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One thing you forgot to mention is how much of that capacity is seated. My understanding is that the seating on the new trains is limited, also limiting what you can do while on the train. The new metros are great but, given the choice, I would much prefer catching the heavy rail for any trip over about 15 minutes.
True but its more to scale as this artist splits the metro and the T1 and T9 at Chatswood and North Sydney but tourists or people who are new to the network would probably have a hard time reading it.
@@Randomgarbagegamer Imagine a tourist tried to decipher the mystery of Sydney train map for the first time when they landed in airport. You know it’s like a treasure map! “Your adventure starts here.” Big arrow pointed at International Airport.
As an american who moved to Sydney in January i really came at the perfect time. I was at the crows nest community day and the entire station was really well made from the entrance to the platforms, really going to help commutes down
Glad you credited/cross referenced Paul's vlog on Martin Place. Both you guys do a fantastic job keeping Sydney (and the world !) updated on how our public transport system is growing exponentially. Well done !
I just stumbled across this channel. Being a Sydney bloke I just found out I barely knew my city. I discovered so much watching this channel. Keep it up!
We just visited Sydney this past Feb. and LOVED the transit system and LOVED Central Station. We stayed in Bondi Junction and used the trains for most of our transportation. We hope to come back in Feb. 2025, and now I can't wait to ride the new Metro.
At 3:44, the first driverless railway was actually in Melbourne in 2003, as they used this quirky method known as ‘forgetting to apply the brakes’. However, the service was found to be quite rough, and after its first try-out, it was labelled ‘unreliable’ and ‘dangerous’ so they had to stop using it.
Next you'll be saying that Melbourne invented the train crash - which it probably did. The bottom line is though, the first and only permanent and reliable driverless railway is in Sydney.
@@vintageradio3404 Catch up, Bob was making a very good joke. On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 a train driver ran to the toilet at Broadmeadows station and forgot to put the brake on. The train rolled for 17km before crashing into another train in Spencer Street Station. It is cited as an example of the low friction advantage of steel wheels on steel rails.
The first driverless railway in Australia was a freight railway, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. That's why the video specifies "passenger railway".
I was in Sydney last weekend and I was surprised at how the large the gap between platform and the train is at some stations. I also rode the metro out to Kellyville to have a look around. The metro is really impressive! Does anyone know why the ride is so bumpy around Castle Hill/Cherrybrook though? You Sydneysiders are lucky to have the new metro. We are spoiled in Perth with our system but holy moly I wish we had this metro line. Bravo Sydney!
What a great video! Felt like watching a Sydney Metro movie, great job Sharath. I share your excitement when it comes to seeing the metro open, and it is great to see a line that serves a purpose other than funnelling people into the city, and as you said, make all stations look like destinations! Truely a marvel of success, I sure look forward to seeing more and more videos about the metro!
Great video Sharath. As a former student many years ago of that school that ranked above Ruse, and having lived in Epping at the time, Victoria Cross station would have been amazing to have back then.
This is a great video. I have been living in Sydney for more than 14 years and this project is finally what a city like Sydney needs in terms of Public Transportation. Now, you should do a video about the Sydney Metro West. In my opinion, is a good project too but it is missing at least 1 station between the Sydney Olympic Park and Parramatta, the distance is 9km! A station between Newington and Silverwater could be really beneficial for the residents of both suburbs.
19:52 They've clearly looked at some of the design of the Elizabeth line in London and gone "I like that" and I don't blame them. Also I love the design of these stations. As much as I love the Elizabeth line's architecture I love the design of the new metro stations more. More of a reason to come and visit someday.
Great work Sharath. Comprehensive yet easily digestible for Metro newbies. Nothing here I didn't already know myself but I still watched the whole thing.
Absolutely awesome video!! Thank you for making this fun & informative. Great to watch this from overseas to stay in touch with what's happening back home.
I live in Belmore. For once it feels like we are getting the Rolls Royce treatment. This will truly be transformative. It is so beautiful, fast and efficient that I believe people will have the incentive to eschew their cars.
Needs to be combined with bus reform though with more buses running every 10min on shorter trips cross-country picking up passengers and distributing them to Metro stations. Currently not enough services do this in the SW even though there are 4 busy rail lines to link in an orbital pattern (T4 Illawarra, T8 South, , future Bankstown Metro and T2 Inner West)
As an American who lives in a city where our Suburban Trains (we call it Regional Rail here), run BI-HOURLY at certain times of the day and weekends......I'm jealous you even have half-hour service as the "low-end" of frequencies. I'd rob Fort Knox for AT LEAST half-hourly service on my local regional rail line because Our "Metro" Line (we call it The El or L) is kind of far away. You have to take a bus to it, it runs every 10-12 minutes all day, even during peak hour, with aging equipment that often fails, and the trains are usually filled with drug addicts and people smoking narcotics out in the open.....God bless Philadelphia. Lol
Best public transport project since the harbour bridge was built. Phenomenal scale and vision. The previous government should take enormous pride in this total transformation. Hopefully just the start of a genuinely modern system - like something that has existed in many other world cities for decades. The contrast to the existing outdated slow lumbering double deckers will be stark.
The double deckers went as fast as they were allowed to go on the suburban lines which was 80 and they carried more passengers. These smaller trains will run on dedicated lines and will carry less passengers.
@@JohnH1 Per train they carry fewer. But their frequency is higher so overall they end up carrying more people in the same time period. With far greater reliability and at much less cost to the taxpayer (not paying for 2 staff on every train).
@@julianfoster3443 Reliability comes down to two things, build quality and the level of maintenance, so it's far to early to make such a broad statement. How can they carry more passengers overall if they are only servicing a fraction the population compared to heavy rail? You go to Stathfield station and count the number of trains moving through. In peak they are basically nose to tail, we can do that because we have arguably the best signalling system in the world. The metro trains are going to be far more efficient than buses but they are an adjunct to heavy rail not a replacement, they don’t have the ability to carry very large numbers of passengers safely and efficiently. I won't bother with you flippant attitude to people losing their jobs.
@@JohnH1 "they don’t have the ability to carry very large numbers of passengers safely and efficiently." Literally every metro system in east/south east asia would like to disagree.
