Project update JANUARY 2017
SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 1 Premier’s message Minister’s message
Welcome to Sydney Fifteen trains an hour. Metro – Australia’s That’s one train every largest public transport four minutes in the project. peak. And that’s just for starters. We’re already more than half way through The new Sydney delivering Stage 1 Metro railway of this world-class network is being infrastructure project delivered for Sydney’s – the 36 kilometre Sydney Metro Northwest, future – and will grow with our global city formerly known as the North West Rail Link. for generations to come. Services will start in the first half of 2019 with Sydney Metro is Australia’s first fully- a metro train every four minutes in the peak. automated metro railway and will help deliver more trains and faster services And now we’re full steam ahead with Stage across all of Sydney. 2, the 30 kilometre Sydney Metro City & Southwest. With a new generation of fast, safe and reliable trains, Sydney Metro customers We’re extending metro rail from the end of won’t need a timetable – they’ll just turn Sydney Metro Northwest at Chatswood, under up and go. Sydney Harbour, through new underground stations in the CBD and west to Bankstown. Australian-first technology like platform screen doors will deliver world-class levels Services are expected to start in 2024, with of reliability and customer safety – these the capacity to run a metro train every two doors keep people and objects away from minutes each way under the centre of Sydney. the edge of platforms, allowing trains to Sydney Metro, together with signalling and get in and out of stations faster. infrastructure upgrades across the existing Sydney Metro trains will run at 98 per Sydney rail network, will deliver around 200 cent on-time running – this high level trains an hour into the Sydney CBD from all of reliability has been written into the across Sydney in the busy morning peak – operating contract. that’s 60 per cent more than now. Fares will be set the same as the rest of This massive capacity growth – enough room the Sydney train network and customers for an extra 100,000 customers an hour – can will be able to use their Opal card. CONTENTS only be achieved by delivering this new metro rail system to work together with the existing As we get closer to the first services Sydney Metro 4 suburban rail network. starting, this Project Overview outlines Sydney Metro Northwest 6 the benefits of this world-class railway So welcome aboard Sydney’s brand new railway network. Sydney Metro City & Southwest 7 system, delivering a level of customer service Tomorrow’s Sydney 8 and safety never before seen in Australia. Sydney’s Rail Future 8 Station’s overview 14 Sydney Metro Northwest 15 Sydney Metro City & Southwest 28 Tunnelling 40 Mike Baird MP Andrew Constance MP Cover: Sydney’s new metro train Sydney Metro Train Facility 44 PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT This page: Track laying has AND MINISTER FOR WESTERN SYDNEY AND INFRASTRUCTURE started at the Sydney Metro Sydney Metro overview maps 45 Trains Facility at Rouse Hill, November 2016 Keeping in touch 47
SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 3 SYDNEY METRO KEY DURAL Sydney Metro Northwest – open 2019 Rouse Hill Sydney Metro City & Southwest – open 2024 Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport project. Cudgegong Road Upgrade and conversion to metro rail Kellyville Sydney Trains suburban network This new standalone railway will deliver 31 metro Connecting Sydney Showground stations and 66 kilometres of new metro rail, Bella Vista Cherrybrook revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest Castle When Sydney Metro is extended into the central Norwest Hill city travels. business district (CBD) and beyond in 2024, M7 Motorway Metro means a new generation of world-class metro rail will run from Sydney’s booming North West region under Sydney Harbour, through new Macquarie fast, safe and reliable trains easily connecting M2 Motorway Epping University customers to where they want to go. When underground stations in the CBD and beyond to BLACKTOWN services start in the first half of 2019, customers the south west. Macquarie Park Chatswood won’t need timetables – they’ll just turn up and There will be ultimate capacity for a metro North Ryde go with a train every four minutes in the peak. train every two minutes in each direction under Technology will keep customers connected at the city, a level of service never before seen in PARRAMATTA RYDE all stages of their journey, including: Sydney. Sydney’s new metro railway will have a Crows Nest target capacity of about 40,000 customers per M4 Motorway Victoria Cross planning at home using smart phone travel hour, similar to other metro systems worldwide. apps Sydney’s current suburban system can reliably Barangaroo real time journey information at metro carry 24,000 people an hour per line. LIDCOMBE Martin Place stations and on board trains, and Sydney Metro, together with signalling and Pitt Street accessing information and other public infrastructure upgrades across the existing Central transport to help get to their final destination Sydney rail network, will increase the capacity Waterloo after they leave the train. Hurlstone Dulwich of train services entering the Sydney CBD – Campsie Park Hill Bankstown This approach will help customers achieve from about 120 an hour today to up to 200 Lakemba Canterbury Sydenham their daily tasks, whether it’s getting to work, services beyond 2024. That’s an increase of Belmore Marrickville Wiley Park meetings, school or education, sport, a day out up to 60 per cent capacity across the network Punchbowl or running errands and of course, getting home. to meet demand. Sydney Metro alignment
STAGE 1 STAGE 2 Key benefits
