M1 Metro Northwest & Bankstown Line

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport project, revolutionising the way the city moves with a world-class, automated train service.

The M1 Metro Northwest & Bankstown Line is now running between Tallawong and Sydenham.

On 19 August 2024, metro services opened from the Chatswood to Sydenham now connecting Sydney’s booming North West to Sydenham via the central business district (CBD). It runs under Sydney Harbour, through new underground stations at Crows Nest, Victoria Cross, Barangaroo, Martin Place, Gadigal, and Waterloo, as well as new metro platforms at Central Station and Sydenham.

With these new stations and platforms, the Sydney Metro now stops at 21 stations from Tallawong to Sydenham. At ultimate capacity, it can move more people across Sydney Harbour in the busiest hour of the peak time than the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Harbour Tunnel combined.

M1 Line provides up to 445 new metro services through the heart of the city each weekday, with capacity for around 17,000 people each way every hour during the city’s busiest periods.

Customers will be able to catch a metro service every 4 minutes in the peak.

Operations

NRT’s operations and maintenance contractor, Metro Trains Sydney (MTS), previously the operator of the Metro North West Line, is the private operator of the new M1 Metro Northwest & Bankstown Line until 2034 – Australia’s only fully accessible, driverless train service. The success of operations is reflected in continued customer satisfaction survey resuls consistently circa 98% overall customer satisfaction.

MTS is a joint venture between MTR (60%), John Holland (20%) and UGL (20%). For more information on MTS as well as operations and maintenance employment opportunities, we encourage you to visit Metro Trains Sydney.

For more information on the M1 and how to get around:

VISIT: https://transportnsw.info/travel-info/ways-to-get-around/metro#/

PHONE: 131500