Now all we need is high speed rail between Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong (NSW) 🚄

@whophd

Ай бұрын

Yep it’s a logical step.

@affenket

Ай бұрын

People have been talking about it for the better part of 50 years - will never happen though sadly, especially not a network that small. It will never make back the money spent

@VanillaMacaron551

Ай бұрын

Tough geography.

@inbox_au

Ай бұрын

I think Canberra is a better bet.

@whophd

Ай бұрын

@@inbox_au For sure, Canberra - Sydney - Newcastle is my favourite. As long as we're not wasting time trying to get an all-or-nothing line between Sydney and Melbourne. Just upgrade the slow parts! Replacing slow sections makes so much more difference than upgrading fast lines - it's counterintuitive. And you can run the same trains on HST lines as on older lines.

As someone who lives in Sydney, our traffic situation is absolutely abysmal. So when this is complete it will be a massive relief

@KanyeKetchup

Ай бұрын

Go on the M8 - no dramas

@hakohito

Ай бұрын

My aunt lives in Auckuland - NZ and she says its waaaay worse than Sydney

@monketok141

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup Look at mr millionaire over here

@mikespearwood3914

Ай бұрын

@@hakohito Thanks for letting us know.

@krixxset2214

Ай бұрын

Because they flooded this country with immigrants without ever asking us if we wanted them and now they expect us to just deal with it... The immigrants are completely ungrateful and rude also.. They even seem to hold some strange animosity towards us... Politicians have completely destroyed this country, its culture and its future and if anyone says anything critical about this situation the media will assault them with accusations of "racism" etc... I dont even care anymore.. Call me a racist i could give a damn.

... " in the world" 😂 - the favourite phrase in all the B1M videos 😂

@owenbutcher

Ай бұрын

Only took a few seconds into the video for the first one 😂

@vezliUKkas

Ай бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson would be proud.

@benedicz

Ай бұрын

You have forgotten the largest and the biggest 😂😂😂😂

@DCHutchins

Ай бұрын

There is a Movie voice guy who does coming attractions that does "In a world" classic funny stuff.

@TenOrbital

Ай бұрын

Every new project has some unique aspect

Love watching my City change. Its amazing to watch

@soyHapns

Ай бұрын

I used to live on the northern beaches, wasn't going to the cbd often but often when I went back something new was being built or finished

@vintageradio3404

Ай бұрын

@@soyHapns The days of a Labor government. Sadly we are back to that but Sydney Metro was devised when they were out of office - too late for them to try and stop it.

@BoblbzmwVomca

Ай бұрын

Melbourne's better

@colejones6312

Ай бұрын

@@BoblbzmwVomca Both are shitholes.

@vintageradio3404

Ай бұрын

@@BoblbzmwVomca At what?

On holiday in Sydney right now from Perth. The construction of massive motorway tunnels and the density of the infrastructure here makes my home look like a small town!

@leonchn7500

Ай бұрын

Perth will get there in the coming decade 💪

@KanyeKetchup

Ай бұрын

​@@leonchn7500😂

@KanyeKetchup

Ай бұрын

Have you been in the M8?

@samdekker90

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup yep. That tunnel never seems to end!

@stevenbalekic5683

Ай бұрын

​@@leonchn7500 Errm, I lived in Perth when the first Jurassic Park was released in cinemas and the "pencil" shaped building had R & I on it, the city looks almost the same as it did then...the only visible difference is Elizabeth Quay and the kinda oversized and ugly BHPBilliton building...otherwise the city centre is quite small.

The Chatswood to CBD and Sydenham should be open mid this year :)

@harrygroundwater2590

Ай бұрын

I can’t wait

@rohanmartin1698

Ай бұрын

Same. Very much looking forward to it 🎉🎉🎉

@yianniathanasopoulos

Ай бұрын

Also, Rouse Hill is not the last station. It’s Tullawong

@reneschneiderAustralia

Ай бұрын

@@yianniathanasopoulos it is Tallawong

@JayJayGamerOfficial

Ай бұрын

​@@yianniathanasopouloshe was referring to the suburb in which it ended in not the actual station

I've been with this channel since it’s birth. Amazing how it has been growing! All the best.

@uncle-pete

Ай бұрын

I feel like B1M targets almost everything I watch from them at 13-year-olds just getting interested in infrastructure, which is fine but frustrating for me when I want expert analysis, detail and discussion.

@parnamsaini4751

26 күн бұрын

Most welcome. Keep watching

It's neat seeing all those workers hold up their phones to witness the tunnel bore break through, as if The Who was on stage. I'd be proud to be part of historic expansion too.