SYDNEY METRO SYDNEY METRO Metro delivers improved connectivity across making a big city better connected multiple levels: NORTHWEST CITY & SOUTHWEST aligning and integrating with other Formerly the 36 kilometre North West Rail A 30 kilometre extension of metro rail moving more people faster than ever city-building transport projects Link, this $8.3 billion project opens in the from the end of Sydney Metro Northwest before opening up options for work, education, first half of 2019 with a metro train every four at Chatswood under Sydney Harbour, fast and easy to change to trains, buses, health care and much more minutes in the peak. It includes eight new through new CBD stations and south west ferries and light rail metro stations, five upgraded stations and to Bankstown. It is due to open in 2024 taking the guesswork out of travel – 4,000 commuter car spaces. with seven new metro stations and 11 making it much easier to move around no need to plan, just turn up and go. upgraded stations. a growing city
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Sydney Metro Northwest prototype station Artist’s impression of Martin Place Station
The $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest project is currently under Sydney Metro City & Southwest has two components: construction and on track to open to customers in the first half of 2019. Chatswood to Sydenham – new 15 kilometre Sydney Metro Northwest is delivering eight new twin tunnels from Chatswood, under Sydney Project features Harbour through Sydney’s CBD to Sydenham. railway stations at: Project features – upgrade 16km of new metro line between Cherrybrook Sydenham to Bankstown upgrade and conversion of the existing 13.5 kilometre Chatswood and Sydenham Castle Hill A train at least every 4 minutes in the peak railway from Sydenham Station to Bankstown Showground Station to metro standards, including 11 existing Convenient interchanges with other forms of transport including Sydney Norwest stations upgraded. Trains, NSW Trains, light rail, buses 4000 commuter car parking spaces Bella Vista Stage 2 of Sydney Metro will extend metro and ferries Kellyville rail from Sydney’s booming North West region, beneath Sydney Harbour, through new 7 new railway stations Rouse Hill 8 new railway stations underground CBD stations and beyond to Cudgegong Road. Bankstown. All stations will meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, customers 5 existing railway stations upgraded Five existing stations between Epping and The project will deliver seven new metro catching or getting buses and taxis, Chatswood will be upgraded to metro standards. stations, at: and people being dropped off and Sydney Metro Northwest will deliver, for the picked up in cars 36km total project length Crows Nest first time, a reliable public transport service to Victoria Cross (North Sydney) a region which has the highest car ownership 15km twin tunnels levels per household in NSW. Over the coming Barangaroo 23km of new metro line decades, an extra 200,000 people will move into Martin Place There will be platform screen doors Sydney’s North West, taking its population above and all stations will be fully accessible Pitt Street 600,000, or twice the size of Canberra. 15km twin tunnels Central Station (new underground platforms) New stations are designed for passenger comfort including Waterloo. environmentally friendly features like 4km elevated skytrain natural ventilation and natural lighting
6 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 7 TOMORROW’S SYDNEY
Sydney is truly one of the greatest cities in the world and home to Australia’s strongest economy.
Our population is set to grow by another million transport networks, provide better health care people over the next 10 years. To support this and create sustainable public spaces. population growth and our booming economy Visit mysydney.nsw.gov.au regularly to find out the NSW government is turbocharging more about the projects being delivered and infrastructure development across Sydney. progress being made, as well as useful advice The NSW Government is delivering projects on how to move in and around the CBD. to reduce traffic congestion, improve public
SYDNEY’S RAIL FUTURE
What is Sydney’s Rail Future? A new railway for Western Sydney
Sydney’s Rail Future is a long-term plan to In 2014, the extension of the project through the The NSW Government has announced a new underground metro railway increase the capacity of Sydney’s rail network city and out to Bankstown was confirmed as line will be built between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD to help cater through investment in new services and Stage 2: Sydney Metro City & Southwest. upgrading of existing infrastructure. It’s a five- for Sydney’s growth. Sydney’s Rail Future forms part of the NSW Long stage program to meet the challenges of a Term Transport Master Plan. growing population and the needs of customers Sydney Metro West will provide a direct Transport for NSW will begin engaging with in the future. The plan aims to modernise and For more information about Sydney’s Rail Future connection between the CBDs of Parramatta community, industry and key stakeholders in transform Sydney’s rail network. and the metro network go to and Sydney, linking communities not previously early 2017 to get feedback on the project. www.sydneymetro.info/sydneys-rail-future serviced by rail as well as supporting growth The plan was released in 2012 and identified between the two major CBDs. Sydney Metro Northwest (formerly the North West Rail Link) as Stage 1 of Sydney’s new This state-of-the-art railway helps address metro network. Sydney’s rapid growth, with the city’s population set to increase above six million in the next 20 years. Sydney Metro West will integrate with long-term transport planning for Western Sydney including rail needs currently being investigated around the future Western Sydney Airport. The new railway is expected to be built largely underground and operational in the second half of the 2020s. The NSW Government will work with industry, the community, businesses and local stakeholders like councils along the route to get feedback on potential station locations and the best outcomes to serve Sydney for the next century and beyond.
