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Sydney Metro West

Sydney Metro West is a new underground railway that will connect Greater Parramatta and the Sydney CBD.

This new NSW Government infrastructure project will see next generation trains integrated with the rest of Sydney’s public transport system. A once-in-a-century infrastructure investment, the project is set to transform Sydney for generations to come, doubling rail capacity between the two CBDs, linking new communities to rail services and supporting employment growth and housing supply.

  • The Sydney Metro West project will have a target travel time of about 20 minutes between Parramatta and Sydney CBD.
  • Metro West trains will be next generation, fully air-conditioned
  • Metro West stations will be fully accessible with lifts and level access between trains and platforms.
  • The locations of seven metro stations have been confirmed at Westmead, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock and The Bays. Further planning is underway to determine the location of the Sydney CBD station and Pyrmont station.
  • Metro West Sydney will use the Opal ticketing system with fares set by the NSW Government.

 

Want to know more about Metro stations? Take a look at Transport for NSW’s virtual station and take the tour here.



Latest News

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For latest Metro news visit sydneymetro.info/news 

January/February 2023 Update

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Work at the new Parramatta metro station commenced in early 2022 and site establishment work including utility investigations and installation of new power supply will continue this year.
 
Major work including piling and excavation for the Parramatta Metro Station is also planned to commence in 2023. 

The new underground metro station will be located on the block bounded by George, Macquarie, Church and Smith streets. Excavation of the station box will occur in stages and underground, the tunnel boring machines are expected to reach Parramatta in mid- 2025.

Planned changes to traffic and pedestrian access will begin soon. Horwood Place will be redirected via Macquarie Lane. 
 
To learn more about the planned traffic and pedestrian changes at Horwood Place and around the site, and for information on the construction program including out-of-hours work and heritage investigations, read the January 2023 newsletter.  

 

Clyde update

Site work at Clyde continues to prepare for the start of major construction. Starting February, this will involve out-of-hours work including:

  • Excavation and tunnel work at Clyde, from Monday 20 February 2023, 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday until late 2023.
  • Construction of the ‘launch box’ for the tunnel boring machines at the Rosehill services facility including excavation, formwork and concrete pours, 24 hours a day, Monday to Sunday until mid-July 2023.
  • Delivery of oversized machinery and unloading of materials including spoil stockpiling between 6pm and 7am from Wednesday 1 February to Tuesday 28 February 2023.
  • Installing utility services and monitoring equipment at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse carpark between Hope Street and Prospect Street between 8pm and 8am Monday to Friday from Wednesday 1 February to Tuesday 28 February 2023.

For details, please see the Metro West February newsletter.

December 2022 Update

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In December, work to prepare for the start of major construction on Sydney Metro West will continue.

Out-of-hours work

Oversized machinery and equipment deliveries to site between 6pm and 7am will continue until Friday 23 December 2022. 

  • In Parramatta, out-of-hours delivery of oversized machinery and equipment will take place between 10pm and 5am on Monday 19 December (weather and site conditions permitting).
  • Stormwater investigations and utility upgrades on George Street and Church Street will take place between 6pm and 7am, Monday to Friday until Friday 23 December 2022.

This will involve: saw-cutting, trenching and potholing - removing spoil and stockpiling in the Parramatta site - backfilling trenches and temporary restoration of impacted areas.

Work during standard construction hours

Work will continue Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to 6pm including:
- archaeological investigations and reinstating disturbed areas
- geotechnical and groundwater monitoring
- utility investigations and upgrades
- removing concrete with saw cutters and jack hammers to clear the site
- site establishment works including installing fencing, hoarding, barriers and signage, and constructing internal and shared access roads
- removing waste materials including demolition waste, building and hazardous materials. Note: all hazardous materials removal work is being undertaken in accordance with SafeWork NSW guidelines

  • work will also being to construct concrete foundations and a piling mat to prepare for excavation activities.

Clyde update
 
Works at Clyde continue.

Out-of-hours utility investigations will take place in the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse carpark between Hope Street and Prospect Street between 10pm and 8am over two nights from Tuesday 20 December to Thursday 22 December 2022, weather and site conditions permitting.
 
