First look at Bankstown Station’s mega Metro transformation 

More than 100 workers are on-site daily delivering upgrades to transform the century-old station, ready for fast and reliable metro services to start beyond Sydenham to Bankstown next year. 
 
Recent progress at the station has seen the new Sydney Metro station entrance building at the eastern end of the site reach its final construction stage, with paving of the concourse area underway and the installation of 19 new Opal gates. 

On the 170-metre-long metro platforms lined with platform screen doors, work is ongoing to complete the platform tiling, and glazed balustrades.  

In the Sydney Metro station building, interior fit-out works are progressing for the ceilings and back of house rooms.  

The new Sydney Trains entrance building, located directly opposite the new metro entrance, is also nearing completion with the ceiling being installed and gate line preparation works to commence soon. 
 
Work at the site will next shift focus to the delivery of a new 90-metre-long, tree-lined pedestrian plaza. First up, earthworks will take place to level out the corridor area for the new plant life. 

The vibrant cross-corridor plaza, featuring dining and retail options, will be on the doorstep of the new station entrances and will connect the north and south of Bankstown to pedestrians for the first time.  

Across all 10 southwest stations, site works are progressing, with equipment being energised to support the testing and commissioning of key communication subsystems, including PA and CCTV systems.   

Train testing is also continuing, with the critical ‘kinematic envelope test’ underway. This test confirms the train has sufficient clearance from surrounding infrastructure, including station platforms.  

To date, more than 700 kilometres of testing has taken place across different parts of the Southwest line, at speeds between 5km/h and 25km/h. The next critical phase of testing is set to start in the coming weeks, with a focus on the advanced smart signalling system that will enable fully driverless metro services.  

Next year when the final section of the M1 Line opens, Sydney will have a 66-kilometre fast and reliable metro network and Sydney’s southwest will have fast metro journey times, including: 

Bankstown to Gadigal: 30 minutes, timesaving of 15 minutes  

Bankstown to Central: 28 minutes, timesaving of six minutes 

Bankstown to Chatswood: 43 minutes, timesaving of 25 minutes 

Bankstown to Macquarie University: 54 minutes, timesaving of 25 minutes