Artist’s impression of Bella Vista Station
8 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 9 Tunnelling finished on 14 January 2016 with TBM2 Florence’s break-through at Cherrybrook
10 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 11 Sydney’s new train
KEY FACTS
2019 2024
Stage 1 Stage 2 66 kilometres 31 metro stations On-time In peak O peak Connected No timetable Opal Northwest City & Southwest New metro rail State-of-the-art, Running Train every Train every Continuous mobile Customers will ticketing Opens 2019 Opens 2024 for Sydney fully accessible reliability four minutes ten minutes phone coverage just turn up and go through network
TRAIN FEATURES Three double doors per carriage for faster loading and unloading Level access between platform and train Two multi-purpose areas per train for prams, luggage and bicycles
Wheelchair spaces, separate priority seating and emergency intercoms
Real-time travel information and 170 metres long Heating and live electronic platforms – longer air conditioning route maps than most of Sydney
Customer service assistants at every Inside you can see from Platform screen doors keep station and moving through the one end of the train to people and objects away from network during the day and night the other the edge and allow trains to get in and out of stations much faster
SAFETY
Constant monitoring Security Signalling and communications systems Expert train controllers More than 230 Control the trains, tunnels, platforms and skytrain to deliver a safe and reliable journey Sydney Metro is Australia’s monitor entire metro system tunnel cameras first fully-automated metro on Sydney Metro rail network Northwest alone Platform doors Around the world, millions of people use these networks every day in cities like Paris, Singapore, Dubai and Train Track Platform Operations Control Centre Tunnel Hong Kong An example of a metro operations control centre State-of-the-art network controlled from new high-tech Faster journeys facility at Tallawong Road System minimises the time trains are stopped at stations and the time between each train
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Customers are at the centre of everything we do at Transport for NSW Cudgegong Road Station and Sydney Metro’s stations are being designed to be an easy part of daily journeys.
State-of-the-art technology will keep customers much faster. These doors run the full length of connected – from planning a journey at home the platforms and only open at the same time using smart phone travel apps to real-time as the train doors. information at metro stations and on board trains. Customer service assistants will be at every The modern stations will be fully accessible for station and will also move through the Sydney people with a disability, prams and children, Metro network during the day and night. including level access between platforms All stations are designed to reflect the character and trains. Metro stations are designed to of local areas they serve, and where possible, provide safe and efficient interchange between include environmentally friendly features such transport modes, giving priority to pedestrians. as solar panels, natural light and ventilation. Platform screen doors keep people and objects away from the edge, improving customer safety and allowing trains to get in and out of stations Artist’s impression of Cudgegong Road Station
In the heart of the North West Growth Centre, the new Cudgegong Road Station will become The station includes: the transport hub for booming residential two new internal access roads between growth at places like The Ponds and western Tallawong Road and Cudgegong Road, parts of Rouse Hill. This station serves local providing access to the station and car shops and commercial activities. park areas construction of a road overbridge midway It is an open cut station – that is, open to the sky, between Tallawong Road and Cudgegong but about six metres below street level. A canopy Road linking the access roads will cover part of the platform for shade. new traffic lights off Cudgegong Road and Tallawong Road
pedestrian bridge across the rail line
weather protected kiss and ride, bus and taxi areas
station access and entry via a new access road on the northern side of the station, between Cudgegong Road and Tallawong Road.
Parking 1000 commuter spaces Pedestrian Buses bridge 6 spaces
New access road Kiss and ride 15 spaces Cudgegong Road Station Taxi Entry OPEN CUT STATION 9 spaces
Cudgegong Road access road Bicycles New access road Parking and storage for 45 bicycles
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Sydney Metro Northwest prototype station Note: All station location maps are indicative only
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Rouse Hill Station
Artist’s impression of Rouse Hill Station
The new Rouse Hill Station will service the growing retail and entertainment precinct The station includes: of this area. Rouse Hill has a long-term upgrade and modification of the employment target of 12,000 jobs by 2036. surrounding roads and footpaths
As such, the station will serve as a major public reinstatement of traffic lights at the corner transport interchange and the T-way will be of Rouse Hill Drive and White Hart Drive modified to accommodate the station above it. reconfigurationof the bus interchange Recent residential development lies to the south of the station. T-way and road layout reconfiguration footpath upgrades along Tempus Street Rouse Hill Station is about 12 metres above and Windsor Road ground as one of the two stations on the elevated skytrain route (Kellyville Station pedestrian crossings on Tempus Street, Main Street and on the T-way is the other). station access and entry via Tempus Street adjacent to Rouse Hill Town Centre forecourt.
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Windsor Road
Artist’s impression of the cable-stayed bridge over Windsor Road
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Kellyville Station Bella Vista Station
Artist’s impression of Kellyville Station Artist’s impression of Bella Vista Station
Kellyville Station will work together with the Bella Vista Station is one of two stations added adjacent T-way to service the public transport The station includes: to the project in 2011 following detailed The station includes: needs of this growing residential area. The building new access roads and modifying community feedback. The station will serve safe and easy access for pedestrians station will provide rail access and a public and upgrading parts of surrounding roads the booming Norwest Business Park – one of retail space at station entries transport interchange for people living at and footpaths Sydney’s largest – as well as local residential local bus access from existing T-way Kellyville, Beaumont Hills and Stanhope Gardens, Samantha Riley Drive being widened to areas of Bella Vista. A large area of residential new traffic lights at Lexington Drive and and will have the biggest commuter car park of accommodate additional turning lanes development is located to the east of the station, Celebration Drive all the metro stations. with the business park to the south. removal of the roundabout on Samantha a pedestrian bridge across Old Windsor Road Riley Drive Kellyville Station is being built about 13 metres Bella Vista Station is located in a cutting, open extension of Celebration Drive to link with above ground as one of the two stations on the new traffic lights at Samantha Riley Drive to the sky, but six metres below ground level. new local access roads elevated skytrain route (Rouse Hill Station is a new pedestrian bridge across Old A canopy will cover part of the platform footpath upgrades the other). Windsor Road and the T-way at the for shade. station access and entry: The main intersection with Samantha Riley Drive entrance from Norwest Business Park and Newbury Avenue is via a pedestrian plaza facing the new station access and entry via a new access Lexington Drive extension, off Celebration road off Samantha Riley Drive. Drive. A second western entrance is via the future carpark and local shops.
