Metro Insights
Test your knowledge with fun and interesting facts about the Sydney Metro project.
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stations
46 new state of the art, fully accessible metro stations
Metro train completes first journey from Tallawong to Sydenham
A metro train has completed the first continuous journey between Tallawong and Sydenham.
2.8 km Sydney Harbour Tunnel
9 km North Connex
31 km New Sydney Metro tunnels
Tunnel length
Australia’s longest railway tunnels
What is the maximum speed of Metro trains?
What type of train cars are used in the Sydney Metro?
Which feature of the Sydney Metro allows for automated train operations?
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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.
68,595,812
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Hours worked to date:
July 2025
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Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport tunnels
9.8km of twin tunnels constructed
Excavation of 1,863,460 tonnes of material
69,966 concrete segments installed to line the new tunnel walls
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Almost 6 million tonnes of crushed rock is estimated to be generated for re-use from the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Featured news
Gadigal Station makes the world’s most beautiful list
Sydney’s new metro station, Gadigal Station, has been named by the Prix Versailles as one of the World’s Most Beautiful Passenger Stations for 2025.
Local students make their mark on Sydney Metro West
Westmead Primary School students have visited the Sydney Metro West Clyde site to mark the final tunnelling segment to be installed for the Western Tunnelling Package that will connect Sydney’s CBD to greater Parramatta in just over 20 minutes.
Sydney Metro West tunnel borers dig deep under Darling Harbour
Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Jessie and Ruby have passed the deepest point below Darling Harbour, located about 35-metres beneath the water’s surface, as they continue to carve out the city-shaping Sydney Metro West line.
Southwest stations transforming into modern metro destinations
Southwest Sydney’s metro upgrade is moving full steam ahead, with construction work progressing to convert 10 southwest stations, and civil work upgrades to transform the former 130-year-old T3 Bankstown railway line to metro standards reaching 75 per cent complete.