For the first time, passengers have boarded Australia\u2019s first turn-up-and-go train service, which is due to officially open in May more than $1 billion under budget.
\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance today experienced a test trip on the world-class driverless train which will run services every four minutes.
\n\u201cIt will be an historic day in Australia when the first full passenger service of the Sydney Metro departs from Tallawong station in Rouse Hill,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cWe are thrilled this $8.3 billion project will be finished on time and $1 billion dollars under budget.
\n\u201cThe Northwest Metro rail line shows that when the NSW Liberals & Nationals make a promise, we deliver on it.\u201d
\nMr Constance said Sydney Metro\u2019s launch will deliver a better experience for train customers.
\n\u201cCustomers between Rouse Hill and Chatswood will quickly fall in love with Sydney Metro and it is not hard to see why,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\n\u201cWe delivered this service for the people of Sydney\u2019s Northwest, but we are not done, with the Metro currently being extended from Chatswood, under the Harbour and onto Bankstown.
\n\u201cYou can trust the NSW Liberals & Nationals to deliver for the people of NSW, but you can\u2019t trust Labor.
\n\u201cWhen they were last in office Labor promised 12 rail lines and didn\u2019t deliver a single one and now they want to cancel the Sydenham to Bankstown Metro upgrade, depriving Sydney\u2019s South West of world class Metro services.\u201d
\nThe entire 22 train fleet has been delivered and more than 35,000km of train testing has taken place on the Metro system through all 13 stations along the railway.
\nStage 2 of Sydney Metro, the City and Southwest line from Chatswood to Bankstown, is on track to have services running in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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