Sydney Metro trains open doors after a decade of work
Sydney-siders are waking to the culmination of more than a decade's work as the new Metro trains take on passengers from this morning.
Eight new stations will see peak hour trains every four minutes, as commuters travel between Chatswood and Sydenham, including under Sydney Harbour.
The project was initially announced in 2011 as a new train line heading to Sydney's north-west. It has taken seven years to construct at a cost of $21.6 billion.
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NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen greets passengers on the first Metro train on the M1 at Sydenham Station. Janie Barrett
The Metro rebranding was unveiled in 2015, with construction beginning in 2017.
The inaugural journey under the harbour set out from Sydenham Station at 4.54am today.
There is a four-minute frequency for trains travelling from Tallawong Station between 6.08am-9.24am and 2.54pm-6.46pm.
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Victoria Cross Metro station entrance from Denison Street in North Sydney. Kate Geraghty
Sydenham Station will see a four-minute frequency from 6.54am-9.46am and 3.16pm-7.32pm.
From tomorrow, interpeak trains will run every seven minutes, increasing after the first month to a train every five minutes.
The 45 new metro trains can each carry more than 1150 people.
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Passengers checking out the sights on the first Metro train. Dion Georgopoulos
This new section of railway is the next stage of the M1 Northwest and Bankstown Line, which now extends 51.5-kilometres through Sydney with stops at 21 stations between Tallawong and Sydenham.
Passengers can plan their metro trips by visiting transportnsw.info.
"We're urging those who use public transport this morning to be patient," Premier Chris Minns said.
"Obviously, this will see hundreds of thousands of people get to work in a different way. It needs to fully integrate with the rest of the public transport system.
"This is a massive piece of transport infrastructure, and in part, credit should go to former Premier Mike Baird, his successor, Gladys Berejiklian, and her successor, Dominic Perrottet."
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