@@SpektrikMusic Metro style trains are cheaper that's why developing economies choose them over heavy rail. England went with Metro trains for the same reason the trains and the required infrastructure is smaller and cheaper. The London Tube is bursting at the seems and they can't do anything about it because it would cost billions of pounds to make the system big enough to fit heavy rail.
10:55 Sydney Trains have a permanent speed limit as they pass under the Goulburn Street Parking Station because of (justified) fears that a faster train derailing and hitting the supporting columns of the parking station would cause a collapse worse than the Granville Accident. That parking station was a product of 1960's thinking of allowing more cars into the CBD, something which is certainly not desirable at all nowadays.
That CrossingLights redesign map looks awesome! It makes Sydney look infinitely better. This is a vastly superior map and the dark background is absolute tits. This needs to be the official map. I now reject the new current map outright. I don't even wanna look at it again. The CrossingLights map needs to go into full circulation as the new standard map immediately.
This video has an amazing content. I've grown up in Sydney, rode the red rattler trains with those iconic slat open/shut windows, and have yet to visit all that was included in this well thought out and photographed, plus aerial shots video. Well done!😊
Thanks for an interesting and informative video. Sydney has certainly changed quite a lot since I was living there prior to mid 1981. I actually used to live at Marrickville, which is one location that will soon have access to the Sydney Metro. Anyway, thanks again for all the excellent information.
Reminds of Singapore's station modern with doors prevent people and prams falling onto the tracks making it a lot safer. Projects like will reduce the reliance on driving. Making city more modern. Duplication allowed the of existing rail corridors.
The Barangaroo station is also close to the Arts and theatre district of Walsh Bay (Sydney Theatre Company; Bangarra Dance; Sydney Dance; Australian Youth Theatre; and more) - so it will be used by the many patrons attending theatre in that area! I sooooo looking forward to this area being served by the Metro! - it’s going to make that area so much more accessible!
Finally, people from The Hills will have another reason to feel superior to the rest of Sydney when the city extension opens and the confusion over the differences between Metro and Trains begins all over again
If people from The Hills think they are superior they can do one, I lived in the area for >20 years and there is nothing that desirable about the horrendous sprawl, awful roads, lack of greenspace, boring crappy shops and restaurants etc.
@Kyle: Mate, did you really live in Hills where there are plenty of parks and lush green trees all over? As for boring, its a matter of perspective. I lived in US for a decade and the whole of Sydney is a boring geriatric ward compared to what American cities are, even tier-2 ones like Milwaukee.
Brilliant video with incredible footage. I'm so much more excited about the metro than i was before, and can't wait to see and use it myself! Thanks 🙏😊
Where I live, it is a 30-minute bus ride to both Mount Druitt station and St Marys station, both of which are terrible lines for getting into the city and getting home. I wish there was better and safer access out here. Tallawong is a 90-minute bus ride and a 30-minute drive from where I live.
Great video, the best part is you actually caught in the background the ex-CEO of NSW metro, and the current CEO of the High Speed Rail Authority, Tim Parker without even realizing. 😂 I saw you recoding on the site visit for Crows Nest, but didn't want to bother you. In hindsite I should have introduce you to him.😅
26:43 I remember a nine news interview where the pollie spruiking the new station thought the blue meant you were going to the harbour and the "red" meant you were headed towards the city. Good to see the people in charge know what they're talking about.
Its a shame that some of these metros have to be so far underground. Relying on escalators and elevators is not great when they can break down. Plus they aren't all that fast. Green Square station is an absolute nightmare example of this.
Regarding the silly choice of 'Victoria Cross' as the station name, you said no one was complaining. In fact Metro asked for public feedback on this idea four years ago. Here's the submission I sent: "I've never heard of Victoria Cross, so if you use that for a station name, then you will mystify locals as well as tourists visiting Sydney. On the other hand, if you think it's a good idea to give stations random names, then I suggest 'Piccadilly' as the name for the new Metro station to be built at Parramatta." They've managed to outdo themselves with 'Gadigal'. 🙃
So good, Brisbane has a lot to learn. The quality of the stations is next level compared to Brisbane's cross rail project with only a handful of stations in comparison, but so underwhelming in design, and they include city based stations...
As great as the Metro will hopefully be once (if?) it's completed, I still can't understand the logic in having so many potential interchange points left unplanned or unfinished. No line from the Aerotropolis to Leppington, no connection between Punchbowl and Bankstown, Tallawong to Schofield's etc. I fail to see why we're bothering with this network when it's just making things more patchwork and less interconnected if anything. It's great if you live and travel along the lines, but try and go across the city or against peak flows and your journey is confusing as heck. Nerfing the heavy rail network in the way they have makes little to no sense.
I agree with this, it’s great if you want to go East and West, but otherwise it puts people in the west at a greater disadvantage travelling elsewhere. Not having Bankstown and Liverpool connected (+Cabra) is sort of terrible. As someone that previously lived in the South West, those LGAs are very often entwined. Plenty of travellers go between them. E.g If you in live in Punchbowl, there’s a high chance you have family somewhere like Chester Hill. Or if you live in Canterbury and want to go eat out somewhere in Sefton. If you need to go to and from school etc. the South West Metro line will make it more difficult to get in between these places. Saving a few extra minutes to get in the city from the SW, but adding an additional 30mins to go the opposite way. It's just bad. I understand the main objective was to free up space in the city circle, but surely they could’ve found a way to do it without affecting the greater West. Sure we’re getting better frequencies, but it’s at the cost of interconnectivity.
@@mgp1203 Spot on. And the better frequencies are only really down to extra doors on carriages allowing faster load and unload times, but the biggest kicker is missing half the bloody stations on the Sydney Trains network. As Sharath showed, the Norwest Metro is quicker than the all stops line it goes up against, but that's only by 8mins, and even then by missing nearly 10 stops.
If you look at the overarching plan for Sydney Metro, you will see that much of what you think needs adding will be done. It's like anything however, big things take time to build even though Sydney Metro is being built at many times the pace of any other rail infrastructure built before it. The heavy rail network took more than 150 years to build when taking into account that the last station added was around 2013.
If the capacity of metro trains is half of Sydney trains then you need double the frequency just to maintain capacity. Doesn't seem like a great benefit for the Bankstown line - granted it'll be more reliable and "express" services for all stops. Congestion relief at the city circle seems like the best reason for it which will be a big boost to the other train lines. Potentially there is more benefit for other train lines than the Bankstown line from this conversion.
