning is underway for how rail services will operate Sydney Metro is continuing design investigations in for T3 Bankstown Line stations west of Bankstown once consultation with councils and other key stakeholders Sydney Metro City & Southwest services begin in 2024. to improve the east-west pedestrian and cycling Stations west of Bankstown will continue to be serviced connections between Sydenham and Bankstown. by Sydney Trains. Sydney Metro will continue investigating opportunities The community was invited to have their say on the to deliver walking and cycling improvements along proposed rail service options for train stations west the alignment. of Bankstown during formal consultation in mid-2020. Results of the feedback will be published by Transport for NSW in the coming months.

For any questions related to west of Bankstown services, contact Transport for NSW on 1800 684 490 or email [email protected]

An artist’s impression of Dulwich Hill Station, which will facilitate the east-west pedestrian and cycling link.

1800 171 386 Community information line open 24 hours [email protected] Sydney Metro City & Southwest, PO Box K659, Haymarket NSW 1240

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