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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

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What is the maximum speed of Metro trains?

100 km/h

The maximum train speeds are up to 100 km/h.

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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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66,989,830

hours

Hours worked to date:

October 2024 

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Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport tunnels

Distance
9.8
km

9.8km of twin tunnels constructed

Pipe
1,863,460
tonnes

Excavation of 1,863,460 tonnes of material

Segments
69,966
segments

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.

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