Would love to see a comparison of how long it took to complete similar projects overseas..Id bet everything I own Australia would be deep into the bottom of that list.
you'll actually be surprised to see similar projects overseas have taken longer or just as long to construct. For example, stage 1 of Sydney metro took 6 years to construct, 7 years for the city extension. UKs Elizabeth line took 13 years to construct. Copenhagen metro took 8 years to construct Amsterdams north south metro line took 15 years to construct,. Berlins u5 extension took 8 years to construct. United States Second Avenue Subway in New York City took 10 years Torontos Eglinton Crosstown LRT has taken 12(?) years. Other countries such as Sweden, Finland, Korea, China, and Japan all generally have 5-7 years for construction. although, on average Australian transport projects are FAR more expensive than those overseas, especially those in European and Asian countries.
One key thing about Sydney Metro is that it does NOT cover the sort of commutes Sydney Rail does. That is why it gets away with longitudinal seating - in peak hours most people will stand for their whole trip, which is perfectly acceptable for a 20 minute commute but unacceptable for the 1-2 hour commutes a lot of Sydney Rail customers endure. My point is Sydney Metro and Sydney Rail are complementary, filling different roles. They are not competitors. It is, though, a pity they do not always link so well with each other - as you say. The other point that is historically important in the choice of a metro rather than redevelopment and extension of the heavy rail network is no drivers or guards hence no union. This was a crude political calculation by the then Liberal government as the railway union is a major funder of NSW Labor.
People will get used to the name Gadigal very quickly and pitt street is a very long street , if it was called pitt street that could catch people out as well
It begs the question, why did they even consider Pitt Street to begin with? As this change was made fairly recently. And what about hunter Street? Will that be changed too in the future??
12:25 Quite right. The Metro will be a much better alternative alternative than catching CCN trains to Epping, even for (passengers) er, sorry, "customers" getting on at Central. This is because of the Metro's 4 minute frequency in peak periods compared to the CCN's 15 minute frequency. And if getting on at Gadigal, Martin Place or Barangaroo, the Metro is definitely better for them, no contest.
It will also provide a very good option for those travelling from South coast to north of Hornsby. Many yeaars ago I was a regular for Wollongong to Gosford area so that journey will now avoid going into Central and using Sydenham as interchange to say Epping. Mind you Central will still have the advantage of getting a seat.
Looks good but I can't see myself ever using it (or the other metro lines not covered here) due to where I live and the places I visit. All are still better served by current heavy rail and light rail. It looks like it will be a good service for those areas it does cover.
Hi Sharath. Given Brad Bunting is now in Blacktown Council and advocating for the development of Tallawong to St Mary’s. it would be great to interview him and get an update!
35:26 Note the tell-tale bitumen strip in the middle of the concrete edges of Gleeson Avenue where it crosses Sydenham Station, showing where the trams once ran. Speaking of trams, Sydney Uni might eventually be served by rail if a future NSW government finds the guts to overcome the car-centric interests within Transport4 NSW and restore the trams down Parramatta Road. Meanwhile, the greatly improved access to Redfern Station is a trade off for not getting the Metro servicing Sydney Uni (Paul's Transport Vlog has a good video about this).
There are a few issues with opening it's only a few weeks before Crows Nest, Barangaroo exterior paving is completed, Waterloo has been completed, Central is complete, Sydenham is complete. However large cranes are still unloading from trucks in Miller St North Sydney, this work will not be completed until Christmas still another 12 floors to complete. I spoke to a construction guy in Denison St and determined that the scaffolding would be removed from the 2 buildings at the Metro entrance in Denison St, paving would complete by the end of June. It's possible for Victoria Cross to open in July with the McLaren and Denison St entrances opening, some safety issues in Miller St would need to be rectified to open the Miller St entrance. Similar issues with Gadigal, it's hard to see the Park St entrances opening with cranes lifting from Park St with work possibly not completing before September. However Bathurst St entrance could be ready some time in late June. I'm predicting opening date to be early to mid July, with the Miller St entrance in Victoria Cross and Park St entrance of Gadigal opening at a later date. The MLC Building in Miller St appears to be deoccupied not sure what's happening to it, hoping for a knockdown, rebuild on a slightly smaller land area and taller footprint.
MLC building was reinstated to State Heritage Register December 2023. There won't be any knockdown any time soon. There is an application to convert it to build-to-rent residential. Mayor is opposed saying it would turn North Sydney into "luxury dormitory suburb" I am a local and support having more residents to support services for residents such as restaurants, entertainment that open out of business hours.
Cross platform interchange at Chatswood but inconvenient 100m walk at Bankstown and even worse at Parranatta. Was the Metro planned by a Liberal government or something?😊
The opportunity for a usyd station was right there for the taking, the biggest postgraduate uni in new south wales! Disappointed it will never be the case.
USyd lobbied hard for a metro station, but unfortunately the apartment developers (passed fatter brown envelopes under the table, cough cough, errr I mean) lobbied harder, ergo Waterloo metro. Agreed, a USyd station would have benefited many more people, but that's the way the cookie crumbles here in the NSW banana republic.
All this shows the yawning folly of the broken link between the Carlingford Light Rail terminus and the rest of the action at Epping Station. Videos flow daily from the transport department about the coming trams but not a word about upgrading connections between the light rail and Epping.
As a local too, given how active our local state member is in doing absolutely anything at all it’s no wonder that’s there no attention being given. Given that the Epping bridge widening is managing to go ahead with federal and local impetus then I’m hoping the same can be done for this link. But am not holding my breath.
would be interesting to see what the amount spent on Sydney Metro could have achieved if it had been spent on Sydney Trains. Too late now but for other cities weighing up a similar project.
My problem with the train system in Sydney is that every line has to go through the CBD, so even with a completed Metro line, if I want to go from Epping to Bankstown, I'd have to travel around Sydney.
Nicelt done. But I don't know that comparing Gadigal with Victoria Cross is correct, in terms of lack of geographical specificity. Gadigal does not refer to any geographiocal location at all, where as Victoria Cross is a locality - it describes the intersection underwhich the station is built (like Martin Place).
