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Metro line in Sydney
This article is about the passenger rail line in Sydney. For the associated railway project that built this line, see
Sydney Metro Northwest
.
The
Metro North West Line
is a
rapid transit
rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first and currently the only line on the
Sydney Metro
network, it commenced operation on 26 May 2019, running between
Tallawong
and
Chatswood
.
Construction
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The current section completed in May 2019 under the
Sydney Metro Northwest
project involved the construction of an entirely new line between
Tallawong
and
Epping
, along with the conversion of the
Epping to Chatswood railway line
which previously operated under suburban
Sydney Trains
services. The second stage, the
Sydney Metro City & Southwest
, is currently under construction and involves extending this line from
Chatswood
to
Bankstown
, similarly involving a combination of constructing a new line from Chatswood to
Sydenham
and converting a section of the
Bankstown railway line
from Sydenham to Bankstown, which currently operates as part of the suburban
T3 Bankstown Line
under Sydney Trains. When open, the whole line will be known as the
M1 Metro North West & Bankstown Line
.
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Service
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Services on the line are operated by
Metro Trains Sydney
, a joint venture between the
MTR Corporation
,
John Holland
and
UGL Rail
. Services take 37 minutes to traverse the current 13 stations from end to end, at a frequency at each station of every four minutes during peak hours, every ten minutes in the off peak and every thirty minutes on Sunday to Thursday nights.
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Upon initial opening, the line previously operated at a frequency at each station of every five minutes during peak hours.
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North West Night Bus
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In the first six months of operations, regular metro services on the line were supplemented by a late night bus service known as the North West Night Bus, with 13 stops in close proximity to these stations. The bus service operated from Sunday to Wednesday nights after about 9.30 pm in both directions, filling in for final metro services at 10.05 pm from Chatswood and 9.25 pm from Tallawong, charging metro fares and operating at a frequency of every ten minutes.
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This service was temporary and was withdrawn six months later on 5 November 2019,
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when the metro reached full operations.
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The bus service was jointly operated by
Transdev NSW
and
Hillsbus
, both of whom previously jointly operated the
Station Link
services between September 2018 and May 2019.
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Stations
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References
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External links
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