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Major work at Sydney Metro stations escalates

13.04.2018

An on the ground view showing the construction of the escalators at Sydney Metro's Norwest Station as a construction worker walks past carrying material them. An on the ground view showing the construction of the escalators at Sydney Metro's Norwest Station as a construction worker walks past carrying material them.
An on the ground view looking up at the escalators being craned into place at Sydney Metro's Norwest Station. An on the ground view looking up at the escalators being craned into place at Sydney Metro's Norwest Station.

Sydney’s new metro railway stations are coming to life with 42 escalators being installed in eight new stations in the north west.

At Norwest, eight escalators are being installed with military-like precision.

Once assembled at ground level, three cranes were used to lower them into the station below, where the platforms are 21m below the surface.

The escalators are up to 28m long and 12m high and weigh up to 22 tonnes.

They link the street level with the underground concourse then the platforms, taking customers 21m underground where a new metro train will run every four minutes in the peak.

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