Needs to be extended to Regent's Park via a short cutting/cut and cover under the Regent's park circle, with a provision at Bankstown for a junction to Liverpool. A very cheap option to rectify issues with a dumbass shuttle with multiple changes. The inner west line running from Liverpool all stations via Regent's park 10 trains per hour. When the West Metro is complete, the line could be extended via a short tunnel, to Berala, Lidcombe, a new station at the end of Pippita St, then Homebush Bay return.
You brought up bike parking a couple of times in this video. Would love to see you do a video tacking both the current state of bike paths/bike trails in Sydney, especially from a "casual rider" perspective (aka is it a bike path you'd happily allow your 12yo kid to ride along to their friends' place, not _just_ paths for hardcore cyclists), and something talking about the state of bike storage locations in Sydney, both in the amount of it overall and in the adequacy of the anti-theft measures in place at more long-term bike parking locations. What's stopping somebody from walking into the bike storage facilities at these stations and stealing people's bikes while they're at work? For context, I spent a large chunk of my childhood living in Copenhagen, just after Amsterdam on the "most bike-friendly cities" list. Wide bike paths on all roads that aren't quiet backstreets, plenty of places to lock up your bike wherever you went including places like supermarkets or cafés, space for bikes to be taken on trains and rules for their ticketing, etc. It meant that, as a kid, I had amazing freedom to travel around the city with my friends well before I was old enough to drive. Coming back to Sydney in my teens, it was a real shame to lose that for myself, but an even bigger shame to lose that for my younger sibling who didn't get to experience it. I really wish Sydney would focus more on bike infrastructure, partially at all, but also with the stuff they _do_ build being friendly for less experienced cyclists, as well as younger and older cyclists who are at a greater risk cycling near traffic.
the problem with the metro is not the system itself, but the trains. They're loud, rattly, cold, and uncomfortable. Waratahs are way nicer to sit on especially for a long work commute (~60mins). You can also look out the window where as on the metro, you don't really have that option besides tallawong-bella vista
@@Coastal603 Thanks sooo much for the information that you gave. And also yes, the name Pitt Street is vague since the street is so long. Gadigal also as a name is really cute
Nice work Sharath. I like the speed of the Metro, but the combination of sitting sideways and g forces is unpleasant and they are hardly smooth. When returning to the city, we changed from the Metro to a train at Epping. Although slow, it was like changing from an old car to a luxury vehicle.
We shouldn't be replacing the Bankstown line and even if we attempted too it should go to either Sefton or Regents Park and the Liverpool line connects via Lidcombe to the City.
Officially they keep saying middle of year. But some of the testing has been pushed back. Initially rumoured to be june but its now unlikely. so new rumour is july. The premier was asked last week and was asked if it will be august. he said it wont be. So could be july
One guy did a blooper. Standing in the underground path to Martin Place he says If I'm catching a train from Bondi Junction to Sydenham I can change trains here LOL
Great job Sydney. Meanwhile, in Melbourne, we are struggling to get the airport rail link despite being talked about for decades. I really wonder how long Melbourne will hang onto being one of the most livable cities in the world, let alone Australia.
@@mjcats2011 Labor took on too much projects in a very short space of time and together with the Covid lockdowns has put Victoria in a very bad financial state.
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One thing you forgot to mention is how much of that capacity is seated. My understanding is that the seating on the new trains is limited, also limiting what you can do while on the train. The new metros are great but, given the choice, I would much prefer catching the heavy rail for any trip over about 15 minutes.
Who… asked?
That voted for map seems more like a map for transit fans than an actually legible clear easy on the eyes map.
Have to say it looked quite complicated at first, too many dark colours. For a design itself though, it is beautiful.
Got to say the map voted by these people is so horrible to read and follow. Everyday people can't follow it
@@yesand5536Agree though the fact that it also includes light rail map already a plus for me.
True but its more to scale as this artist splits the metro and the T1 and T9 at Chatswood and North Sydney but tourists or people who are new to the network would probably have a hard time reading it.
@@Randomgarbagegamer Imagine a tourist tried to decipher the mystery of Sydney train map for the first time when they landed in airport. You know it’s like a treasure map! “Your adventure starts here.” Big arrow pointed at International Airport.
As an american who moved to Sydney in January i really came at the perfect time. I was at the crows nest community day and the entire station was really well made from the entrance to the platforms, really going to help commutes down
Not good! Need a 15 way highway instead!
@@reez1728 This might be western sydney in a nutshell lol it reminds me of the states sometimes, hope the airport line changes things
It's going to be game-changing for Sydney for sure
Yep it's open now
im a greater sydney local and hearing that chatswood to the city is going to be just 13 minutes had my jaw dropped. DAMN
Glad you credited/cross referenced Paul's vlog on Martin Place. Both you guys do a fantastic job keeping Sydney (and the world !) updated on how our public transport system is growing exponentially. Well done !
Thank you so much! Paul's channel is amazing, so in-depth and detailed.
I just stumbled across this channel. Being a Sydney bloke I just found out I barely knew my city. I discovered so much watching this channel. Keep it up!
You're lucky you get to watch all of Building Beautifully's old content and it will all be new for you
Thank you! I definitely will be making more videos, don't you worry!
We just visited Sydney this past Feb. and LOVED the transit system and LOVED Central Station. We stayed in Bondi Junction and used the trains for most of our transportation. We hope to come back in Feb. 2025, and now I can't wait to ride the new Metro.
At 3:44, the first driverless railway was actually in Melbourne in 2003, as they used this quirky method known as ‘forgetting to apply the brakes’. However, the service was found to be quite rough, and after its first try-out, it was labelled ‘unreliable’ and ‘dangerous’ so they had to stop using it.
Another Melbourne FIRST!!!!
Next you'll be saying that Melbourne invented the train crash - which it probably did. The bottom line is though, the first and only permanent and reliable driverless railway is in Sydney.
@@vintageradio3404 Catch up, Bob was making a very good joke.
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 a train driver ran to the toilet at Broadmeadows station and forgot to put the brake on. The train rolled for 17km before crashing into another train in Spencer Street Station.
It is cited as an example of the low friction advantage of steel wheels on steel rails.
@@peterbreis5407 I wasn't joking, I was serious.
