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.

Metro North West Line
A Metropolis Stock train departing Kellyville
Overview
Service type	Rapid transit
Locale	Sydney, Australia
First service	26 May 2019 (Chatswood to Tallawong) 2024 (Bankstown to Tallawong)
Current operator(s)	Metro Trains Sydney
Route
Termini	Tallawong Chatswood
Stops	13
Distance travelled	36 km (22 mi)
Average journey time	37 minutes[1]
Service frequency	4 minutes (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 8+1⁄2 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
Sydney Trains and Metro services All Metro stations have and will have wheelchair access. Dimmed accessibility icons mean that station doesn't have wheelchair access yet. Legend North West Tallawong depot Tallawong Second Ponds Creek Windsor Road Rouse Hill Kellyville Bella Vista Norwest Hills Showground Castle Hill Cherrybrook Main North line to Wallangarra Epping Main North line to Strathfield Macquarie University Macquarie Park North Ryde Lane Cove River North Shore line to Hornsby Chatswood North Shore line to Central ↓ City & Southwest extension ↓ Crows Nest Victoria Cross Sydney Harbour Barangaroo Martin Place Pitt Street Central Waterloo Sydenham depot Illawarra line to Illawarra junction Sydenham Metropolitan Goods line to Botany Illawarra line via Hurstville Marrickville Dulwich Hill Hurlstone Park Canterbury Campsie Belmore Lakemba Wiley Park Punchbowl Bankstown Bankstown line to Birrong This diagram: view talk edit

The line will be extended through the Sydney central business district and towards Bankstown with 18 more stations, as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, with an opening date of 2024.

Construction

The North West Line is being constructed in two stages. The current section was completed in May 2019 under the Sydney Metro Northwest project, which 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 previously operated as the suburban T3 Bankstown Line under Sydney Trains.

Service

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 and every ten minutes in the off peak.[1][2] Upon initial opening, the line previously operated at a frequency at each station of every five minutes during peak hours.[3][4]

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.[4][5][6] This service was temporary and was withdrawn six months later on 5 November 2019,[5] when the metro reached full operations.[4] 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.[7][8]

Stations

References

External links

• Metro North West Line at Transport for NSW