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Firefighter gets electrical shock during final drill for Sydney’s new metro line
The incident on Thursday at a new station in the central city will compound the problems besetting the $21.6 billion project after its opening was delayed.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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What Sydney commuters will get to reduce fallout from metro delay
The interim measure is aimed at reducing disruption to commuters from changes to bus timetables occurring before the new metro line opens.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Premier says sorry over delay on metro opening
Chris Minns admits his government should not have got the hopes of the public so high for the now-canned August 4 opening of the Metro City and Southwest line.
- by Bevan Shields
Meltdown in train tunnel a key factor behind shelving of metro’s August 4 opening
The meltdown is one of three problems which have detonated the much-hyped August 4 start date.
- by Bevan Shields
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Public transport
Opening date for Sydney’s new metro line shelved
The line was due to open on Sunday but a failure to secure the green light from the national rail safety regulator has forced a delay.
- by Bevan Shields
Analysis
Analysis
How new metro line links Sydneysiders to the rest of the globe
The new metro is overlaid along what’s known as Sydney’s global economic corridor and will help power more than 41 per cent of the state’s economic output.
- by Matt Wade
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Sydney
Sydney Metro: The underground line is opening up the city
As the new line opens, here’s everything you need to know about how it became a reality.
Sydney metro rail line’s opening on August 4 goes down to the wire
The rail safety regulator is yet to grant approval, just 10 days before the first passengers are due to hop on board.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
What became the greatest threat to this new Sydney metro train station
Crows Nest was one of the most difficult of six new underground stations to be built for Sydney’s $21.6 billion metro rail line under the heart of the city.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
He ran Europe’s second-busiest rail line. Now he’ll oversee one of Sydney’s
As Australians flock to the Olympics, Paris has opened a major new driverless rail extension just weeks before Sydney cuts the ribbon on its own.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
How to switch to Sydney's new mega metro line
Transferring from double-deck trains to driverless metro rail will be new for many commuters.