The first driverless railway in Australia was a freight railway, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. That's why the video specifies "passenger railway".
I was in Sydney last weekend and I was surprised at how the large the gap between platform and the train is at some stations. I also rode the metro out to Kellyville to have a look around. The metro is really impressive! Does anyone know why the ride is so bumpy around Castle Hill/Cherrybrook though? You Sydneysiders are lucky to have the new metro. We are spoiled in Perth with our system but holy moly I wish we had this metro line. Bravo Sydney!
There is no way this Sydney regional person would EVER compare to Perth's great public transport set up.
I love our double decker trains!
What a great video! Felt like watching a Sydney Metro movie, great job Sharath. I share your excitement when it comes to seeing the metro open, and it is great to see a line that serves a purpose other than funnelling people into the city, and as you said, make all stations look like destinations! Truely a marvel of success, I sure look forward to seeing more and more videos about the metro!
Thank you! The metro is going to be game-changing for Sydney, I can't wait for it to open
Great video Sharath. As a former student many years ago of that school that ranked above Ruse, and having lived in Epping at the time, Victoria Cross station would have been amazing to have back then.
Oh I can imagine! Future students of that school that ranked above Ruse are going to love it.
I live in Kellyville, can’t wait to get directly into the city with the Metro
same, neighbour
@@batterysurf cool, nice part of Sydney
How long to city.....time
@@autinming9986 50 min
@@autinming998645 minutes
This is a great video. I have been living in Sydney for more than 14 years and this project is finally what a city like Sydney needs in terms of Public Transportation. Now, you should do a video about the Sydney Metro West. In my opinion, is a good project too but it is missing at least 1 station between the Sydney Olympic Park and Parramatta, the distance is 9km! A station between Newington and Silverwater could be really beneficial for the residents of both suburbs.
19:52 They've clearly looked at some of the design of the Elizabeth line in London and gone "I like that" and I don't blame them.
Also I love the design of these stations. As much as I love the Elizabeth line's architecture I love the design of the new metro stations more. More of a reason to come and visit someday.
The naming of Victoria Cross was the result of a contest staged by the North Sydney Council, nobody suggested "McTraffic Face"
Great work Sharath. Comprehensive yet easily digestible for Metro newbies. Nothing here I didn't already know myself but I still watched the whole thing.
Can’t wait for Sydney Metro to Open. So exciting!
The limited passenger services are starting on the 5th of July with a full opening scheduled for early August.
MTR handed over the metro last week.
Absolutely awesome video!! Thank you for making this fun & informative. Great to watch this from overseas to stay in touch with what's happening back home.
I live in Belmore. For once it feels like we are getting the Rolls Royce treatment. This will truly be transformative. It is so beautiful, fast and efficient that I believe people will have the incentive to eschew their cars.
Needs to be combined with bus reform though with more buses running every 10min on shorter trips cross-country picking up passengers and distributing them to Metro stations. Currently not enough services do this in the SW even though there are 4 busy rail lines to link in an orbital pattern (T4 Illawarra, T8 South, , future Bankstown Metro and T2 Inner West)
As an American who lives in a city where our Suburban Trains (we call it Regional Rail here), run BI-HOURLY at certain times of the day and weekends......I'm jealous you even have half-hour service as the "low-end" of frequencies. I'd rob Fort Knox for AT LEAST half-hourly service on my local regional rail line because Our "Metro" Line (we call it The El or L) is kind of far away. You have to take a bus to it, it runs every 10-12 minutes all day, even during peak hour, with aging equipment that often fails, and the trains are usually filled with drug addicts and people smoking narcotics out in the open.....God bless Philadelphia. Lol
USA hates cities and is too dumb to invest like the rest of the world
Best public transport project since the harbour bridge was built. Phenomenal scale and vision. The previous government should take enormous pride in this total transformation. Hopefully just the start of a genuinely modern system - like something that has existed in many other world cities for decades. The contrast to the existing outdated slow lumbering double deckers will be stark.
The double deckers went as fast as they were allowed to go on the suburban lines which was 80 and they carried more passengers. These smaller trains will run on dedicated lines and will carry less passengers.
@@JohnH1 Per train they carry fewer. But their frequency is higher so overall they end up carrying more people in the same time period. With far greater reliability and at much less cost to the taxpayer (not paying for 2 staff on every train).
@@julianfoster3443 Reliability comes down to two things, build quality and the level of maintenance, so it's far to early to make such a broad statement.
How can they carry more passengers overall if they are only servicing a fraction the population compared to heavy rail? You go to Stathfield station and count the number of trains moving through. In peak they are basically nose to tail, we can do that because we have arguably the best signalling system in the world.
The metro trains are going to be far more efficient than buses but they are an adjunct to heavy rail not a replacement, they don’t have the ability to carry very large numbers of passengers safely and efficiently.
I won't bother with you flippant attitude to people losing their jobs.
@@JohnH1 "they don’t have the ability to carry very large numbers of passengers safely and efficiently." Literally every metro system in east/south east asia would like to disagree.
@@SpektrikMusic Metro style trains are cheaper that's why developing economies choose them over heavy rail. England went with Metro trains for the same reason the trains and the required infrastructure is smaller and cheaper.
The London Tube is bursting at the seems and they can't do anything about it because it would cost billions of pounds to make the system big enough to fit heavy rail.
This is such a good video. So informative and well shot. And entertaining too! Kudos to all you guys who put it together.
10:55 Sydney Trains have a permanent speed limit as they pass under the Goulburn Street Parking Station because of (justified) fears that a faster train derailing and hitting the supporting columns of the parking station would cause a collapse worse than the Granville Accident. That parking station was a product of 1960's thinking of allowing more cars into the CBD, something which is certainly not desirable at all nowadays.
That CrossingLights redesign map looks awesome! It makes Sydney look infinitely better. This is a vastly superior map and the dark background is absolute tits. This needs to be the official map. I now reject the new current map outright. I don't even wanna look at it again. The CrossingLights map needs to go into full circulation as the new standard map immediately.
This video has an amazing content. I've grown up in Sydney, rode the red rattler trains with those iconic slat open/shut windows, and have yet to visit all that was included in this well thought out and photographed, plus aerial shots video. Well done!😊
Thanks for an interesting and informative video. Sydney has certainly changed quite a lot since I was living there prior to mid 1981. I actually used to live at Marrickville, which is one location that will soon have access to the Sydney Metro. Anyway, thanks again for all the excellent information.
