Project overview SEPTEMBER 2015 CONTENTS 4 Sydney Metro 6 About Sydney Metro Northwest 9 Sydney’s Rail Future 10 Key project benefits 12 Trains 18 Stations 20 Cudgegong Road 22 Rouse Hill 24 Kellyville 26 Bella Vista 28 Norwest 30 Showground 32 Castle Hill 34 Cherrybrook 36 Tunnels 38 Skytrain Cover: Sydney’s new metro train 40 On track This page: Artist’s impression of the new landmark cable-stayed bridge over Windsor Road Premier’s message Minister’s message Welcome to Sydney Metro Fifteen trains an hour. – Australia’s largest public That’s one train every four transport project. minutes in the peak. And that’s just for starters. We’re already halfway through delivering Stage The new Sydney Metro 1 of this world-class railway network is being infrastructure project – delivered for Sydney’s the 36km Sydney Metro future – and will grow Northwest, formerly with our global city for known as the North West generations to come. Rail Link. Around the world, metro Services will start in the first half of 2019 with a metro train systems are high-frequency train services which train every four minutes in the peak. operate on their own line. And now we’ve given the go ahead to Stage 2, with the With a new generation of fast, safe and reliable trains, funding stream secured by the NSW Government for Sydney Metro customers won’t need a timetable – the 30km Sydney Metro City & Southwest. they’ll just turn up and go. We’re extending metro rail from the end of Sydney Australian-first technology like platform screen doors Metro Northwest at Chatswood, under Sydney Harbour, will deliver world-class levels of reliability and customer through new underground stations in the CBD and safety – these doors keep people and objects away west to Bankstown. from the edge of platforms, allowing trains to get in and out of stations faster. Services are expected to start in 2024 with the capacity to run a metro train every two minutes each way under Sydney Metro trains will run at 98 per cent on-time the centre of Sydney. running – this high level of reliability has been written into the operating contract. Sydney Metro is Australia’s first fully-automated metro railway and will help deliver more trains and faster Fares will be set the same as the rest of the Sydney services across all of Sydney. train network and customers will be able to use their Opal card. Working together with upgrades to the Western Line, Sydney Metro will help deliver around 200 trains an Sydney Metro has been given its new customer-friendly hour into the Sydney CBD from all across Sydney in the name following ongoing community and stakeholder busy morning peak – that’s 60 per cent more than now. feedback since the concept of Sydney Rapid Transit was announced a year ago. This massive capacity growth – enough room for an extra 100,000 customers an hour – can only be Future customers said they want a simple name – just achieved by delivering this new metro rail system to like London has the Tube and Paris and Dubai have work together with the existing suburban rail network. the Metro. So welcome aboard Sydney’s brand new railway As we get closer to the first services starting, this system, delivering a level of customer service and project overview outlines the benefits of this world- safety never before seen in Australia. class railway network. Mike Baird MP Andrew Constance MP PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MINISTER FOR WESTERN SYDNEY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SYDNEY METRO NORTHWEST | PROJECT OVERVIEW SEPTEMBER 2015 3 SYDNEY METRO Sydney Metro is Australia’s largest public transport project. It will transform Sydney, delivering more trains and faster services for customers across the network. A new stand alone railway network, Sydney Metro Sydney Metro has two core components: is the solution to clearing the city’s public transport Sydney Metro Northwest – formerly the 36 bottlenecks and will deliver a quality of rail service kilometre North West Rail Link. This project is never before seen in Australia. now under construction and will open in the first Working together with major upgrades to the half of 2019 with a metro train every four minutes Western Line, Sydney Metro will deliver the capacity in the peak to increase the number of trains entering the CBD Sydney Metro City & Southwest – a new 30 across the entire Sydney railway system from 120 kilometre metro line linking with Sydney Metro to about 200 in the busiest hour of the day. Northwest at Chatswood, and then under Sydney This means the railway network across greater Harbour, through the CBD and south west to Sydney will have room for an extra 100,000 Bankstown. It is due to open in 2024 with the train customers an hour in the peak. capacity to run a metro train every two minutes each way under the centre of Sydney. The fully