Sydney’s new metro train has passed a historic test, crossing the new landmark railway bridge over Windsor Road at Rouse Hill on July 17. The Windsor Road railway bridge is the first cable-stayed railway bridge built on a curve in Australia.
“That impressive new bridge over Windsor Road now has our driverless metro train doing test runs across it, meaning Metro is really becoming a reality,” New South Wales Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, said.
Testing over Windsor Road and on to the Skytrain towards the new Kellyville Station signals an expansion of the metro train testing programme beyond Sydney Metro HQ at Rouse Hill.
Trains will initially be tested at 60km/h on the Skytrain before they are tested at up to 100km/h. Train testing will then progress into the new twin 15-km railway tunnels between Bella Vista and Epping.
Sydney Metro opens in the first half of next year in the north west with 3 metro stations, 4,000 commuter car spaces and a train every four minutes in the peak.
Metro rail will be extended into the city and beyond to Bankstown in 2024, when Sydney will have 31 metro stations and a 66 km metro rail system.
Currently, there has been about 10,000 km of train testing at Rouse Hill, and 44 km of overhead wiring has been installed on the Sydney Metro Northwest project, out of a total of about 78 km. Alstom has delivered nine out 22 six-car driverless trains.
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