@greddy2JZ

Ай бұрын

Those arent really workers you see how clean their shirts are?

@user-uy4eo6fi4k

Ай бұрын

They had nothing to do with it, there just the office gronks that try take the glory as they helped

@DrTubeman

Ай бұрын

Oh, you think this lot of snobs actually got their hands dirty tunneling... how cute.

@aperinich

Ай бұрын

As if no one else was recording the exact same thing, including the guy behind recording all of them recording. Clownworld!

@2pingu937

Ай бұрын

@@DrTubeman They pay your wages meatbag. If you wont do it some cheap import will.

I live in Melbourne, and am in awe out how Sydney/NSW is able to build massive infrastructure projects without putting the State into generational debt and without the ridiculous cost blow-outs. They can build an airport 35 klms from the city centre, but already have invested in public transport links to connect. Melbourne is still pontificating over an airport rail link 50 years after Tullamarine was devised. All we hear about in Victoria is about our ‘big build’ - which is all essentially PR, whilst other States go quietly, efficiently and economically prudently building their own infrastructure…..grrrrrr

@zhixuanchen6914

Ай бұрын

Melbourne can certainly do better.

I work on this project from the UK and it’s wild to see a video about it!

@whophd

Ай бұрын

Wow, what do you do?

@JamieCullen

Ай бұрын

@@whophd I work for one of the engineering firms used on this project. Specifically the line for the new airport.

@whophd

Ай бұрын

@@JamieCullen Nice nice! I guess I can't ask you about the very-subtly-different loading gauge and voltage on that line hmmm 🙂

@baalbektrilithon

Ай бұрын

@@whophd Loading gauge is the same across all rail systems in Sydney. The voltage is different and the airport line carriages a little wider to accomodate the extra lugguage for airport travellers

@ilovelifan

Ай бұрын

so UK underground company helps sydney build its metro networks???

Thank you for explaining how the cutter rubble is dealt with. I often wondered

Keep in mind - this is being built *in addition* to our existing Sydney Trains suburban rail network, which already has 170 stations on 369kms of track, including several lines that already run through the city. When the Metro lines are all built as well, Sydney will be one of the world's greatest railway cities

@rhys0564

Ай бұрын

The suburban network is overworked and not to mention it's curfew continues to hurt sydney's already very damaged nightlife. So i think the metro will be a welcome addition.

@mehere8038

Ай бұрын

metro really should be double decker though shouldn't it! It's not going to stand the test of time as it is - and even short term it's largely a failure, due to the lack of seating & people travelling long distances not being willing to stand that entire trip everyday & so choosing the car instead

@user-mb3dx3nn5c

Ай бұрын

@@mehere8038 No, the metro should be single deck, like every other in the world. This allows more doors, which speeds up boarding and disembarking, especially during peak times when trains are crowded.

@applausenu

Ай бұрын

​@@mehere8038 No - thats not how metro systems function. You need more frequency, low dwell time at stations. The idea is most people also wouldn't be travelling long distances, but thats not something the metro can solve.

@thebuilder2018

Ай бұрын

no it wont wake up the current metro is fkn trash

I live in Sydney, and it’s great to see that politicians understand how to make a good city, but I think our bike infrastructure is sort of being ignored

@scarletmoon777

Ай бұрын

I'm guessing your a houseowner?

@weppwebb2885

Ай бұрын

looks so cool what you are building. my city is currently planning a tram line to relive the bus network a bit, but planning won't finish before 2030

@outofthetrash5925

Ай бұрын

What percentage of the population use or wish to use a bike to traverse the City? Billion dollar infrastructure projects for those people is simply not worth it. I live in the UK and have seen multiple Citys spend fortunes adding lanes to roads and extensions to paths for bike users, only for them to hardly be used. It's made worse by the fact that it's paid for by road tax which is paid by car users. Bike riders do not contribute towards the infrastructure they demand.

@yerlocalpeanutdealer795

Ай бұрын

As a Sydneysider i can confirm that

@LordManhattan

Ай бұрын

Which is kinda weird since Sydney has the perfect cycling climate.

As someone who has lived in Sydney my whole life,I have never seen so much infrastructure project built in the past 7-8 years. The last major project was in 1999 with the m5 airport tunnel. Now we have the M4, M8, West connex,North Connex tunnels and soom m6 tunnel, 2nd Harbour tunnel, New Airport, Barangaroo, new Darling harbour and Fish Market development. This on top of this metro AND light rail project. However all this will only make Sydney even more unafforable

@KanyeKetchup

Ай бұрын

At least it has all that stuff you mentioned

@RYRY1002

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup It's great until you have to move out of the city because you can't afford anything.

