Sydney Metro

Sydney Metro

Basic data
Country	Australia
city	Sydney , New South Wales
opening	May 26, 2019
Lines	1 1 in building 1 in planning
Route length	36 km 29 km (under construction)
Stations	13, later 31
Tunnel stations	9, later 16
Long-distance train stations	2, later 3
use
Shortest cycle	4 min, later 2 min possible
vehicles	22 × Alstom Metropolis
operator	Metro Trains Sydney Pty Ltd
Gauge	1435
Power system	Overhead line

The Sydney Metro is an underground system in the Australian metropolis of Sydney . It represents the first full-fledged subway network in Australia and Oceania . The first section, Sydney Metro Northwest , opened on May 26, 2019 and relieves the existing suburban railway network of Sydney Trains . The construction costs are estimated at 8.3 billion Australian dollars (about 5.2 billion euros). Later, from 2024, the route through the city center is to be extended and run on a converted suburban railway line to south-western areas.

history

Already in 2001 and 2008 there were extensive plans for subway routes independent of the existing suburban railway network, which is getting on in years and is very slow and prone to congestion.

In 2012 the Cabinet of New South Wales approved the "NSW Transport Masterplan", which included the so-called "Northwest Rail Link" and a second crossing of the Sydney Harbor. It was criticized that the capacity of the monoplane trains was too small and that the voluntary incompatibility with the existing network was nonsensical. Nevertheless, at the end of 2013, construction work began on the project, which has been officially known as the “Sydney Metro” since June 2015. The construction costs are paid from the proceeds from the sale of electricity infrastructure.

In 2014, the New South Wales government announced that the Northwest Rapid Transit consortium ( MTR Corporation (60%), John Holland Group , a company of the China Communications Construction Company (20%) and UGL Rail (20%)) was the Metro as Metro Trains Sydney Pty Ltd. will operate.

The first section, Sydney Metro Northwest, opened on May 26, 2019.

route

Sydney Metro Northwest Sydney Metro City & Southwest
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Route length:	66 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Catenary  =
Tallawong Rouse Hill Kellyville Bella Vista Northwest Hills Showground Castle Hill Cherrybrook to Hornsby Epping to Strathfield and Sydney Central Macquarie University Macquarie Park North Ryde to Hornsby Chatswood to the city center Crow's Nest Victoria Cross Sydney Harbor Barangaroo Martin Place Pitt Street Central Waterloo to Sydney Central Station and downtown Sydenham to Hurstville, Sutherland and Glenfield Marrickville Dulwich Hill Hurlstone Park Canterbury Belmore Campsie Lakemba Wiley Park is not supposed to become part of the Metro Punch bowl Bankstown on to Birrong, Liverpool and Lidcombe

Sydney Metro Northwest

The first section connects suburbs to the northwest with Chatswood. Eight new train stations were built between Cudgegong Road in the Rouse Hill district and Epping on a 23 km long route. The suburban railway line opened in 2009 between Epping and Chatswood was converted into a subway with another five stations. This section, the construction of which began in late 2013, is scheduled to open in 2019. Operation of the suburban railway, which was used by around 20,000 commuters every day, was discontinued on September 30, 2018, and by the time it reopened, more than 100 replacement buses were running under the name “Station Link”.

Sydney Metro City & Southwest

This section continues for more than 30 kilometers through a completely new tunnel stretch under Sydney Harbor and the city center (CBD - "Central Business District") and the like. a. stopping at Martin Place and Sydney Central Station to Sydenham. From Sydenham to Bankstown, as in the north-west, the suburban railway line is being converted into an underground railway. According to estimates, 100,000 more commuters will then be able to be transported on this route. This section costs around 10-11 billion dollars and is due to open in 2024 after construction begins in 2017.

