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Metro North West & Bankstown Line - Wikipedia

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Metro North West & Bankstown Line

An Alstom Metropolis Stock train departing Kellyville, June 2019

Overview

Service type

Rapid transit

Locale

Sydney, Australia

First service

26 May 2019 (Chatswood to Tallawong)
19 August 2024 (Sydenham to Tallawong)
2025 (Bankstown to Tallawong)

Current operator(s)

Metro Trains Sydney

Route

Termini

Tallawong
Sydenham

Stops

Distance travelled

51.5 km (32.0 mi)

Average journey time

60 minutes^[1]

Service frequency

4 minutes (peak)
5–7 minutes (intra-peak)
10 minutes (off-peak)^[1]

Technical

Rolling stock

Metropolis Stock fully automated trains, 6 carriages per train

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge

Electrification

1,500 V DC from overhead catenary

Operating speed

Limit of 100 km/h (62 mph)

Track owner(s)

Transport Asset Holding Entity

Route map

Legend

Richmond line

Schofields

proposed extension

Tallawong depot

Tallawong

Second Ponds Creek

Windsor Road railway bridge

Main North line to Armidale

Epping

Main North line to Strathfield

North Shore line to Hornsby

Chatswood

North Shore line to Central

Crows Nest

Victoria Cross

Illawarra line to Illawarra Junction

Sydenham depot

Sydenham

Port Botany line to Port Botany

Bankstown line conversion

Illawarra line to Bomaderry

Cooks River

Campsie

Metropolitan Goods line to Chullora Junction

Bankstown line to Birrong

Metro service

Sydney Trains service

All Metro stations

have wheelchair access

The Metro North West & Bankstown Line (numbered M1) is a rapid transit rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first and currently only line on the Sydney Metro network, it commenced operation on 26 May 2019, originally running between Tallawong and Chatswood, before the line was extended on 19 August 2024 to Sydenham.

History

Services commenced in May 2019 between Tallawong and Chatswood via Epping as the Metro North West Line,^[2] over tracks either newly built or converted from Sydney Trains usage as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project.^[3] In August 2024 the service was renamed as the Metro North West & Bankstown Line and was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central using new tunnels built as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.^[4]^[5] In future, the service is expected to be further extended to Bankstown following completion of the Bankstown railway line conversion.^[6]

Service

This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: 2024 extension opening. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2024)

Services on the line are operated by Metro Trains Sydney, a joint venture between the MTR Corporation, John Holland and UGL Rail. Services take 58 minutes to traverse the current 21 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 5 minutes intra-peak.^[1] Upon initial opening, the line previously operated at a frequency at each station of every five minutes during peak hours.^[7]^[8]

North West Night Bus

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.^[8]^[9]^[10] This service was temporary and was withdrawn six months later on 5 November 2019,^[9] when the metro reached full operations.^[8] 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.^[11]^[12]

Stations


Name	Location	Interchanges	Status
Tallawong	Rouse Hill		Constructed as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project.
Rouse Hill	Rouse Hill
Kellyville	Kellyville
Bella Vista	Bella Vista
Norwest	Norwest
Hills Showground	Castle Hill
Castle Hill	Castle Hill
Cherrybrook	Cherrybrook
Epping	Epping	T9 CCN	Underground platforms constructed as part of the Epping to Chatswood railway line; converted to metro as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project.
Macquarie University	Macquarie Park		Constructed as part of the Epping to Chatswood railway line; converted to metro as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project.
Macquarie Park	Macquarie Park
North Ryde	North Ryde
Chatswood	Chatswood	T1 T9 CCN (CCN peak hours only)	Rebuilt during construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway line; centre platforms converted to metro as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project.
Crows Nest	Crows Nest		Constructed as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Victoria Cross	North Sydney
Barangaroo	Barangaroo
Martin Place	Sydney CBD	T4
Gadigal
Central		T1 T2 T3 T4 T8 T9 BMT CCN SCO SHL (SHL peak hours only)
Waterloo	Waterloo
Sydenham	Sydenham	T4 T8	Constructed as part of the Illawarra railway line; western two platforms converted to metro as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "M1: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
^ O'Sullivan, Matt (26 May 2019). "Thousands pour through gates to ride Sydney's first driverless trains". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
^ Sydney Metro (23 May 2019). "Upgrade complete between Epping and Chatswood" (Press release). NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
^ O'Sullivan, Matt; Koziol, Michael (19 August 2024). "'Turning the page': Sydney's new metro line makes history, but the test is yet to come". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
^ Sydney Metro (18 August 2019). "Welcome Aboard! Sydney Metro City now open" (Press release). NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
^ Sydney Metro. "Sydenham to Bankstown". www.sydneymetro.info. NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
^ "Metro North West Line timetable – 27 May 2019" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "North West opening date announced". Sydney Metro. 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "North West Night Bus". Transport Info NSW. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ "Metro North West Line timetable – May 2019" (PDF). Transport Info NSW. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "NW1 Timetable – May 2019" (PDF). Transport Info NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ "NW2 Timetable – May 2019" (PDF). Transport Info NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

External links

Metro North West & Bankstown Line at Transport for NSW

Public transport in Sydney

Transport for NSW
Ticketing
- Opal card

Metro

Lines	M1 Metro North West & Bankstown Sydney Metro Northwest Sydney Metro City & Southwest Sydney Metro West Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport
Operator	Metro Trains Sydney
Infrastructure	List of Sydney Metro stations

Train

Lines	T1 North Shore & Western T2 Leppington & Inner West T3 Liverpool & Inner West T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra T5 Cumberland T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown T7 Olympic Park T8 Airport & South T9 Northern
Operator	Sydney Trains
Infrastructure	Airport Link Company List of Sydney railway lines List of Sydney Trains railway stations Sydney rail rolling stock Transport Asset Holding Entity

Bus

Services	B1 Metrobus 144 190X 333 NightRide Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts Sydney Olympic Park bus routes
Operators	Busways CDC NSW Keolis Downer Northern Beaches Transdev John Holland Transit Systems U-Go Mobility
Infrastructure	Liverpool–Parramatta T-way North-West T-way

Ferry

Sydney Ferries

Services	F1 Manly F2 Taronga Zoo F3 Parramatta River F4 Pyrmont Bay F5 Neutral Bay F6 Mosman F7 Double Bay F8 Cockatoo Island F9 Watsons Bay F10 Blackwattle Bay
Operator	Transdev Sydney Ferries
Infrastructure	List of Sydney Ferries wharves

Other services

Light Rail

Lines	L1 Dulwich Hill L2 Randwick & L3 Kingsford L4 Westmead & Carlingford

Other

Italics denotes services yet to commence

Railway lines in New South Wales

Main lines
Broken Hill South Coast (Illawarra) Main North Main Southern Main Western North Coast

Country branch lines

Operational

Closed

Sydney lines

Commuter rail

Goods lines

Rapid transit

Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown
Converted lines	Epping to Chatswood

Closed

Proposed or under construction
Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport West Inland Rail Maldon–Dombarton Western Sydney Freight Line

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