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Norwest Station
Artist’s impression of Norwest Station
Located in the heart of the Norwest Business Park, this station will serve one of Sydney’s The station includes: biggest employment precincts. In addition to construction of retail space at station entry this major employment centre, it will also serve new traffic lights at the intersection of a large area of recent residential development Norwest Boulevard and Brookhollow to the south of the station. Avenue
Norwest Station is an underground station, pedestrian and bicycle upgrades along about 22 metres below street level. Norwest Boulevard and Brookhollow Avenue
the area of land to the north east of the station entrance will be landscaped, including planting along Norwest Boulevard
provision for an underground connection to the north-eastern side of Norwest Boulevard
station access and entry via the corner of Norwest Boulevard and Brookhollow Avenue.
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Showground Station Castle Hill Station
Artist’s impression of Showground Station Artist’s impression of Castle Hill Station
Showground will service the heart of the With Castle Hill expected to support 13,000 Castle Hill Showground entertainment and The station includes: jobs by 2036, Castle Hill Station will serve as The station includes: community precinct. construction of new public plaza and a major public transport interchange, helping retail space at station entry Showground Station will service its namesake retail space to contribute to the strong growth of the area. park landscaping at the intersection of as well as providing direct rail access to existing new traffic lights It will service one of Australia’s largest retail and new traffic lights at Old Northern Road and Carrington Road and Doran Drive Terminus Street residential development to the north and east entertainment precincts. new access road between: and employment areas to the south and west. modification to the intersection at Crane – Carrington Road and Showground Road, Castle Hill Station is an underground station, Road, Old Northern Road, Castle Hill Road This suburban village station is being constructed with traffic lights at Showground Road about 25 metres below ground level, located and Castle Street underground, at a depth of about 20 to 25 metres – Doran Drive and Middleton Avenue in a major retail and commercial centre. footpath upgrades along Old Castle Hill and below street level. Skylights bring daylight to the upgrade and widening of Doran Drive, Old Northern roads to allow for two lanes of traffic platform and concourse areas. pedestrian crossings on Old Castle Hill and footpath upgrades along Carrington Road Old Northern roads (including towards Castle Hill Industrial facilities for buses Estate) and Doran Drive major bus interchange pedestrian crossings on Middleton Avenue, re-interpretation of historic elements from Doran Drive and the new access road the Arthur Whitling Park air control units to provide cool air in the station skylights integrated as part of the warmer months Arthur Whitling Park to provide natural light station access and entry via a forecourt to the platform and concourse below at the corner of Carrington Road and station access and entry via the corner McMullen Avenue Middleton Avenue extension Doran Drive. of Norwest Boulevard and Brookhollow Avenue. Castle Towers Parking Shopping Centre New access road 500 commuter spaces Buses Doran Drive Buses Arthur Whitling 10 spaces Park 2 spaces Kiss and ride
Kiss and ride Old Castle Hill Road 17 spaces New access road 5 spaces Terminus Street Taxi Castle Hill Station Showground Station Taxi UNDERGROUND 9 spaces STATION UNDERGROUND STATION Entry 4 spaces Entry Bicycles Bicycles Carrington Road Parking and storage for 20 bicycles Parking and storage for 40 bicycles Old Northern Road
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Cherrybrook Station
Artist’s impression of Cherrybrook Station
Cherrybrook Station will service Cherrybrook, West Pennant Hills and Dural. As an established The station includes: arterial road, Castle Hill Road provides good retail space at station entry links east and west. Cherrybrook is a residential new traffic lights and improved pedestrian neighbourhood. safety at Glenhope Road and Castle Hill Road intersection upgrade of Franklin and Cherrybrook Station is a suburban village station Castle Hill roads to allow left in / left out in a cutting, open to the sky, but about seven movements metres below ground level. A canopy covers part widening of: of the platform for shade. The station’s location – Castle Hill Road on northern side will maximise the use of daylight and natural including right-turn bay at Robert Road ventilation. – Franklin Road between Castle Hill Road and Kayla Way – Robert Road between Castle Hill Road and the new access road footpath upgrades along Castle Hill, Robert and Franklin roads new intersection at Robert Road a new access road on the northern side of the station station access and entry via a new access road off Franklin Road.