@whophd

Ай бұрын

I was with you until the last statement. Transport helps affordability, and it’s what you have to build (along with schools and hospitals, and the funding to run them) when your city grows. What is the alternative - only the people within walking distance can work there. Take a look at how the first tram networks changed cities, and allowed people living in the farmland to get jobs in the city. Before that, the only people who worked there were living in expensive homes or slums within walking distance.

@MrCites1

Ай бұрын

Have to move all the Indians around somehow

@carisi2k11

Ай бұрын

@@whophd Not in Sydney it doesn't.

Love stuff regarding tunnels ( old and new ) with the why and how of building them and the hurdles along the way. Just a damned fascinating topic. Thanks for uploading!

@GLJosh

Ай бұрын

I find the progress of tunnelling boring.

@terri6854

Ай бұрын

I kinda dig it.

@4:35 Sandstone-eating worms.... or SANDWORMS *DUNE THEME PLAYS* LISAN AL GAIB!

@IsMaski

Ай бұрын

Exactly what came to my mind as well. Dune Part II was bloody awesome

@chevy5755

Ай бұрын

As written

@shanekeenaNYC

Ай бұрын

The guys at B1M were not subtle!

@Figure_8_Brawl

Ай бұрын

AS WRITTEN!

@aperinich

Ай бұрын

Screamers!

Ive been working on the Airport, and Western Metros over the last few years (Civil Engineering). Great project and a lot of fun.

@zyeborm

Ай бұрын

I just wish they had built it north of newcastle aimed out to sea with a high speed rail link rather than aiming the runways at where 4 million people sleep for a 24 hour airport.

@tylerdavidson2400

Ай бұрын

@zhye: Do you realize lot of cities in North America and Europe has even bigger airports with heavier traffic? You are NOT special🤦‍♂️

@zyeborm

Ай бұрын

@@tylerdavidson2400 did you see in this very video where he said Sydney was one of the worst for both? Also, someone else having it worse doesn't make it better somehow. What kind of fool uses that as a basis for trying to make a point? We could put the airport here where it won't bother anyone, or we could aim it at where 4 million people sleep. Hey I found a worse airport somewhere let's do the second one so we can say we are only the second worst that's totally fine! You sir are very very special.🤦‍♂️

@Kisyfurr

Ай бұрын

​@@tylerdavidson2400weird flex

What a fantastic project! Bravo Sydney, the most scenic city👍🥰

I was 14yo when I visited Sydney in 2005 from Kuala Lumpur. Already at the time, Sydney's transit system is very huge and it goes everywhere. The city itself is very nice to walk in. Also, a freaking new airport??? I don't think we heard many Australian megaprojects previously and I'm very sure Sydneysiders are pretty facking excited for these. Congratulations!

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

Sydney’s underground road network that is being built out is something incredible as well

It is still hugely disappointing that the new second airport in Sydney doesn't have a rail or metro connection to the T8 train line to connect easily to the existing Sydney airport. Not to mention the fast growing Sydney greater south west that has rapid suburban growth without rail infastruture missing out.

@KanyeKetchup

Ай бұрын

Well it's not the greatest of areas

@ytlurker220

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup ?? are you not going to use the airport?

@daveg2104

Ай бұрын

It is planned to connect (somewhere there). I suppose they have a reason - cost or planning priorities, or something.

@harrygroundwater2590

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup😂

@whophd

Ай бұрын

True. It’s incredible that it’s getting any train at all on Day 1. I love to point out: Sydney and Melbourne are two cities with two airport railways 😜😜

Im from Melbourne and I see Sydney really has a huge head start on better public transport infrastructure than us. We are currently way behind and bogged down with the unfortunate but necessary level crossing removal projects across the metropolitan area. Well done Sydney.

@timtam53191

Ай бұрын

You guys are getting the metro tunnel next year.

@lundi44

Ай бұрын

That sounds sensible though.

@muzzthegreat

Ай бұрын

I think one of the reasons for so-many level-crossing removals in Melbourne is just terrain; Sydney is more lumpy so the line was often higher or lower; which lead-itself to overpasses etc - Brisbane is similar : there are many height differences that even a very long time ago naturally lead-to overpass/underpass situations, but several [expensive] problems remain - like Coopers Plains, yep a plain, and barely above the creek.

@joanneburford6364

Ай бұрын

The level crossings are necessary in Melbourne, makes a huge difference to flow of traffic and safety. The Metro is also world class and will be finished later this year. Don't forget how much Sydney siders pay in tolls, the most in the world.

