Sydney Metro
Prominent Entertainment Quarter investors could fund extra metro station
Entertainment Quarter chairman Tony Shepherd said it was “within the realm of possibility” the consortium could finance a station that would serve the precinct and Moore Park.
- by Michael Koziol
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Trains are the future for global cities. Let’s not go off the rails, Sydney
A commitment to modern rail networks is critical to building safer, low-carbon cities.
- by Caroline Wilkie
Big builders on edge about risk of delays to Metro West contracts
The government has been warned that construction companies can’t afford to have staff “sitting twiddling their thumbs” while waiting for contracts to be awarded.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
The 8.04am train gets you from Canterbury to Town Hall in 33 minutes. The bus? Not so quick
The current bus route takes twice as long as the train does. Will the government find a solution before it closes the T3 line for the Metro conversion?
- by Anthony Segaert
Eastern extension of $25 billion Metro West line back on drawing board
Transport officials have been told to provide urgent advice to the government on a “potential eastern extension” to Australia’s biggest public transport project.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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This is what the premier doesn’t want Sydney’s new metro rail line to look like
Chris Minns has given his strongest signal yet that under his leadership, Sydney’s metro system will be as much a housing policy as it is a transport policy.
- by Michael Koziol
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‘Disruptive for passengers’: Metro project to cost an extra $1 billion
Tens of thousands of Sydney train commuters will be forced to catch buses after work on converting the Bankstown line will result in it being shut to commuters for 12 months.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Train commuters face 12-month closure of Bankstown rail line
The Minns government will confirm on Tuesday that it will proceed with converting the 13-kilometre stretch of rail line to carry driverless metro trains in south-west Sydney.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Plans for metro train project in Sydney’s south-west to be revealed
The fate of the Bankstown line conversion will also be critical to government decisions on the planned $25 billion Metro West line from the CBD to Parramatta.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
‘Climate emergency’: Minns must stop dragging his heels in transition to renewables
When it comes to climate change, there is no time for complacency. The cost to our children’s future and our planet is too great to ignore.
‘This is a test’: Labor mayors rebel over Minns’ refusal to back Metro West
Burwood mayor John Faker is leading the charge, saying the metro is a test of Chris Minns’ mettle, and he is willing to campaign against the government if needed.
- by Michael Koziol