Robert Road Parking 400 commuter spaces
FranklinRoad Buses 6 spaces road ess Kiss and ride acc New 14 spaces Taxi Entry 4 spaces OPEN CUT STATION Bicycles Cherrybrook Station Parking and storage for 40 bicycles
Ca stle Hill Road View from the crossover cavern to the future Castle Hill Station site, October 2016
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Epping to Chatswood
Sydney Metro Northwest will connect directly From late 2018, buses will replace trains for with the existing Epping to Chatswood railway around seven months between Epping and to allow the new trains to operate a distance Chatswood while the line is converted to metro of 36 kilometres between Rouse Hill and operations. When Sydney’s metro services Chatswood. While the second underground start in the first half of 2019, 15 trains an hour harbour crossing is being delivered, extending will run in both directions between Epping metro rail from Chatswood, customers will need and Chatswood during the peak – almost four to walk across the platform at Chatswood to times the number of trains running in the peak change to an existing service. direction today. To convert the existing suburban line to next- In peak hours, there will be a train at least every generation metro standards, upgrades will be four minutes. On the North Shore Line from needed, including installing 26 kilometres of Chatswood towards the city, there will be a train new cabling, power and signalling systems and every three minutes. The upgrade of the Epping customer improvements such as platform to Chatswood railway is an important part of the screen doors. $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest. It’s the first step in introducing next generation metro trains The five existing stations along the line, at Epping, to Sydney. Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde and Chatswood, will have screen doors along the For more information about the temporary full length of the metro platforms to keep people transport plan visit sydneymetro.info and objects away from the tracks, improving customer safety and allowing trains to get in and out of stations much faster.
TBM3 Isabelle breakthrough at Epping, September 2015 Artist’s impression of an underground station at Macquarie Park precinct
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Crows Nest Station Victoria Cross Station
Artist’s impression of Crows Nest Station Artist’s impression of Victoria Cross Station
The station provides new metro rail access A metro station at Victoria Cross supports the to the Crows Nest residential area and serves The station includes: continued growth of the North Sydney CBD The station includes: people within walking and cycling distance. a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights and enhances Sydney’s status as a global city. new bike parking near the corner of Miller It improves travel to local schools, businesses at the Pacific Highway / Oxley Street The station provides new metro rail access to the and Berry streets intersection and Crows Nest village. The station creates North Sydney business, education and residential new kiss and ride bays on Berry Street a new transport focus on the southern side pedestrian crossings on Clarke, Hume and area. It also improves customer experience at existing bus stops close to the station of the St Leonards specialised centre which Oxley streets the existing North Sydney Station by relieving retained on Miller Street supports the St Leonards southern gateway new bike parking at both station entries demand in peak times. wayfinding signage and Sydney Metro to commercial and mixed-use activities. on Clarke new kiss and ride and taxi bays Victoria Cross is built as a single-span (mined) information within the North Sydney CBD Street Crows Nest station is a single-span (cut-and- cavern with an island platform 31 metres below a traction substation integrated into the cover) cavern with an island platform, 25 metres existing bus stops close to the station ground level. retained on the Pacific Highway station building (partially underground) below ground level. It is located on the western a services building on Miller Street to the fringe of Crows Nest village. wayfinding signage and Sydney Metro information north of the station providing station and tunnel services station access and entry via the corner of Clarke Street and Hume Street, and the enhancement of pedestrian infrastructure corner of Pacific Highway and Oxley Street. around the station is being investigated further in consultation with Roads and Maritime Services and North Sydney Council station access and entry via the pedestrian Little Spring Street plaza opening to Miller, Denison and Berry Clarke Street streets. Entry Denison Street
Berry Street
Clarke Lane Hume Street UNDERGROUND STATION UNDERGROUND Entry STATION Victoria Cross Station Entry Crows Nest Station Miller Street Pacific Hwy
Oxley Street Pacific Hwy
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Barangaroo Station
Artist’s impression of Barangaroo Station
Barangaroo Station improves access to the Walsh Bay Arts and Culture precinct as well The station includes: as providing easy access to the development’s new pedestrian crossing on Hickson Road public, residential, commercial and entertainment new bike parking close to the station entry areas and the new ferry hub. It services the residential areas at Millers Point, Walsh Bay and relocation of the bus stops on Hickson Road closer to the station entry future residents of Barangaroo, providing high quality public transport access to the latest new kiss and ride and taxi bays on the destination in Sydney. western side of Hickson Road traction substation integrated into the It also improves pedestrian connections to the station building (partially underground) northern part of the Sydney CBD and The Rocks, and alleviates congestion at Wynyard and Martin wayfinding signage and Sydney Metro information within the Barangaroo area Place stations. transport and access arrangements are Transport for NSW is working in consultation being developed in consultation with with Barangaroo Delivery Authority to deliver Barangaroo Delivery Authority Barangaroo Station. station access and entry via Central Barangaroo and Barangaroo Reserve.