@jamesa1995

Ай бұрын

you could always come live in hobart - our councils debate using an already established rail line being too expensive to operate light rail on, despite having the worst public transport system in australia

Great video, i live right next to one of the new metro stations opening this year. Will be a game changer

I hear Leeds is getting a metro in 2163

@TheB1M

Ай бұрын

Sorry mate, gotta spend more money on London

@BLACKSTA361

Ай бұрын

The State of Railways in the UK is in a terrible state. For the Country that started it all not a good look Australia is just a proper Inter City Railway away from completely overtaking the UK beyond reach Comparing Cities like Manchster, Leeds or Birmingham to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney😂😂. At least we've got London I guess

@lundi44

Ай бұрын

😂

@FizzleDrizzle-th8ru

Ай бұрын

@@BLACKSTA361 to be fair the population of those UK cities you've mentioned are much smaller than the Australian ones. Sydney has literally 10x the population of Manchester

@BLACKSTA361

Ай бұрын

@@FizzleDrizzle-th8ru Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Australian Cities are counted by the Metro Area compared to only the CBD or City limits how others would call it. Sydney and Melbourne is still far ahead tho even when comparing Metro Area vs Metro Area compared to Greater Manchester or the West Midlands in Size, Population or Transportation tho

Proud to be working on the pitt st station :)

@aperinich

Ай бұрын

Is that the one they've stupidly decided to name Gadigal Metro? Stupid because Gadigal isn't a specific place within the CBD and doesn't tell patrons anything about the destination, a hallmark of political correctness and pointless handwaving virtue signalling superseding common sense and basic urban transport naming conventions!

Just visited the Victoria Cross Station tunnel on open day. It is beautifully constructed. It also is the only station in Australia that has an exit point with no escalators or stairs but a lift only.

Love your doccos. And this one very close to the heart. My home town.

With both Melbourne and Sydney upgrading their public transport all we need now is a good intercity rail link. The Melbourne/Sydney air link is one of the busiest in the world. Europeans are building train routes that effectively compete with air. The train that runs now is a relic from 1980s.

@user-mb3dx3nn5c

Ай бұрын

And the line it runs on is a relic from the 1890s....🫤

@JaneNewAuthor

Ай бұрын

@@user-mb3dx3nn5cso true.

@Nathan-ry3yu

Ай бұрын

It be very expensive to do. They will have to upgrade the track for a fast rail. It is a long way from Sydney to Melbourne. It be lot further than Europe has to only build. It be more like trying to upgrade rail tracks from distance from Rome to Moscow

@JaneNewAuthor

Ай бұрын

@@Nathan-ry3yuMelbourne to Sydney is a direct line of 953km. Rome to Moscow is not a direct line, goes through several countries and many different terrains, and is 2,375km.

@Nathan-ry3yu

Ай бұрын

@@JaneNewAuthor There's always someone who has to look it up. Lol. You Fruitloop. I was stating that as like a metaphor. A figure of speach

I attended the community open day at the Victoria Cross station and it is truly a modern marvel of engineering. It features the first lift only station access at its Northern end. This is due to the topography of North Sydney and the station needing to be deep so the metro tunnel can go under the harbour to Barangaroo on the south side of Sydney Harbour and also the narrow corner block this entry is located at. At the southern end of Victoria Cross station it has 3 long escalators to get to the surface. All the stations are impressive on the new Sydney Metro Station but this one is next level.

@yesand5536

Ай бұрын

I was there too. Very exciting!

@iris4547

Ай бұрын

wish i knew about that. i work in north sydney not far from the new station so itll be the station i use once it opens. would have loved to have had a peak inside.

@uncle-pete

Ай бұрын

and in a power outage nobody can get out of the station

@mehere8038

Ай бұрын

as a wheelchair user, this is cool :) Most stations have a single lift & if it's broken, you're simply told you cannot use that station. When they repair/upgrade the lifts, they take them out of action for 3 months or more at a time before replacing with a single lift. During the entire Wynyard upgrade period, there was no wheelchair access to the station, or reasonable ramp angle access to the bus stops above it either. I used to go into the city a lot, but stopped as a result of that

@fittipaldi7326

Ай бұрын

@@mehere8038 Great feedback. The lifts at the southern end are pretty quick. You do have to use 2 lifts to exit at the southern entrance of Victoria Cross but if you time it with the lifts ready when you exit the train you can reach Miller street in around 2 minutes from door opening to exiting the station at street level.