 

 

End-of-year closure:

There will be no construction activities on Metro sites over the holiday period from Friday 23 December 2022 to Sunday 8 January 2023 inclusive. Work will recommence from Monday 9 January 2023. Security will monitor the site during this period.

Contact the Sydney West Metro team
Call the 24-hr community information line 1800 612 173
Email metrotunnelsGLC@transport.nsw.gov.au

 

Construction Updates for Metro Stations
  • Work on the Parramatta Metro Station is planned to begin this year. Excavation will occur in stages and will take up to 12 months to complete.

    The new underground metro station will be located on the block bounded by George, Macquarie, Church and Smith streets. The station box will be about 192 metres by 25 metres and 28 metres deep. 

    Construction of the diaphragm wall (a permanent retention structure that will be constructed around the perimeter of the station box to form the outer walls) is planned to commence this year. This work will require the use of cranes, piling rigs, excavators and rock breakers. 

    For more information see the January 2023 newsletter.
     

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    Throughout December and January enabling work at the existing Westmead Station to prepare the site for construction of Sydney Metro will continue. This work primarily involves the relocation of existing services within the rail corridor.

    Other work: 

    • Removal of redundant cabling infrastructure
    • Cable pulling and rail signalling work
    • Signalling infrastructure commissioning work
    • Low voltage commissioning at the station
    • Rectification and clean-up work
    • Spoil removal.

     

    More information and update

  • Construction of the 200-metre-long, 37-metre-wide, and 27-metre-deep station box has started and will take around 13 months to complete.

    To construct the station box, a total of 468,000 tonnes of rock and soil will be excavated, equivalent to 78 Olympic swimming pools.

    The site will also be used as the extraction point for four of the six tunnel boring machines being used to construct the twin tunnels for Sydney Metro West. For more information click here.

    Extended work hours
    Starting November, low impact work within the Sydney Olympic Park metro station site outside standard construction hours will begin. This work may include loading out of excavated material between 5:30am and 7am, Monday to Friday and applying shotcrete onto the excavated walls inside the station box between 6pm and 10:30pm, Monday to Friday.

    An Environmental Impact Statement for over and adjacent station development at Sydney Olympic Park metro station is on exhibition until 13 December 2022. Find out more and have your say.
     

    More information and updates.

  • Extended working hours will take place around the Clyde Metro Station site between 6pm and 7am over three nights from Wednesday 7 December and Wednesday 14 December 2022.

    There will be no construction activities over the holiday period from Friday 23 December 2022 to Sunday 8 January 2023 inclusive. Work will recommence from Monday 9 January 2023. Security will monitor the site during this period.
     

    More information and updates.

Previous News Updates
  • Have your say on the Parramatta and Sydney Olympic Park precincts

    The NSW Government is inviting the community to have their say on the mega Sydney Metro West project including the seven buildings planned for above or adjacent to stations on the 24km Sydney Metro West line. 

    This is your opportunity to respond to plans for four (4) new buildings at the Parramatta metro precinct and three (3) buildings at Sydney Olympic Park metro precinct.

    These buildings will provide public open spaces, retail at ground level, and opportunities for commercial andresidential spaces.

    Feedback received during this stage will set the framework for the next phase of planning and design work.  

    The community will be invited to give feedback again when details for the buildings and surroundings will be exhibited.  

    Have Your Say
    Please submit your comments on Sydney Olympic Park metro over and adjacent station development external site and Parramatta metro over station development external site before 13 December 2022.

    More information - meet the Sydney Metro team 
    The community is invited to attend information sessions and talk to the Sydney Metro team about the proposed over and adjacent station developments.

    People walking in Parramatta with buildings in background

    People walking in Sydney Olympic Park

    Monday, 21 November 2022
    Club Parramatta, 2 Macquarie Street, Parramatta
    Session 1: 11am-2pm
    Session 2: 4pm-7pm

    Wednesday, 23 November 2022
    Sydney Metro information booth, Parramatta Farmers Market, 
    Centenary Square, Parramatta
    Session: 10am-2pm

    Monday, 28 November 2022
    Forest Room, Novotel, 11A Olympic Boulevard, Sydney Olympic Park
    Session 1: 11am-2pm
    Session 2: 4pm-7pm
     

    More information:

    Visit the Metro West site https://caportal.com.au/tfnsw/sydmetrowest/places

    Call the Sydney Metro 24 hour Community Information Line call 1800 612 173 ((7 days a week).

