The Hunter Street metro station cavern on Sydney Metro West is approaching completion, with the underground platform shell finished and construction cranes now.
Track laying has begun at Sydney Olympic Park on Sydney Metro West, with 5,316 tonnes of rail being lowered 27 metres into the future station box.
Both tunnel boring machines are now underground and carving towards Waverton, marking the start of the final harbour crossing for the Western Harbour.
The trial runs will use the existing Metro North West Line rolling stock, with driverless trains tested on the new track between Sydenham and Bankstown.
The NSW Government has released detailed designs for the Sydney Metro West Bays Precinct station, showing a new ferry interchange, 200-metre-long platforms.
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.
The Riverside Link Consortium has released detailed designs for the Parramatta Metro station box, showing a 470-home community and student accommodation.
The breakthrough allows the project to shift from underground excavation to track laying, station fit-out, and systems installation across nine stations.
Sydney Metro West's Hunter Street station has entered a demobilisation phase in the Sydney CBD, with bulk excavation, formwork and concreting nearing.
Three international construction consortiums have entered a two-year development phase to design 35 kilometres of twin tunnels between Berowra.