“… in the world.” managed to do your jeremy clarkson impression about 4 times this video 😂

@kevindavies189

Ай бұрын

Yep. Every time I see that combination of words, I read it in a Jeremy Clarkson voice.

As someone who lives in the hills and works in Chatswood, the stage 1 metro has been life-changing. Every.single.trip to the office, I’m in awe at the frequency, speed, and how many cars I imagine the metro has displaced. My annual driving has dropped by 15,000 kilometres. I hope that after the disruptions, people in the new areas can experience the same top-tier service, carrying Sydney into the future. (These price tags are massive, but maybe in 30 years, we’ll have a great metro system and be like “$60 billion, lol, lucky we built it then, it'd cost $700 billion if we did it now”)

@OmmerSyssel

Ай бұрын

Nice to hear about the positive impact of such massive investments... Most people seem to be busy searching hair in the soup. All the best ✌🏻

As always very enjoyable 👍

@TheB1M

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

I love watching your videos, keep going!

The photos from the community day at Victoria Cross a few weeks ago looked fantastic

As a proud Sydney Sider myself, I'm so hyped for the opening of the Sydney Metro North Shore/City Line later this year which will connect to the Northwest line at Chatswood to Sydenham via. The CBD, as it will significantly reduce my commute time into the City.

@SydneySewerat

Ай бұрын

But it's the extension to Bankstown the Chatswood residents are really looking fwd to!?!

My friends told me Sydney is one of the best cities they ever saw and they traveled a lot I need to come visit

@JosieCote

Ай бұрын

It’s amazing and breathtaking 😍🙌🏼

@tylerdavidson2400

Ай бұрын

It’s beautiful but bit boring and has no nightlife.

@misterky8269

Ай бұрын

@@tylerdavidson2400hopefully with the lockout law lifted and the rich boring boomers cark it, it will pickup again, back like it used to be in the 80s and 90s!

@ccctube5721

Ай бұрын

It’s the BEST. Check out “Coogie” beach and the area around it called “Randwick” when you go there

@nichobee

Ай бұрын

​​@@misterky8269 I'm in my 20s and go out in Sydney a lot, it's definitely getting it's mojo back. Probably not 90s and 2000s levels yet but much improved from the 2010s

Never ceases to amaze me how much I find out about what construction is going on in my home city from your channel ! Keep up the good work as usual 🤓 Gold star for u ⭐️

Wow what an amazing programme well done to bring this Two Us What excited railway system in australia at the moment in sydney. I can't wait to go to australia specialist sydney and ride those trains And thanks again. Please bring more videos like this of building projects. Thank you.

@wassim9763

Ай бұрын

A 2 week holiday will set you back $30,000 AUD

Refreshing to see a city use it’s brain and build the infrastructure it needs in a timely manner

@jetpark3743

Ай бұрын

Nope we are 10 years behind

@anneloving8405

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@mgp1203

Ай бұрын

to be fair this should've been done 10-20 yrs ago as planned, but politics is always holding us behind.

@LegendLength

27 күн бұрын

Electric vehicles are making trains obsolete, especially with self driving

@diannemuhling7555

Күн бұрын

@@LegendLength 🤣🤣🤣keep dreaming

The B1M on a Monday? I ain’t mad.

The stations alone deserve their own program - absolutely massive and some effectively sitting below the harbour line. Was hoping BM1 would also include the extensive road tunnel system recently opened which includes the world’s biggest underground interchange.

It’s so cool to hear you talk about suburbs that us as Sydney Siders know and love but on your channel. So cool to be on the world map! 🎉

The Airbus A380 weighs about 280,000kg with a take-off weight of 560,000kg. And it is 78m long, so that machine is closer to double length and weight of an A380- I wouldnt call it "about the length and weight of an A380."

@matthewkozak7369

Ай бұрын

thank you. 1,000 ton aircraft? not really

@icarus8964

Ай бұрын

@@matthewkozak7369 Hahaha yeah, 2 of them at full weight is *actually* about 1100T. Its so sad as I like this channel, and I'm not sure what other facts I've remembered from their vids, that may not be correct

@RedesCat

Ай бұрын

🤓

@icarus8964

Ай бұрын

@@RedesCat Did you know the Burj Khalifa is 1700m tall?

Would love to see your take on the Snowy2 project and the failure to have a slurry tunneling machine, and the subsequent delays

@68404

Ай бұрын

Is it still stuck down there?

@papamurrth1

Ай бұрын

@@68404 yeah it is a complete nightmare. It has recently started going again, but with the previous delays and mismanagement and coverups, it will likely be down there for a few years yet

@brucemirbella2215

Ай бұрын

@@68404No, it’s moving again.

