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Premier Chris Minns tours the new metro train platforms at Bankstown station on Monday.

Commuters face at least another eight-month wait for new metro line opening

The state government is reluctant to commit to an opening date due to the complexity of converting a heavy rail line in Sydney’s south to one for metro trains.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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An aerial view of the under construction metro west station in Parramatta.

Revealed: First plans for Parramatta metro station

The state government says it’s taking a “no frills” approach, but lobby groups want it to be western Sydney’s answer to Piccadilly Circus.

  • Ellie Busby and Anthony Segaert
Two boring machines have been halted for weeks several hundred metres east of the site of a station, pictured, for Metro West in Parramatta’s CBD.

Bungle brings largest metro tunnel build to a grinding halt

Two giant boring machines have been at a standstill for at least six weeks due to fears they will dig too close to a Parramatta building’s foundations.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
NSW Architecture Award winners 2025.

Sydney metro stations, weird and wonderful homes sweep top awards

One architect spent his first pay cheque as a pimply teenager on a copy of Houses magazine. Now he’s won the award for best new home in NSW.

  • Julie Power
Disrepair at stations on Sydney’s city metro line.

How are Sydney’s ‘brand-new, shiny’ metro stations holding up? Not so well

From out-of-order bathrooms to faulty barriers, the sheen has come off Sydney’s metro stations just a year after the city extension opened to rave reviews.

  • Penry Buckley
Western Harbour Tunnel.

Beneath Sydney, a mini-city is being dug for machines bigger than an aircraft fuselage

Giant caverns – each large enough to house the body of an A380 – will house the boring machines that will carve the road tunnel between Waverton and Birchgrove.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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An artist impression reveals what the future of Queen Street in St Marys will look like.

How an ageing suburb plans to become Sydney’s next destination

This suburban town centre has remained largely untouched by development. In 20 years, it will become Sydney’s next “thriving” destination.

  • Ellie Busby
All six of Sydney’s major suburban train lines have failed to meet punctuality targets set by Transport for NSW, with one in five peak hour services running late in some of the worst affected lines.

The least punctual train lines in Sydney revealed

None of Sydney’s train lines meet their punctuality targets. But two are worse than the rest.

  • Cindy Yin
Western Sydney divided.

The maps that reveal how western Sydney is being split in two

There’s a growing divide between Sydney’s north-west and south-west – but things are about to change.

  • Anthony Segaert
The multibillion-dollar project involves upgrades to rail infrastructure on lines such as the T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra.

Why Sydney’s suburban trains have become so unreliable

Up to 20 per cent of suburban passenger trains have been running late during peak periods – and the cost of fixing the problems has blown out.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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