Kent Street
High Street High Street
Hickson Road Entry Entry UNDERGROUND STATION Barangaroo Station
Artist’s impression of Barangaroo Station
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Martin Place Station Pitt Street Station
Artist’s impression of Martin Place Station Artist’s impression of Pitt Street Station
Martin Place Station is integrated with the Pitt Street Station is strategically located original Martin Place Station and serves Sydney’s The station includes: at the junction of Sydney’s southern CBD and The station includes: high-end commercial and financial district, the new underground pedestrian link between the Midtown retail precinct, close to mixed existing bike parking retained on Macquarie Street precinct and the Pitt Street the existing suburban and intercity Martin employment, residential, entertainment, cultural Castlereagh Street and Bathurst Street retail zone. Place Station platforms and the metro and events-based activities within the southern existing bus stops retained on Castlereagh station platforms Sydney CBD and Chinatown. Street The metro station provides efficient new bike parking on Castlereagh Street at interchange in the CBD through convenient, Pitt Street Station is built as a binocular cavern existing taxi ranks close to the station both station entries retained direct connections to the T4 Eastern Suburbs (mined), 17 metres (north end) to 20 metres and Illawarra Line platforms and integrates existing bus stops retained on Elizabeth (south end) below ground level. enhancement of pedestrian infrastructure and Castlereagh streets around the station is being investigated with the public domain and transport access The metro station at Pitt Street serves the retail further in consultation with the CBD existing close to the station improvements. taxi ranks Coordination Office, Roads and Maritime retained areas on George and Pitt streets, the civic and Services and City of Sydney Council Martin Place Station is built as a binocular entertainment uses on George Street and the wayfinding signage and Sydney Metro cavern (mined) with two single side platforms emerging southern Sydney CBD residential station access and entry via: information 25 (north end) to 27 (south end) metres below developments between Park Street and Belmore – a northern pedestrian plaza opening to ground level. station access and entry via: Park. The station also provides relief to Town Hall Pitt and Park streets – a northern pedestrian plaza opening to Station, and allows interchange onto other modes – a southern pedestrian plaza opening to Castlereagh, Hunter and Elizabeth streets of public transport including light rail and buses. Bathurst Street. – a southern pedestrian plaza opening to Phillip Street Martin Place and Castlereagh Street.
Underground pedestrian connections to Elizabeth Street 33 Bligh Street are being investigated in
Hunter StreetHunter Elizabeth Street consultation with City of Sydney and local businesses. UNDERGROUND Castlereagh Street STATION Entry Martin Place Station Entry
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Central Station
Central Station
The location of the metro station at Central facilitates a critical interchange, fully connecting The station includes: the station with suburban, intercity and regional suburban and intercity train interchange rail services, buses, coaches and light rail. via the existing northern concourse and underground paid pedestrian connections Central Station is a single-span (cut-and-cover) cavern with island platform construction, with existing kiss-and-ride, taxi ranks, bike parking and bus stops retained the platform 16 metres below ground level. services building (at the end of platforms 13 Transport for NSW is working to develop a and 14) vision and plan for the Central Station precinct, platforms 13 and 14 are being reinstated as focusing on connecting the transport modes intercity platforms, and platform 15 possibly with the surrounding recreational, business, converted to a suburban platform residential and educational areas and revitalising wayfinding signage and metro information public spaces. Work on the new Sydney Metro platforms is part of the wider rejuvenation of station access and entry via: the precinct. – existing northern station entry from Eddy Avenue and the main northern concourse – existing paid underground pedestrian connections within Central Station.
Chalmers Street
Elizabeth Street
Entry UNDERGROUND STATION Central Station
Eddy Avenue
Pitt Street Lee Street Artist’s impression of an underground station at Central Station
34 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 35 SYDNEY METRO CITY & SOUTHWEST SYDNEY METRO CITY & SOUTHWEST
Waterloo Station Sydenham to Bankstown
The Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, upgrading the interchange between Sydney which is Stage 2 of Sydney Metro, proposes Metro City & Southwest and Sydney Trains at to upgrade and convert all 11 stations between both Sydenham and Bankstown Sydenham and Bankstown to metro standards. all stations meet the needs of pedestrians, This upgrade addresses one of Sydney’s biggest cyclists, customers catching or getting off rail bottlenecks. buses and taxis, and people being dropped The T3 Bankstown Line effectively slows down off and picked up in cars the Sydney Trains network because of the way it improving station way-finding and signage. merges with other railway lines closer to the city, These works are the subject of a second including the T2 Airport Line and Inner West Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in the lines. The suburban trains currently operating on future, following more planning and technical the T3 Bankstown Line will be allocated to other investigations. Sydney railway lines. The T3 Line west beyond Bankstown would The upgrade includes: continue to be operated by Sydney Trains, upgrading and converting all 11 stations on serving stations between Cabramatta, Lidcombe Artist’s impression of Waterloo Station the 13.5-kilometre route from Sydenham and Bankstown. to Bankstown to Sydney Metro standards, The community will be consulted on the The new metro station at Waterloo will help including platform screen doors at all upgrade and conversion process. revitalise the Waterloo precinct and supports The station includes: stations and level access between platforms the extension of the CBD. It also: new pedestrian crossings on Raglan and and trains Cope streets provides a high quality connection with bus services along Botany Road new taxi, kiss-and-ride bays and bike parking on Cope Street provides additional connectivity to Australian Technology Park and Redfern Station new on-road marked cycle link on Raglan Street contributes to the NSW Government existing bus stops retained northbound objective to transform Waterloo and Redfern along Botany Road allows further development and expansion of relocation of the bus stops southbound on the Global Economic Corridor between the Botany Road closer to Raglan Street Sydney CBD and Green Square. relocation of the bus stops on Cope Street Waterloo Station is constructed as a single-span to Botany Road
