{"id":1902,"date":"2019-03-14T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2019-03-14T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:03:24","slug":"expanding-metro-network-to-connect-sydney-like-never-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/14\/expanding-metro-network-to-connect-sydney-like-never-before\/","title":{"rendered":"EXPANDING METRO NETWORK TO CONNECT SYDNEY LIKE NEVER BEFORE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world class Sydney Metro rail network will be expanded to connect even more of Sydney and free up capacity on the existing network under a NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government\u2019s strong economic management has made it possible for planning to begin on four additional Metro routes.<br \/>\nThe new Metro routes will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metro West extension \u2013 Westmead to Western Sydney Airport<\/li>\n<li>North South Rail Line extension \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>St Marys to Rouse Hill via Schofields.<\/li>\n<li>Western Sydney Aerotropolis to Macarthur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Metro South West extension \u2013 Bankstown to Liverpool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government is delivering Australia\u2019s first Metro network. It will provide turn-up-and-go trains services up to every two minutes and complement the existing Sydney Train network,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe four additional Sydney Metro projects announced today are on top of the five Metro projects the Government already has underway.\u201d<br \/>\nWork will start over the next four-years on the early planning for these projects, as part of the Government\u2019s long-term transport vision.<br \/>\n\u201cMetro North West from Rouse Hill to Chatswood is almost complete, under budget and will open in May,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe second and third stages, Sydney Metro City and South West, are under construction and we are accelerating Sydney Metro West, and the North South Rail Line to the new Western Sydney Airport.\u201d<br \/>\nConstruction on Sydney Metro West will start next year. Construction on the North South Rail Line to the Western Sydney Airport will start in 2021 and will be complete for the Airport\u2019s opening in 2026.<br \/>\nMinister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance said only the NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government will be able to deliver the Metro rail network across Sydney.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen Labor were last in office they announced 12 rail projects and only delivered half of one,\u201d Mr Constance said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is clear Labor has not learnt. They have already committed to cancel the Sydenham to Bankstown Metro upgrade.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals are committed to develop a Metro Rail network across Sydney. Labor\u2019s only plan is to cancel projects.\u201d<br \/>\nTunnelling is well underway on the first section of the new City Metro tunnels, where more than five kilometres of tunnelling is already finished.<br \/>\nTunnel Boring Machine Nancy has built nearly 2.5 kilometres of tunnel while TBM Mum Shirl has excavated just under 2 kilometres. Both machines will pass underneath the Sydney CBD as they dig 8.1 kilometres via new metro stations at Waterloo, Central, Pitt Street and Martin Place, on their way to Barangaroo.<br \/>\nTBMs Wendy and Mabel have dug about 732 and 101 metres respectively from Chatswood towards Sydney Harbour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world class Sydney Metro rail network will be expanded to connect even more of Sydney and free up capacity on the existing network under a NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the NSW Liberals &amp; Nationals Government\u2019s strong economic management has made it possible for planning to begin on four additional &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/14\/expanding-metro-network-to-connect-sydney-like-never-before\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EXPANDING METRO NETWORK TO CONNECT SYDNEY LIKE NEVER BEFORE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}