Behind the fence: look into the future
46stations
46 new state of the art, fully accessible metro stations
History under Sydney Harbour
The first of two metro railway tunnels deep under Sydney Harbour has been completed in an historic milestone for public transport in Sydney.
Tunnel length
2.8 km Sydney Harbour Tunnel
9 km North Connex
31 km New Sydney Metro tunnels
Australia’s longest railway tunnels
Travel Calculator
The travel calculator calculates the number of minutes for a journey during stage 1 and stage 2 of the Sydney Metro development. Select a stage and search for a start and end location to find out how many minutes it will take below. The number of minutes is displayed below.
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Hours worked to date: August 2021
Sydney Metro: Barangaroo boat discovery
The oldest boat found in NSW has been uncovered at Barangaroo, where a new Sydney Metro station is being built.
Sydney Metro City & Southwest tunnels
15.5
km
15.5km of twin tunnels are being constructed from Chatswood to Sydenham
379000
tonnes
379,000 tonnes of concrete will be made to produce almost 100,000 segments that will line the twin rail tunnels
100000
segments
Almost 100,000 concrete segments will be made into almost 16,500 concrete rings
100%
Almost 6 million tonnes of crushed rock is estimated to be generated for re-use from the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Blog
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20JanSydney Metro tunnelling has finished under the city centre in a historic milestone... -
09JanA mega boring machine smashing through a wall of sandstone on the edge of Sydney Harbour has marked the end of tunnelling in the city’s north... -
28OctTunnel boring machine (TBM) Mum Shirl has broken through a wall of rock into the new Martin Place Station in the heart of Sydney... -
26SepTunnel boring machine (TBM) Mabel has broken through a wall of rock into the new Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney... -
05SepA second mega boring machine has arrived deep under the Sydney CBD at the new Pitt Street metro railway station. ... -
26AugA mega tunnel boring machine has broken through a rock wall at North Sydney and entered the biggest underground cavern built so far on the Sydney Metro project...