    For project enquiries, or complaints about construction work, please get in touch with Sydney Metro by sending an enquiry or email sydneymetrowest@transport.nsw.gov.au (note responses are sent during business hours only).

  • Construction Update

    Construction work in and around the future Parramatta, Westmead and Sydney Olympic Park metro station sites will be ongoing throughout July.

    Some activities will generate noise, but this will be minimised as much as possible. Measures are in place to mitigate construction impacts, including noise and vibration monitoring and dust suppression.

    Access to businesses will be maintained unless arrangements are made prior to the start of works.

    This month out-of-hours work begins at Clyde, including:

    • Deliveries of oversized equipment on six nights from Friday 1 July to Sunday 17 July 2022 between 10pm and 5am. Deliveries will enter and exit site via Unwin Street at the Rosehill Services Facility and unload during standard construction hours.
    • Utility work on Martha Street will continue to Sunday 14 August 2022 between 7pm to 5am Sunday to Fridays. 

    Detailed information can be found here

  • Construction updates

    Construction work in and around the future Parramatta, Westmead and Sydney Olympic Park metro station sites has begun.

    Access to buildings and driveways will be maintained, traffic controllers will be in place, some parking maybe temporarily restricted in some locations. Environmental measures to mitigate construction impacts including noise and vibration and dust will also be undertaken.

    Standard construction hours are Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to 6pm.

    During April and May:

    • United Lane in Parramatta will be closed for around six weeks to allow for the installation of scaffolding around 48 Macquarie Street to prepare for demolition works.
    • Footpaths around Horwood Place, between George and Macquarie streets Parramatta, will be closed from time to time, with pedestrian detours in place, to allow for awning removal, scaffolding and demolition work.
    • In Westmead, TfNSW will be undertaking enabling works at the existing Westmead Station to prepare for construction of Sydney Metro. This work primarily involves the relocation of existing services within the rail corridor.
    • In May, on-street parking in some sections of Alexandra Avenue Westmead will be removed.
    • Site preparation work continues within the Sydney Olympic Park metro station site and surrounding streets. The main activities include utility relocation work, and demolition of Sydney Metro-owned properties. Piling and excavation work has also started.

    For details on metro station construction please see:

  • Australia’s first autonomous tunnel boring machines (TBM) are coming to Western Sydney

    A new fleet of TBMs, including Australia’s first autonomous machines, will build 24-kilometre tunnels from the Sydney CBD to Parramatta with tunnelling from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park scheduled to start at the end of this year.

    Autonomous machines will be used to build twin nine-kilometre rail tunnels between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead. These two mega machines will utilise innovative artificial intelligence software, to automatically steer, operate and monitor a number of TBM functions.

    The two autonomous TBM’s are expected to be in the ground by the end of 2023 to deliver the metro rail tunnels from Sydney Olympic Park to Westmead.

    Each autonomous machine is 1,266 tonne, 165 metres long, and designed to excavate through sandstone and shale.

    They will tunnel an average of 200 metres per week with a team of 15 workers per shift.

    Read more
    $2.16 billion Sydney Metro West tunnelling contract awarded

    The Gamuda Australia and Laing O’Rourke Consortium has been awarded the contract to deliver nine kilometres of twin metro rail tunnels between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead.

    This is the second major tunnelling package awarded on the city-shaping project.

    Work is underway to deliver twin tunnels between The Bays and Sydney Olympic Park following the contract awarded to Acciona Ferrovial Joint Venture last year.

    Read more
  • Geotechnical investigations

    Geotechnical investigations are being done along the length of the Sydney Metro West alignment.

    More than 50 bore holes are being drilled, ranging in depth from 10 metres to 100 metres, to inform the final design of the tunnels and stations.

    Data captured from each borehole includes the depth of each layer of soil and rock, the properties and strength of the soil and rock and the type of soil and rock in each location – for example, determining if its Ashfield Shale, Mittagong Formation or Hawkesbury Sandstone.