(cut-and-cover) cavern with island platform at a traction substation integrated into the depth of 25 metres. station building
enhancement of pedestrian infrastructure around the station is being investigated further in consultation with the CBD Coordination Office, Roads and Maritime Cope Street Services and City of Sydney Council Entry Reglan Street station access and entry via corner of UNDERGROUND Raglan and Cope streets. STATION Waterloo Station
Wellington Street
Botany Road
Road Henderson
BucklandStreet Artist’s impression of Campsie Station
36 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 37 Sydney’s rail congestion A railway network built over 160 years
CURRENT Before Sydney Metro • The Bankstown Line adds to Sydney’s big rail bottleneck South & Inner West City Circle T1 Western This service is operated by • It funnels trains on to the East Hills and Inner West
T1 Richmond This service is operated by lines outside Central Bankstown T1 North via • Queuing trains make
This service is operated by
Strathfield CENTRAL delays worse, causing T1 North via backlogs in the west This service is operated by Macquarie Park Airport & East Hills City Circle and south west
T1 North Shore This service is operated by
T2 Airport This service is operated by T2 South & Inner West This service is operated by 120 TRAINS PER HOUR T2 East Hills This service is operated by CBD TRACKS
This service is operated by 6 T3 Bankstown
T4 Eastern Suburbs This service is operated by
T4 Cronulla This service is operated by 15 TRAIN LINES MORNING PEAK HOUR
T4 Illawarra This service is operated by FUTURE With Sydney Metro – busting congestion
Blue Mountains This service is operated by
Newcastle & South & Inner West City Circle Central Coast This service is operated by ROUSE HILL
South Coast This service is operated by SYDNEY METRO
BANKSTOWN CENTRAL
Airport & East Hills City Circle
• Removes the Bankstown Line bottleneck by putting the line on Sydney’s new stand-alone metro system • Suburban trains from the Bankstown Line allocated to other lines • Clearing the funnel means more trains and more reliable services
38 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 39 TUNNELLING Average tunnel depths
Sydney’s new metro railway will run through twin purpose-designed and built tunnels.
Surface A number of factors determine the tunnel level route and alignment. These include:
the location, depth and structure of the stations 1 metre City Circle vertical track grade York Street/Wynyard rail tunnel rock conditions 21 metres Cross City Tunnel 25 metres 25 metres Outside Town Hall track curvature, to allow train speeds of Sydney Harbour Lane Cove up to 100 kilometres an hour Tunnel Tunnel Average depth Average depth 27 metres the physical constraints of the route, Sydney Metro 30 metres Northwest including crossing under Sydney Harbour. Epping to Chatswood Average depth 32 metres Rail Link Two 300m long tunnels linking the new twin tunnels to the Eastern Distributor existing railway tunnels between Epping and Chatswood were 35 metres Average depth Average depth completed in mid-2015 WestConnex (New M5) Average depth
STAGE 1 STAGE 2 25–40 metres Sydney Metro City & Southwest Sydney Metro Northwest Sydney Metro City & Southwest (Chatswood to Sydenham)
Tunnelling finished in January 2016 on Australia’s Tunnelling will start in 2018 on the twin tunnels longest railway tunnels – twin 15 kilometre from Chatswood to Sydenham, including under tunnels from Bella Vista to Epping as part of Sydney Harbour and through the CBD. Stage 1 of Sydney Metro. 90 metres NorthConnex Maximum depth
Looking out from the Castle Hill cavern into the station site, July 2015 Artist’s impression of tunnel boring machine under Sydney Harbour
40 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 41 Tunnel boring machines Tunnelling under the harbour
Four mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) built Sydenham. This includes a specialised TBM for the twin tunnels on Sydney Metro Northwest. the section under Sydney Harbour because of This was the first time in Australian history the ground and rock conditions found at the A specialised TBM four TBMs were used on the one transport bottom of the harbour. The specialised TBM will combine two types of TBM EARTH PRESSURE BALANCE MODE infrastructure project. technology into one machine, allowing tunnel builders Uses a screw conveyor and valve to control the the flexibility to adapt to dierent ground conditions pressure by regulating the amount of spoil in the On Stage 2, five TBMs will be used to as the machine progresses. machine. Used for rock conditions deliver the tunnels between Chatswood and Both these two technologies keep the pressure inside SLURRY MODE the chamber the same as the pressure in the ground Uses pipes and fluid to control the pressure in outside, to control the excavation process: the machine, by turning the excavated material into a slurry and pumping it out. Used for sediment materials
8 The machine moves forward 7 When about 1.7 metres then the complete, process starts again the ring is TBM1 Elizabeth SLURRY MODE 3 Slurry pumped connected out to surface to the to remove spoil previous from fluid ring
Screw conveyor The gap sealed o in 6 between the slurry mode concrete ring Fluid pumped into 2 and the rock chamber to mix with is filled with spoil to form a slurry grout – this helps keep TBM2 Florence water out of the tunnel