Sydney Metro West

This section has been in planning since 2016. At the moment investigations are taking place which should determine the optimal course. The Sydney Metro West is to connect the CBD ("Central Business District") Paramatta with the CBD Sydney and have stations in Westmead, CBD Paramatta, Sydney Olympic Parc, Bays Precinct and in the CBD Sydney. This line is intended to relieve the T1 line (Sydney Trains). In June 2018, the project was approved by the government of the state of New South Wales with three billion Australian dollars (about 1.9 billion euros) for funding.

Further routes

In addition to these two fixed lines, there are proposals to convert two of the four tracks of the Illawara suburban railway line from Sydenham to Hurstville for underground operations. In addition, the remnants of the Bankstown Line to Lidcombe and Liverpool, which will still be used by traditional suburban trains after the City & Southwest section has gone into operation, could also be extended to the subway.

vehicles

Interior of the metro vehicles

22 Alstom Metropolis vehicles from the French manufacturer Alstom , each with six cars, were ordered for the route. In contrast to the existing suburban trains in the Sydney area, these trains are not double-decker trains. A train has approx. 380 seats and transports approx. 1100 passengers with standing room. The vehicles were built in Sri City near Chennai in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and arrived in Sydney from 2017, they were in test operation from February 2018 and in January 2019 a train traveled the entire route from Tallawong to Chatswood for the first time.

See also

• Sydney Trains

Individual evidence

1. ^ Antonette Collins: Sydney Metro Northwest showcased as NSW election focus moves back to transport. March 19, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 (Australian English). 
2. ^ North West Metro months from opening. 9 News , January 14, 2019, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
3. ^ ^{A b} Jodie Stephens: Sydney Metro opens to the public as NSW Premier heralds 'a whole new way of doing things'. The Australian , May 26, 2019; accessed May 26, 2019 (Australian English). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Major milestones reached on North West Rail Link as preferred operator selected. Transport for New South Wales, June 24, 2014, archived from the original ; Retrieved March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
5. ↑ Jacob Saulwick: Secret report casts doubt on train plan. The Sydney Morning Herald , September 23, 2013, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
6. ↑ Funding secured: Sydney Metro to be a reality. Transport for New South Wales, June 4, 2015, archived from the original on June 23, 2015 ; Retrieved March 22, 2019 (Australian English). 
7. ↑ "Rebuilding NSW" ( memento of the original from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the government website 
8. ^ Matt O'Sullivan: Double-deck train's last trip on rail line signals start of disruption for 20,000 commuters. The Sydney Morning Herald , September 30, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
9. ^ Matt O'Sullivan: 'This is never easy': 10,000 commuters put on buses amid rail line shutdown. The Sydney Morning Herald , October 2, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
10. ^ Dominica Sanda: Work on Sydney Harbor tunnels to start. news.com.au, June 22, 2017, archived from the original on June 25, 2017 ; Retrieved March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
11. ↑ Sarah Gerathy: Power vote means Sydney Harbor rail crossing is less than a decade away: NSW Premier Mike Baird. ABC News , June 4, 2015, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
12. ^ Sydney Metro West: a new railway, more trains for Western Sydney. Transport for New South Wales, November 14, 2016, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
13. ^ Sandy Smith: New South Wales Commits Funds to the Next Sydney Metro Line. NextCity, June 27, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 (American English). 
14. ^ Sydney's Rail Future - Modernizing Sydney's Trains. (PDF) "Transport for New South Wales", Authority of the State of New South Wales , in June 2012, accessed on August 22, 2016 (Australian English). 
15. ↑ Jim O'Rourke: Sydney Metro Northwest: Transport minister unveils life-size model of Metropolis carriage. November 5, 2015, Retrieved August 22, 2016 (Australian English). 
16. ^ Matt O'Sullivan: First metro trains arrive for new $ 8.3 billion line to Sydney's north west. The Sydney Morning Herald , September 26, 2017, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
17. ^ Sydney metro train on test. Metro Report International, February 9, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 
18. ↑ Major Milestone As Metro Northwest Completes Its First Full Test. Transport for New South Wales, January 14, 2019; accessed March 24, 2019 (Australian English). 

Web links

Commons : Metro Sydney  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the project