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Wiley Park station is closed while work continues on converting the line between Sydenham and Bankstown to metro train standards.

$32m in work needed after Sydney metro opening risks disrupting commuters

Commuters face extra disruptions after the ribbon is cut on the final stage of the M1 if construction cannot be done during scheduled maintenance shutdowns.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Jetstar will be the first airline to take off from Western Sydney Airport on October 25.

Jetstar flights lock in date for opening of Sydney’s new airport

The long-awaited launch of passenger flights to Western Sydney Airport will follow the start of cargo aircraft taking off from the new aviation hub next month.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Chris Zappone
The section between Sydenham and Bankstown is the final part of the $30 billion M1 metro line to be opened.

Secret chart that reveals target date for Sydney metro line’s opening

The final stage of the M1 metro line cannot go live soon enough for commuters who have been catching replacement buses for the past two years.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Western Sydney Airport metro rail line.

Warnings that metro rail line to Sydney’s new airport is set to be delayed again

Confidential documents reveal the project is running late on a vast range of work, from switching on power at stations to receiving new European-built trains.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The NSW government is refusing to release documents detailing the date it is targeting for opening the long-delayed final stage of Sydney’s M1 metro line.

‘Why keep it secret?’ Commuters demand a date for metro line’s opening

The NSW government is refusing to release documents detailing the date it is targeting for opening the long-delayed final stage of Sydney’s M1 metro line.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney Metro chief executive Peter Regan on the Metro platform at Central Station in April 2024, four months before the line opened.

Sydney Metro CEO exits at crucial time for city’s train mega-projects

His departure leaves the Minns government to search for a replacement at a pivotal moment in the construction of the city’s train mega-projects.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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The site of Bankstown Airport.

Revealed: The secret plan to turn this Sydney airport into housing, extend metro

The Bankstown Airport operator has spoken with both state and federal governments.

  • Michael Koziol and Anthony Segaert
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says blind faith in globalisation has hollowed out vital industries.

Taylor’s budget reply bluster was depressing

The opposition leader’s slogans and divisiveness are dangerous, ineffective and an insult to our collective better selves.

The new metro station is about 250 metres from the Western Sydney Airport terminal.

‘The whole industry is so rotten’: Stark warning after Sydney metro scandal

Liquidator warns that construction companies have dodged taxes for decades as the government orders an urgent audit of all statewide projects.

  • Max Maddison and Matt O'Sullivan
Raj Raman and his wife Rathiga Thiagarjan and adult son Rajmallan Thiagarajan outside their Riverstone house.

The Rajs bought into the Australian dream. It came with a nightmare

Sydney’s fringe suburbs are at breaking point, with traffic and roads the first tests of residents’ patience each day.

  • Anthony Segaert