Sydney’s first metro train has arrived at the Sydney Metro Trains Facility at Rouse Hill and will be prepared for testing over the coming months. Under the contract, Alstom will deliver a total of 22 six-car fully-automated Metropolis train sets and the Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system.
Each train is fitted with 38 surveillance cameras per train, with 2 PID (Passenger Information Display) per vestibule and 6 live electronic route-maps per car.
The AUD 8.3 billion (USD 6.6 billion) Sydney Metro Northwest is the first stage of Sydney Metro and will open to passengers in the first half of 2019, served by 15 trains an hour during the peak. It will be the first fully-automated metro rail system in Australia. The 36 km Sydney Metro Northwest includes eight new stations, five existing stations upgraded to metro standards and 4,000 new commuter car parking spaces.
Services will extend into the CBD by 2024. Sydney Metro will have an ultimate capacity of a metro train every two minutes in each direction under the city.
Currently, major construction is underway at the 16 construction sites along the project alignment.
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