@anneloving8405

Ай бұрын

Who would have thought?another white elephant project

@anneloving8405

Ай бұрын

Who would have thought?another white elephant project

Awesome videos as always

Sydney is leveling up! Though i don't know why i need to go to Chatswood from the Inner West lol but it's nice to have options 🤣

@68404

Ай бұрын

The Chinese need to travel between Chatswoo and Burwoo.

@user-mb3dx3nn5c

Ай бұрын

@@68404 And Eastwoo (or are they Korean?)

@jamesfrench7299

Ай бұрын

Still a missing link between E Ping and Chingford. I miss the 80s when we had real diversity of facial features and hair.

Why don't you mention the diameter of the TBM in your videos. All TBMs seem to have the same weight and length. Diameter is what sets them apart

New to the channel. I really enjoyed this thanks.

Thank you. That was brilliant.

God I love your videos FRED!

04:50 you say abought the length and weight of an A380, which is partially true, while the A380 is 73 meters but its weight is 'only' 560 tons so HALF the weight so not particularly close

ah! loved the animation explaining the detail of how the borrowing machine (you said the name 20 times per video and yet I am drawing a blank) how it gets rid of the crushed rock! as usual, stellar production! Oh oh also if you ever come about a project that specifically addresses the problem of the movement of tectonic plates (oh no the bridge is too short now) or the sea eating up the shore and solutions in construction, that'd be interesting too!

Oh Damn, this is the 1st that I have heard of this; what a project!

You guys really need an Australian editor. Victoria Cross had an open day a few weeks ago and there is heaps of better video content of the near complete station. No-one would refer to Metro West as Stage 2. Stage 2 is Chatswood - Sydenham, Stage 3 would be Sydenham - Bankstown, and that's just M1. The Airport West will be next to open so Stage 4 if you say. And finally if you do this video you should be mentioning the Western Harbour Tunnel as well.

@VanillaMacaron551

Ай бұрын

They didn't say the location of this Victoria Cross station, but I gather from the comments it's at North Sydney, maybe replacing the train station there?

@AlphaBravo817

Ай бұрын

@@VanillaMacaron551 Victoria Cross station is in North Sydney but is not replacing the current station. North Sydney will now have two stations. On the south side of Nth Sydney's CBD is North Sydney station which provides access to T1 and T9 Sydney Trains lines. On the north side of Nth Sydney's CBD will be Victoria Cross station which will provide access the M1 Sydney Metro line.

@benough

Ай бұрын

@mark123655 They have already done a separate video on the WHT

@james3032

Ай бұрын

Don’t think it really matters mate.

Im still waiting for the B1M special of the Rozelle Underground Spaghetti Interchange. Fascinating enough to be one of the world's largest interchanges, but then to have the whole thing underground in an engineering marvel.

@anneloving8405

Ай бұрын

Isn't it a ñightmare for residents?

@noronhawarren

Ай бұрын

@@anneloving8405 navigating it yes. Exit lanes can be on both sides. Wrong move and you end up somewhere completely different. GPS systems not much help

Another great video on Aussie!

Correction, Metro west is from Hunter Street to Westmead.

@YoyoZee

Ай бұрын

He wasn't naming stations, he was naming localities. Same reason he said rouse Hill not tallawong.

@RAM_845

Ай бұрын

@@YoyoZee ahh gotcha

@speculationsperceived

Ай бұрын

@@YoyoZee In that case, Westmead Station isn't in the locality of Parramatta; same goes for Tallawong (not part of Rouse Hill).

@YoyoZee

Ай бұрын

@@speculationsperceived it's nearby, man was just giving a macro view, a lot more people know about Parra than Westmead

“One of the biggest rail projects in the world …” Behind the “Grand Paris Express “ , with the double in length and numbers of stations and half of the costs…

@davidphelps5857

Ай бұрын

That's why they said "one of the biggest" and not "the biggest".

@jasonfischer8946

Ай бұрын

$64 billion Australian is $42 billion American. The Paris project is up to $39 American. The length of the Paris project is 200 km, which is about 80% longer than the Sydney project. This project also goes under a harbor.

@capitalinventor4823

Ай бұрын

One of means that something belongs to the group of things mentioned, not that it is the lead or first amongst them. Australia is one of the countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney is one of the cities that have hosted the Olympics. The statement “One of the biggest rail projects in the world,” tells us that if one were to compile a list of big rail projects currently happening on the planet then this project would be on it. It doesn’t say it would be the biggest, it would just make the list, or anything else.