Reminds of Singapore's station modern with doors prevent people and prams falling onto the tracks making it a lot safer.
Projects like will reduce the reliance on driving. Making city more modern. Duplication allowed the of existing rail corridors.
Thank you for the walk trough of all the stations
Awesome video! super informative and entertaining. I'm keen to ride the new section of the metro when it opens.
The Barangaroo station is also close to the Arts and theatre district of Walsh Bay (Sydney Theatre Company; Bangarra Dance; Sydney Dance; Australian Youth Theatre; and more) - so it will be used by the many patrons attending theatre in that area! I sooooo looking forward to this area being served by the Metro! - it’s going to make that area so much more accessible!
Finally, people from The Hills will have another reason to feel superior to the rest of Sydney when the city extension opens and the confusion over the differences between Metro and Trains begins all over again
If people from The Hills think they are superior they can do one, I lived in the area for >20 years and there is nothing that desirable about the horrendous sprawl, awful roads, lack of greenspace, boring crappy shops and restaurants etc.
@@BigBlueMan118 Agree as someone the spent their childhood in the Hills. Love the people there but It's very boring and cookie cutter.
@Kyle: Mate, did you really live in Hills where there are plenty of parks and lush green trees all over? As for boring, its a matter of perspective. I lived in US for a decade and the whole of Sydney is a boring geriatric ward compared to what American cities are, even tier-2 ones like Milwaukee.
Brilliant video with incredible footage. I'm so much more excited about the metro than i was before, and can't wait to see and use it myself! Thanks 🙏😊
Great presentation with real people providing their reviews. Outstanding.
Where I live, it is a 30-minute bus ride to both Mount Druitt station and St Marys station, both of which are terrible lines for getting into the city and getting home. I wish there was better and safer access out here. Tallawong is a 90-minute bus ride and a 30-minute drive from where I live.
They should have extended Metro to Schofields instead of stopping that at Talawong which is some 2-3 kms away from Schofields anyway.🤦♂️
The new stations look great. They have a similar look to the stations on the central section of the Elizabeth line in London.
Great video, the best part is you actually caught in the background the ex-CEO of NSW metro, and the current CEO of the High Speed Rail Authority, Tim Parker without even realizing. 😂
I saw you recoding on the site visit for Crows Nest, but didn't want to bother you. In hindsite I should have introduce you to him.😅
26:43 I remember a nine news interview where the pollie spruiking the new station thought the blue meant you were going to the harbour and the "red" meant you were headed towards the city. Good to see the people in charge know what they're talking about.
Its a shame that some of these metros have to be so far underground. Relying on escalators and elevators is not great when they can break down. Plus they aren't all that fast. Green Square station is an absolute nightmare example of this.
They are deep because trains cant clim steep gradients like vehicles on roads.
Your exasperation at mentioning my old school (North Sydney Boys) makes me appreciate you more. 😂
Love your channel! Keep up the great work!
Can you do a NSW rail points of interest/day trips/weekend breaks series. It’s so cheap its a great way for people to explore.
Regarding the silly choice of 'Victoria Cross' as the station name, you said no one was complaining. In fact Metro asked for public feedback on this idea four years ago. Here's the submission I sent:
"I've never heard of Victoria Cross, so if you use that for a station name, then you will mystify locals as well as tourists visiting Sydney. On the other hand, if you think it's a good idea to give stations random names, then I suggest 'Piccadilly' as the name for the new Metro station to be built at Parramatta."
They've managed to outdo themselves with 'Gadigal'. 🙃
WHEN IS IT GOING TO OPEN?! That’s all I want to know!
When they are ready.
@@williamwalker8106 That means nothing to me! I need a date and time!
They don’t know yet. Be patient and calm down.
My guess is probably late June to mid July- I don’t know exactly when it will first serve passenger services…
July-October one of those days
So good, Brisbane has a lot to learn. The quality of the stations is next level compared to Brisbane's cross rail project with only a handful of stations in comparison, but so underwhelming in design, and they include city based stations...
Great Video & very informative!
As great as the Metro will hopefully be once (if?) it's completed, I still can't understand the logic in having so many potential interchange points left unplanned or unfinished. No line from the Aerotropolis to Leppington, no connection between Punchbowl and Bankstown, Tallawong to Schofield's etc.
I fail to see why we're bothering with this network when it's just making things more patchwork and less interconnected if anything. It's great if you live and travel along the lines, but try and go across the city or against peak flows and your journey is confusing as heck. Nerfing the heavy rail network in the way they have makes little to no sense.
I agree with this, it’s great if you want to go East and West, but otherwise it puts people in the west at a greater disadvantage travelling elsewhere. Not having Bankstown and Liverpool connected (+Cabra) is sort of terrible. As someone that previously lived in the South West, those LGAs are very often entwined. Plenty of travellers go between them. E.g If you in live in Punchbowl, there’s a high chance you have family somewhere like Chester Hill. Or if you live in Canterbury and want to go eat out somewhere in Sefton. If you need to go to and from school etc. the South West Metro line will make it more difficult to get in between these places. Saving a few extra minutes to get in the city from the SW, but adding an additional 30mins to go the opposite way. It's just bad.
I understand the main objective was to free up space in the city circle, but surely they could’ve found a way to do it without affecting the greater West. Sure we’re getting better frequencies, but it’s at the cost of interconnectivity.
@@mgp1203 Spot on. And the better frequencies are only really down to extra doors on carriages allowing faster load and unload times, but the biggest kicker is missing half the bloody stations on the Sydney Trains network. As Sharath showed, the Norwest Metro is quicker than the all stops line it goes up against, but that's only by 8mins, and even then by missing nearly 10 stops.
If you look at the overarching plan for Sydney Metro, you will see that much of what you think needs adding will be done. It's like anything however, big things take time to build even though Sydney Metro is being built at many times the pace of any other rail infrastructure built before it. The heavy rail network took more than 150 years to build when taking into account that the last station added was around 2013.
