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A rare look inside the giant cavern being built beneath Pyrmont for Sydney’s new Metro West line, opening in 2032.
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Inside Pyrmont's massive underground metro station

A rare look inside the giant cavern being built beneath Pyrmont for Sydney’s new Metro West line, opening in 2032.

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About 950 jobs will be cut from Transport for NSW.

Another 950 jobs to be slashed from NSW Transport department

The latest job cuts were announced to staff in an internal memo by Transport for NSW’s secretary on Wednesday.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Pyrmont metro station.

Longest metro rail cavern disappears into distance beneath inner Sydney

A tight above-ground site in Pyrmont gives little indication of the scale of what is happening beneath one of Australia’s most densely populated suburbs.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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
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
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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
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

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