@jonevansauthor

Ай бұрын

Why would you seek to compare them? "2.2 million people live in Paris for a size of 105 km2 whilst 4.8 million people live in Sydney, but it's 155 times bigger (12,144 km2). The population density is 21,369 people/km2 for Paris vs 395 people/km2 for Sydney." These cities are not comparable.

@VanillaMacaron551

Ай бұрын

@@jonevansauthor 11 million in Greater Paris.

I live walking distance from one of the currently operating metro stations. We have some nice infrastructure here. Always cool to see my city in the spotlight

0:20 Meanwhile in Washington DC it took 8 years to complete 11 miles of track and 6 new stations for the Silver line extension.

The eshay expressway

...the tallest steel arch bridge *Jeremy Clarkson's voice" in the world.

I appreciate the extra discussion on the TBMs. I would be interested in a video just about these machines, how many are in ise around the world today, their capabilities and costs.

As someone who uses the Metro every day and knows the traffic in Sydney this will be AMAZING!

And the Uk cant build a single railway from london to Birmingham for less than this HS2 costing £66Bn

@RyanJacobs496

Ай бұрын

That’s twice the cost of this.

@ARW.7

Ай бұрын

You can blame our politicians for that! Useless.

@alfstewart22

Ай бұрын

Spoiler alert, the Sydney rail project will cost triple than what they are advertising.

Theres a guy called Transport Vlog who does tours and updates of all the stations if anyones interested I used to work on the Pitt Street station and i find he's got some of the best coverage on the builds

The fact that the tunnels will total to longer than the Chunnel [ at 6:10 ] really puts it into perspective; and shows how-far tunneling has come in a few short decades.

I live in Sydney and can confirm: the Metro will be a massive upgrade, when it's done... eventually... To get anywhere in the city by car you more or less have to go on a tolled highway, add the cost of those tolls to the cost of our housing, groceries and a bunch of other stuff and yeah... it gets very unaffordable very quickly.

@applausenu

Ай бұрын

You most definitely don't need to take a toll - you are making that choice. There is always a alternative.

@ssusggus

Ай бұрын

Just catch public transport, or ride a bike? What is affordability anyway? Sydney siders complaining about the cost of living but making zero choices to help them? Oh I stopped buying chocolate or chips though 👏👏 just remember you have so much more than people can dream of here in Sydney and yet you still complain, you still want more, it’s never enough. I have no money but still appreciate the life we have in this beautiful place. Too many people take it for granted.

@zyeborm

Ай бұрын

@@ssusggus lol ride a bike to visit my grandmother, no worries mate, it's only 50km each way. Oh hey I'll take public transport. 2.5 hours each way. It's so simple!

@zyeborm

Ай бұрын

@@applausenu yes, the alternative of spending 2 hours in traffic instead of 1.

@darrensanders653

Ай бұрын

It will be use less to a lot of getting to jobs

Last time I was this early, Fred was just a teenager!❤

I, M in Perth and I Love Sydney. We toured NSW for several years, and we climbed THE BRIDGE of course. God Bless. Nifty J.

@reverend_wintondupree

Ай бұрын

And recommendations for a Sydneysider to visit when traveling to Perth?

Thanks for that will you be doing one on Melbourne's rail expansion?

0:18 Seems like Sydney only has a West side...on all sides.😂

@daveg2104

Ай бұрын

The East side is pretty small. There are some very expensive harbourside suburbs though. There is a plan to extend the Metro West into the Eastern Suburbs (no idea if or when that will happen). They currently have the T4 Eastern Suburbs (heavy rail ) line, the L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford light rail lines, a limited ferry service, and lots of buses.

Vancouver is similarly divided by the ocean inlet into North and South. The infrastructure between the two is abysmal. That city badly needs what Sydney is doing.

I swear, Sydney only did this to one up the new city loop project in Melbourne

*me watching on the Sydney metro right now* 😮

Cheers from hungary 🎉🎉🎉

As a person who recently moved to Sydney from the states, this metro is something i wish cities like DC or Philadelphia could do

@user-mb3dx3nn5c

Ай бұрын

Both those cities have metros.

@lacanm1554

Ай бұрын

both are far worse than sydney's, i lived in DC for 5 years before moving here@@user-mb3dx3nn5c

@lonelystarX

Ай бұрын

It might rival what you have when its done, but for now… no.