automated, state-of-the-art Sydney Metro Already, Sydney Metro Northwest between Rouse Hill network will have the capacity to operate 30 trains and Chatswood is well under construction with more an hour through the CBD in each direction – a train than half of the tunnelling now completed. Sydney every two minutes each way – with trains required Metro Northwest will open in the first half of 2019 to run on time 98 per cent of the time. and deliver fast, safe and frequent services between Sydney Metro will better connect our city’s major Rouse Hill and Chatswood. centres by providing a comfortable, frequent, fast and From Chatswood, Sydney Metro City & Southwest high capacity link between suburban regions and will extend metro rail under Sydney Harbour, Sydney’s CBD new metro trains. through new stations in the Sydney CBD and south west to Bankstown. KEY FEATURES 66km of metro rail from Rouse Hill More trains from Sydney’s west and to Bankstown south west New generation of fast, safe and reliable Opal ticketing and fares the same as the metro trains rest of Sydney providing a seamless journey for customers, making it even easier No timetable – just turn up and go to move around Higher frequency trains during the day Fast and easy to change to trains, buses, and late at night ferries and light rail Reduced travel times for customers across Stand alone line operating independently the rail network of the existing rail network, not subject More trains, more often in the peak through to wider suburban delays the CBD, providing more options for customers Connecting Sydney’s economic centres with and less crowding on trains, stations a boost of activity up to $5 billion per year and platforms New choices for jobs, education and recreation Sydney Metro will help reduce crowding on the T1 Western Line and on trains from Faster transport to employment growth areas. the south west by creating extra capacity 4 Rouse Hill DURAL Cudgegong HORNSBY Road Kellyville TERREY HILLS Showground WAHROONGA Bella Vista Cherrybrook Castle Hill Norwest UNDER CONSTRUCTION DEE FRENCHS WHY FOREST Epping Macquarie University BLACKTOWN Macquarie Park North Ryde Chatswood MANLY PARRAMATTA Artarmon Industrial Area RYDE St Leonards/ Crows Nest WATSONS PROSPECT Victoria Cross BAY DRUMMOYNE Barangaroo LIDCOMBE Martin Place Pitt Street University Central of Sydney Waterloo BONDI Hurlstone Dulwich BEACH Campsie Park Hill Bankstown Lakemba Canterbury Marrickville Sydenham Legend Belmore Sydney Metro Northwest alignment Punchbowl Wiley Park Sydney Metro City & Southwest alignment Station and alignment options Upgrade and conversion to metro rail Sydney’s new 66km long high-frequency metro rail system EAST HILLS PORT BOTANY INGLEBURN Welcome to Sydney Metro Northwest The North West Rail Link’s name has changed – Stage 2 of Sydney Metro is proposed to be built we’re now Sydney Metro Northwest. from the end of our project at Chatswood, under Nothing else about the project has changed. Sydney Harbour, through new underground stations in the CBD and south west to Bankstown. It is still Stage 1 of Sydney’s new stand alone railway network, which will now be known Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public as Sydney Metro. transport project. Feedback from our future customers told us you For more information about Sydney Metro visit wanted a simple name – just like London has the sydneymetro.info Tube, and Paris and Dubai have the Metro. SYDNEY METRO NORTHWEST | PROJECT OVERVIEW SEPTEMBER 2015 5 ABOUT SYDNEY METRO NORTHWEST The $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest project is currently under construction and on track to open to customers in the first half of 2019. Sydney Metro Northwest will deliver eight new railway Over the coming decades, an extra 200,000 stations and 4000 commuter car parking spaces people will move into Sydney’s North West, taking to Sydney’s growing North West. Trains will operate its population above 600,000, or twice the size every four minutes in the peak with at least 15 trains of Canberra. an hour. Customers won’t need a timetable, you’ll just Sydney Metro Northwest has been shaped by a turn up and go. commitment to deliver a transport link that meets Sydney Metro Northwest – formerly the North West customer expectations. Rail Link – is the first stage of Sydney Metro and Major construction is underway and will continue will be the first fully-automated metro rail system in to take place over the coming years at the 16 Australia. Metro City & Southwest is the second stage. construction sites along the project alignment. Sydney Metro Northwest will deliver, for the first time, For more detailed information about the project visit a reliable public transport service to a region which sydneymetro.info/northwest has the highest car ownership levels per household in Mount Kuring-gai Australia.