If the capacity of metro trains is half of Sydney trains then you need double the frequency just to maintain capacity. Doesn't seem like a great benefit for the Bankstown line - granted it'll be more reliable and "express" services for all stops. Congestion relief at the city circle seems like the best reason for it which will be a big boost to the other train lines. Potentially there is more benefit for other train lines than the Bankstown line from this conversion.
Driverless go brrr
Would love to see a comparison of how long it took to complete similar projects overseas..Id bet everything I own Australia would be deep into the bottom of that list.
you'll actually be surprised to see similar projects overseas have taken longer or just as long to construct.
For example, stage 1 of Sydney metro took 6 years to construct, 7 years for the city extension.
UKs Elizabeth line took 13 years to construct.
Copenhagen metro took 8 years to construct
Amsterdams north south metro line took 15 years to construct,.
Berlins u5 extension took 8 years to construct.
United States Second Avenue Subway in New York City took 10 years
Torontos Eglinton Crosstown LRT has taken 12(?) years.
Other countries such as Sweden, Finland, Korea, China, and Japan all generally have 5-7 years for construction.
although, on average Australian transport projects are FAR more expensive than those overseas, especially those in European and Asian countries.
A game changer for long-suffering Sydneysiders.
Brings back memories of working on the new eastern suburbs line stations opening.
One key thing about Sydney Metro is that it does NOT cover the sort of commutes Sydney Rail does. That is why it gets away with longitudinal seating - in peak hours most people will stand for their whole trip, which is perfectly acceptable for a 20 minute commute but unacceptable for the 1-2 hour commutes a lot of Sydney Rail customers endure. My point is Sydney Metro and Sydney Rail are complementary, filling different roles. They are not competitors. It is, though, a pity they do not always link so well with each other - as you say.
The other point that is historically important in the choice of a metro rather than redevelopment and extension of the heavy rail network is no drivers or guards hence no union. This was a crude political calculation by the then Liberal government as the railway union is a major funder of NSW Labor.
Great comment.
People will get used to the name Gadigal very quickly and pitt street is a very long street , if it was called pitt street that could catch people out as well
It begs the question, why did they even consider Pitt Street to begin with? As this change was made fairly recently. And what about hunter Street? Will that be changed too in the future??
12:25 Quite right. The Metro will be a much better alternative alternative than catching CCN trains to Epping, even for (passengers) er, sorry, "customers" getting on at Central. This is because of the Metro's 4 minute frequency in peak periods compared to the CCN's 15 minute frequency. And if getting on at Gadigal, Martin Place or Barangaroo, the Metro is definitely better for them, no contest.
It will also provide a very good option for those travelling from South coast to north of Hornsby. Many yeaars ago I was a regular for Wollongong to Gosford area so that journey will now avoid going into Central and using Sydenham as interchange to say Epping. Mind you Central will still have the advantage of getting a seat.
Looks good but I can't see myself ever using it (or the other metro lines not covered here) due to where I live and the places I visit. All are still better served by current heavy rail and light rail. It looks like it will be a good service for those areas it does cover.
Hi Sharath. Given Brad Bunting is now in Blacktown Council and advocating for the development of Tallawong to St Mary’s. it would be great to interview him and get an update!
My house purchase in Tempe (Just next to Sydenham) was hugely influenced by the new Metro, as I work in Chatswood. The half in commute time is awesome
A station at Sydney Park/ Alexandria wouldve been a good idea.
They need the northern beaches extension as well.
Minns confirmed that Beaches won't get a metro and will be stuck with buses only
35:26 Note the tell-tale bitumen strip in the middle of the concrete edges of Gleeson Avenue where it crosses Sydenham Station, showing where the trams once ran. Speaking of trams, Sydney Uni might eventually be served by rail if a future NSW government finds the guts to overcome the car-centric interests within Transport4 NSW and restore the trams down Parramatta Road. Meanwhile, the greatly improved access to Redfern Station is a trade off for not getting the Metro servicing Sydney Uni (Paul's Transport Vlog has a good video about this).
There are a few issues with opening it's only a few weeks before Crows Nest, Barangaroo exterior paving is completed, Waterloo has been completed, Central is complete, Sydenham is complete.
However large cranes are still unloading from trucks in Miller St North Sydney, this work will not be completed until Christmas still another 12 floors to complete.
I spoke to a construction guy in Denison St and determined that the scaffolding would be removed from the 2 buildings at the Metro entrance in Denison St, paving would complete by the end of June.
It's possible for Victoria Cross to open in July with the McLaren and Denison St entrances opening, some safety issues in Miller St would need to be rectified to open the Miller St entrance.
Similar issues with Gadigal, it's hard to see the Park St entrances opening with cranes lifting from Park St with work possibly not completing before September. However Bathurst St entrance could be ready some time in late June.
I'm predicting opening date to be early to mid July, with the Miller St entrance in Victoria Cross and Park St entrance of Gadigal opening at a later date.
The MLC Building in Miller St appears to be deoccupied not sure what's happening to it, hoping for a knockdown, rebuild on a slightly smaller land area and taller footprint.
MLC building was reinstated to State Heritage Register December 2023. There won't be any knockdown any time soon.
There is an application to convert it to build-to-rent residential. Mayor is opposed saying it would turn North Sydney into "luxury dormitory suburb" I am a local and support having more residents to support services for residents such as restaurants, entertainment that open out of business hours.
The ides of cross-platform transfers would also be perfect for the new station at Bankstown. Heard anything about the plans?
Cross platform interchange at Chatswood but inconvenient 100m walk at Bankstown and even worse at Parranatta. Was the Metro planned by a Liberal government or something?😊
Simple fix for Gadigal and Victoria Square is to call the areas above after the stations. The reverse of what is usually done but what the heck...
Could sell the naming rights. I'm for *Schmackos* and *Splashdown.*
Not him roasting the 607X 😂😂😂 gurrrl
One big problem is not enough parking @ Bella Vista, Kellyville & Tallawong!!
I can't wait till its open :P
Congratulations on a great video!
The opportunity for a usyd station was right there for the taking, the biggest postgraduate uni in new south wales! Disappointed it will never be the case.
It’s close enough to walk…although I do hope they make it a safe, wide and well-lit path to make it easier for the crowds of uni students to do so.