The engineering is amazing

Can you please do a video of the amazing building of the Istanbul public transport system. It has gone from a few kilometers of Metro since the early 2000's. Nowaydays there are a few lines under the Bosphorus (car, train and metro) connecting the east with the west and more will be build in the coming years. I am not living in Istanbul but I have seen some increase in public transport at a massive scale in Instanbul while visiting the city in the past 20 or so years...

This is a bit outdated. Victoria Cross Station is completely finished. I walked all through it 3 weeks ago.

@syd_jzx100

Ай бұрын

Yeah Victoria Cross is done, with CPB's Gadigal (Pitt St) soon to follow.

How do they remove the TBM once it has completed the tunnel?

@ry_an.

Ай бұрын

A TBM is assembled kind of like a large LEGO set. When the tunnelling has been completed they dismantle the TBM piece by piece and lift out all of the pieces.

@CrankyHermit

Ай бұрын

Sometimes they don't. If site conditions make removal too costly or logistically difficult, they will bore a short spur or extension to the tunnel, and just leave the machine down there.

@KanyeKetchup

Ай бұрын

Lubricant

@ry_an.

Ай бұрын

@@CrankyHermit yes that’s also true. Good mention

@benough

Ай бұрын

Just the cutter head and the shield though, as they are wider than the concrete tunnel rings they place behind them. The gantrys on the back all get wheeled out and sent away

Interesting video, I hope to visit someday

Was quite impressed when I last visited Sydney about their rail system. I live in Melbourne and hardly use the rail system at all (it doesn't service my area) but we seem to behind what Sydney is doing...

It's one of biggest rail projects ...IN THE WORLD.

@ntatenarin

Ай бұрын

I'm making a bold prediction... it's likely the biggest rail project in the entire solar system! Take that, Martians!

@devarmont87

Ай бұрын

Wtf... Have you been to new York or London? That's a bold claim.

People from the Sutherland Shire 👁️👄👁️

So, an underground rail network up the north shore to Gosford from north Sydney could be started when the tunnel borers are finished and need more work. As well tunnels for cars from Palm Beach to Gosford Suburbs.

I have been working on this prestigious project since last 5 years

Where are those 60% of additional people coming from? Aussies aren't making them.

@daveg2104

Ай бұрын

None of your business.

@tylerdavidson2400

Ай бұрын

We need people to take care you in aged care, boomer.🤦‍♂️

please build some fucking houses so i dont have to pay $400 a week for a windowless studio

Hope they provide ample parking for the fringe dwellers to be able to use the railway..Perth did the same thing providing rail into the city but people had to park a kilometre away to use it..don't know if it's fixed now but it was easier just to drive at the time.

I hope I get to see the completion of this marvelous piece of engineering in time

50 years too late, and it's costing $64BN, that's the same price as a freestanding house in Sydney.

@NervousValuable

Ай бұрын

Which other country had underground tunnels to this extent 50 years ago?

@ytfrank4412

Ай бұрын

@@NervousValuable the viet cong bro. those guys could dig.

@anneloving8405

Ай бұрын

The house price is about right though🙄

@alexd.1091

Ай бұрын

​@@NervousValuableThe London Tube (tunnelling started in 1863)? The GUP Moskovsky Metropoliten (Moscow Metro) (tunnelling started in 1935)? Antwerp Tram lines (tunnelling started in 1963)? Paris Metro (tunnelling started in 1898)? Sydney Metro opens in 2019.... 50 years too late, and that's not being harsh at all - making 50 years ago, the year 1975.

@NervousValuable

Ай бұрын

@@alexd.1091 U just blew my mind

MAGNIFIQUE MAGNIFIQUE MAGNIFIQUE !!!

😄Good day from Lismore, NSW. 🌏 I have to watch Transport Vlog

Impressive video and impressive project. I’m surprised there wasn’t already a metro at this scale built in the city!

@daveg2104

Ай бұрын

We have a reasonably extensive heavy rail system. With the growth of Sydney though, an increase in capacity and expansion was needed. The previous state government decided to go with a separate driverless metro, rather than expansion of heavy rail.

@GeekyMedia

Ай бұрын

ahhh okay, that makes sense. Cheers mate. The whole project looks really impressive.@@daveg2104

Thank you for informing us

Australia needs to seriously reduce immigration otherwise the congestion and lack of housing will just get worse and worse.

@joelmctaggart3187

Ай бұрын

Or put stricter regulations on outsourcing for major companies forcing them to actually invest into the Australian economy rather than their own pockets.

How to build infrastructure; you plan, start building and continue building. Do not change your mind part way through and do half a job. Build the skils and culture, no stop start stop bs, don't copy the british.

those tunnel bores are absolutely hectic