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An underground pedestrian link in the new Martin Place metro station in April 2024. Credit: Rhett Wyman
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NSW Premier Chris Minns and Transport Minister Jo Haylen travel on the new city-section of the metro rail line on June 24. Credit: Nikki Short
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A four-metre steel sculpture dangles from the ceiling of the northern entrance. Credit: Rhett Wyman
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Escalators in the main atrium of the new underground metro station at Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD. Credit: Nick Moir
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Underground stations are one of the biggest costs of the second stage of Sydney’s new metro network. Credit: Brook Mitchell
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The space-age like Victoria Cross station beneath North Sydney is the deepest on the new rail line. Credit: Nick Moir
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Testing of metro trains on the new rail line under Sydney Harbour ramps up in November 2023. Credit: Nick Moir
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Transport Minister Jo Haylen tours Victoria Cross station in North Sydney in November 2023. Credit: Nick Moir
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A tunnelling machine breaks through into a giant cavern for the Victoria Cross station at North Sydney in August 2019. Credit: Ben Rushton
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In May 2019, the then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and then transport minister Andrew Constance at the opening of Metro Northwest, the first stage of the new metro network. Credit: Edwina Pickles
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