Sydney Metro City Southwest will begin driverless train trial runs in late 2026, with passenger services expected to launch from Chatswood to Bankstown via Central in 2027, connecting the Inner West to the metro network.
The NSW Government has released detailed designs for the Sydney Metro West Bays Precinct station, showing a new ferry interchange, 200-metre-long platforms, and direct connections to the White Bay Power Station redevelopment.
The NSW Department of Planning has approved a 51-storey and a 58-storey commercial tower above the future Sydney Metro West Hunter Street station, marking the largest over-station development in the Sydney CBD.
The Riverside Link Consortium has released detailed designs for the Parramatta Metro station box, showing how a 470-home community, student accommodation and commercial towers will sit above the underground station.
Tunnel boring machines finish the 24-kilometre drive between Westmead and the Sydney CBD, clearing the way for track laying and station fit-out on the $27 billion metro line.
Bulk excavation and concreting near completion at Hunter Street East and West as Sydney Metro West moves to site demobilisation in the CBD, with 24/7 tunnel support continuing through September.
Three international consortiums will spend two years designing 35km of twin tunnels between Berowra and Ourimbah on the $90 billion Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail line, with a decision due by mid-2028.