USyd lobbied hard for a metro station, but unfortunately the apartment developers (passed fatter brown envelopes under the table, cough cough, errr I mean) lobbied harder, ergo Waterloo metro. Agreed, a USyd station would have benefited many more people, but that's the way the cookie crumbles here in the NSW banana republic.
@@jazepstein So true!!!
All this shows the yawning folly of the broken link between the Carlingford Light Rail terminus and the rest of the action at Epping Station. Videos flow daily from the transport department about the coming trams but not a word about upgrading connections between the light rail and Epping.
As a local too, given how active our local state member is in doing absolutely anything at all it’s no wonder that’s there no attention being given. Given that the Epping bridge widening is managing to go ahead with federal and local impetus then I’m hoping the same can be done for this link. But am not holding my breath.
would be interesting to see what the amount spent on Sydney Metro could have achieved if it had been spent on Sydney Trains. Too late now but for other cities weighing up a similar project.
My problem with the train system in Sydney is that every line has to go through the CBD, so even with a completed Metro line, if I want to go from Epping to Bankstown, I'd have to travel around Sydney.
Unbelievable that they didn't take the small step to connect the metro with T1 at Schofields.
6:04 i like how he singled out denistone 🤣
Definitely a bit of a running joke in this channel. Who doesn't like to rag on Denistone? lol
Fantastic map.
Bro that ding sound effect is exactly the same as a new Apple notification sound and I feel like I’m losing my mind
Yeah, I kept checking my phone everytime throughout this video.
Nicelt done. But I don't know that comparing Gadigal with Victoria Cross is correct, in terms of lack of geographical specificity. Gadigal does not refer to any geographiocal location at all, where as Victoria Cross is a locality - it describes the intersection underwhich the station is built (like Martin Place).
Exactly!
They can add another two cars to the metro trains which will increase the capacity to around 1460.
It will change the city overnight and give renewed support to metro west project
I Love Sydney ❤
Needs to be extended to Regent's Park via a short cutting/cut and cover under the Regent's park circle, with a provision at Bankstown for a junction to Liverpool.
A very cheap option to rectify issues with a dumbass shuttle with multiple changes.
The inner west line running from Liverpool all stations via Regent's park 10 trains per hour.
When the West Metro is complete, the line could be extended via a short tunnel, to Berala, Lidcombe, a new station at the end of Pippita St, then Homebush Bay
return.
12.25 the CCN doesn't go to the city circle because it's on one of the first set of stations at Central, it ends there, is cleaned, then turns around
Where can i find crossing lights's map??
You brought up bike parking a couple of times in this video. Would love to see you do a video tacking both the current state of bike paths/bike trails in Sydney, especially from a "casual rider" perspective (aka is it a bike path you'd happily allow your 12yo kid to ride along to their friends' place, not _just_ paths for hardcore cyclists), and something talking about the state of bike storage locations in Sydney, both in the amount of it overall and in the adequacy of the anti-theft measures in place at more long-term bike parking locations. What's stopping somebody from walking into the bike storage facilities at these stations and stealing people's bikes while they're at work?
For context, I spent a large chunk of my childhood living in Copenhagen, just after Amsterdam on the "most bike-friendly cities" list. Wide bike paths on all roads that aren't quiet backstreets, plenty of places to lock up your bike wherever you went including places like supermarkets or cafés, space for bikes to be taken on trains and rules for their ticketing, etc. It meant that, as a kid, I had amazing freedom to travel around the city with my friends well before I was old enough to drive. Coming back to Sydney in my teens, it was a real shame to lose that for myself, but an even bigger shame to lose that for my younger sibling who didn't get to experience it. I really wish Sydney would focus more on bike infrastructure, partially at all, but also with the stuff they _do_ build being friendly for less experienced cyclists, as well as younger and older cyclists who are at a greater risk cycling near traffic.
the problem with the metro is not the system itself, but the trains. They're loud, rattly, cold, and uncomfortable. Waratahs are way nicer to sit on especially for a long work commute (~60mins). You can also look out the window where as on the metro, you don't really have that option besides tallawong-bella vista
Very impressive (both your video and the metro)! Also love the animated maps … assume you made these with Adobe Illustrator? 🤔
Congratulations on your amazing content.
Meanwhile Melbourne has a bus to the airport...
Melbourne public transport is 50 years behind 😂
Melbourne=Rail Fail
My only form of transport in walking distance is is Lilyfield Light Rail
When was Pitt Street station renamed to Gadigal and why so???? It is confusing me sooo much
@@Coastal603 Thanks sooo much for the information that you gave. And also yes, the name Pitt Street is vague since the street is so long. Gadigal also as a name is really cute
Wokeness
@@NathanMichael-do7sw Oh f..k off. Do you know what woke means?
Nice work Sharath. I like the speed of the Metro, but the combination of sitting sideways and g forces is unpleasant and they are hardly smooth. When returning to the city, we changed from the Metro to a train at Epping. Although slow, it was like changing from an old car to a luxury vehicle.
We shouldn't be replacing the Bankstown line and even if we attempted too it should go to either Sefton or Regents Park and the Liverpool line connects via Lidcombe to the City.
Officially they keep saying middle of year. But some of the testing has been pushed back. Initially rumoured to be june but its now unlikely. so new rumour is july. The premier was asked last week and was asked if it will be august. he said it wont be. So could be july
Brilliant video, well done!
FYI The Victoria Cross Hotel (pub) use to be on the corner of Miller St and The Pacific Highway.
Biggest test for Victoria Cross will be September for Sydney Marathon. Assuming it’s open by then
29:48 I can't wait for the trend of videos with people doing a Wiley Coyote [sp?] up against that mural of the tunnel 😂
Life goal completed: be in the background of a building beautifully video.
One guy did a blooper. Standing in the underground path to Martin Place he says If I'm catching a train from Bondi Junction to Sydenham I can change trains here LOL
Great job Sydney. Meanwhile, in Melbourne, we are struggling to get the airport rail link despite being talked about for decades. I really wonder how long Melbourne will hang onto being one of the most livable cities in the world, let alone Australia.
The trouble is that our State Government is obsessed the SRL to the detriment of all other projects.
@@mjcats2011 Labor took on too much projects in a very short space of time and together with the Covid lockdowns has put Victoria in a very bad financial state.
Don’t forget Sydenham’s proximity to ~10 craft breweries Sharath!