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    Metro West orders boring machines

    Two huge tunnel boring machines (TBM) have been ordered to build tunnels for the Sydney Metro West project. The first of six TBMs being used to build the 24 kilometre tunnels from the Sydney CBD to Parramatta.

    The two machines are part of the $1.96 billion Central Tunnelling Package awarded in July to the Acciona Ferrovial Joint Venture.

    Each TBM will tunnel an average of 200 metres per week and will be operated by a team of 15 workers per shift as they dig the 11 kilometre twin tunnels from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park.

    The two borers are 1,266 tonne, 165 metre long double-shield, hard rock, gripper-type TBMs, designed to excavate through sandstone and shale.

    Read more

The planning process and approvals

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The NSW Government began work on Sydney Metro West in 2020.

The Sydney Metro West project has received two major planning approvals, paving the way for mega tunnel boring machines to be in the ground by the end of 2022.

Planning approval has been granted for the Sydney Metro West project concept between Westmead and the Sydney CBD and for major construction work between Westmead and The Bays. This approval means work can now begin to prepare for tunnels and station excavation between Westmead and The Bays.

The Environmental Impact Statement was on public exhibition between 30 April and 26 June 2020. Submissions (link is external) received from stakeholders and the community have been considered in the assessment of the project.

Have your say – submissions close 13 December 2022 

The NSW Government is inviting the community to have their say on the mega Sydney Metro West project including the seven buildings planned for above or adjacent to stations on the 24km Sydney Metro West line. 

This is your opportunity to respond to plans for four (4) new buildings at the Parramatta metro precinct and three (3) buildings at Sydney Olympic Park metro precinct.

Find out more

Metro Stations
  • Strategically located to the north of the existing Parramatta Station, Parramatta Metro Station will be located on the block bounded by George, Macquarie, Church and Smith streets.

    One station entrance will be on Horwood Place and a second station entrance location is to be determined.

    Parramatta Metro Station will support Parramatta CBD as a major employment growth centre, boosting jobs and improving connections across Greater Sydney. It will provide easy, efficient and accessible interchange with buses and Parramatta Light Rail.

    The new metro station will integrate with the proposed Civic Link, a green, pedestrianised public space from Parramatta Square in the south to Parramatta River in the north.

    More information and updates

  • At Westmead, new metro platforms will be located next to the existing Westmead Station providing an easy above-ground interchange with the T1 Western Line and T5 Cumberland Line.

    The new station will also provide customers with easy access to Parramatta Light Rail, T-Way buses and other bus services.

    Westmead Metro Station will be located on the eastern side of Hawkesbury Road, south of the existing Westmead Station. As well as connecting customers to the Westmead health, education and employment hub, the new metro station will service residential areas experiencing growth and renewal in north and south Westmead. 

    More information and updates.

  • Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station will be located to the south of the existing Olympic Park Station. The station will provide easy interchange with the planned Parramatta Light Rail, the T7 Olympic Park Line and buses.

    A metro station at Sydney Olympic Park will reinforce its status as Australia’s premier events, sporting and entertainment precinct and provide further transport options for the 10 million people who visit or stay each year.

    The station will sit to the east of Olympic Boulevard with the main station entrances between Herb Elliot Avenue and Figtree Drive and off Dawn Fraser Avenue.

    More information and updates.

Planning for the project continues

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Future project approvals will consider major civil construction work including station excavation and tunnelling between The Bays and Sydney CBD including Pyrmont; and all stations, depots and rail systems between Westmead and the Sydney CBD Station.

The NSW Government will also plan for the areas surrounding the stations including place-making and any integrated station or precinct developments in some locations.

The community will be able to learn more and have their say at each stage of the planning process.

More information

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More details on the Sydney Metro West project.

The Sydney Metro West interactive portal provides area specific information to help you navigate the project in an easy to use and intuitive way. The portal includes information to support your understanding of the planning process and videos from our team of project experts.

24 hour Community Information Line (7 days a week)

For project enquiries, or complaints about construction work, please get in touch by sending an enquiry.

Call 1800 612 173

Email sydneymetrowest@transport.nsw.gov.au

(responses during business hours only)

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