5 Concrete ring is built by putting together the segments using a special vacuum lifting device
4 Concrete ring segments delivered to the ring building area TBM3 Isabelle
3 Conveyor moves rock through the machine and out of the tunnel behind it
Material excavated 1 Spoil picked up by screw conveyor into pressurised 2 then transported onto conveyor belt chamber
EARTH PRESSURE BALANCE MODE
TBM4 Maria TBM1 Elizabeth from above, just before her launch at Bella Vista, September 2014
42 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 43 SYDNEY METRO TRAINS FACILITY
Cudgegong Road Norwest Epping Chatswood
open cut station – about 6 metres below street level underground station – about 22 metres below street level underground station – about 30 metres below street level above ground station – 57 minutes to Wynyard 48 minutes to Wynyard 35 minutes to Wynyard about 6 metres below street level 48 minutes to Martin Place 39 minutes to Martin Place 26 minutes to Martin Place 11 minutes to Martin Place 15 minutes to Central
Rouse Hill Showground Macquarie University
above ground station – about 12 metres on the elevated underground station – about 20-25 metres below street level underground station – about 28 metres below street level skytrain route 46 minutes to Wynyard 31 minutes to Wynyard 55 minutes to Wynyard 37 minutes to Martin Place 22 minutes to Martin Place 46 minutes to Martin Place
Workers laying tracks at the Sydney Metro Trains Facility, August 2016
The Sydney Metro Trains Facility at Rouse Hill The train maintenance building will be used for: will house the operations centre for the new train washing fully-automated stand-alone metro railway and is also where the new train fleet will be stabled inspections and repairs and maintained. major train maintenance
When services start in 2019, a total of 22 metro wheel maintenance. trains will be located on site. Trains will be stored in the train stabling facility Legend Later, it will provide stabling for 46 trains and outside peak periods and between the last Bus Bella Vista Cherrybrook North Ryde maintenance services for a fleet of 76 trains as service and the first service the next day. Trains T-way open cut station – about 6 metres below street level open cut station – about 7 metres below street level underground station – about 30 metres below street level part of Sydney’s new metro network. This final will be shut down once the train has been 50 minutes to Wynyard 41 minutes to Wynyard 29 minutes to Wynyard design capacity will ‘future proof’ the needs of stabled and cleaned. Commuter car park 41 minutes to Martin Place 32 minutes to Martin Place 18 minutes to Martin Place Sydney’s broader metro rail system. Trains will be washed in an automated train Kiss and ride wash a minimum of twice a week with up to The site will be a secure area and include: 95 per cent of the water recycled. The facility will Taxi train stabling area operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Bicycle lockers/cages infrastructure maintenance facilities
administration buildings including an Note on travel times: Kellyville Castle Hill Macquarie Park operations control centre Time to Wynyard is with interchange in 2019 above ground station – about 13 metres on the elevated skytrain route underground station – about 25 metres below street level underground station – about 30 metres below street level a power sub-station. Time to Martin Place is 53 minutes to Wynyard 44 minutes to Wynyard 29 minutes to Wynyard direct service in 2024 44 minutes to Martin Place 35 minutes to Martin Place 20 minutes to Martin Place
44 SYDNEY METRO | PROJECT OVERVIEW 45 KEEPING IN TOUCH
For more information visit our website sydneymetro.info or contact us via: Crows Nest Pitt Street Marrickville Campsie Punchbowl underground station – about 25 metres below street level underground station – about 20 metres below street level above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – upgrade existing station Sydney Metro Northwest 11 minutes to Central 2 minutes to Central 10 minutes to Central 18 minutes to Central 26 minutes to Central 7 minutes to Martin Place 2 minutes to Martin Place 14 minutes to Martin Place 22 minutes to Martin Place 30 minutes to Martin Place 1800 019 989 24 hour community information line [email protected]
Sydney Metro Northwest, PO Box 588, North Ryde, BC NSW 1670
Victoria Cross Central Dulwich Hill Belmore Bankstown If you need an interpreter, call TIS National on 131 450 and ask them to call 1800 019 989 underground station – about 31 metres underground station – about 16 metres above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – below street level below street level upgrade existing station 12 minutes to Central 20 minutes to Central Sydney Metro City & Southwest 9 minutes to Central 15 minutes to Chatswood 16 minutes to Martin Place 24 minutes to Martin Place 28 minutes to Central 5 minutes to Martin Place 2 minutes to Martin Place 32 minutes to 1800 171 386 24 hour community information line Martin Place [email protected]
Sydney Metro City & Southwest, PO Box K659, Haymarket, NSW 1240
If you need an interpreter, call TIS National on 131 450 and ask them to call 1800 171 386
Martin Place Sydenham Canterbury Wiley Park
underground station – about 25 metres above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – upgrade existing station below street level 7 minutes to Central 16 minutes to Central 24 minutes to Central Legend 4 minutes to Central 11 minutes to Martin Place 20 minutes to Martin Place 28 minutes to Martin Place 11 minutes to Chatswood Bus
Light rail
Ferry
Private coaches Barangaroo Waterloo Hurlstone Park Lakemba
Kiss and ride underground station – about 25 metres below street level underground station – about 25 metres below street level above ground station – upgrade existing station above ground station – upgrade existing station Taxi 6 minutes to Central 2 minutes to Central 14 minutes to Central 22 minutes to Central 2 minutes to Martin Place 2 minutes to Martin Place 18 minutes to Martin Place 26 minutes to Martin Place
Hills Harvest Festival at Rouse Hill, September 2016
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