Forgot to mention that I'm also working on a video giving a full explanation of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest extension. That will be out just after they eventually announce the open day for the metro extension. :)

I use the metro everyday from Tallawong to chatswood and I see the metro testing happening everyday! By the way yesterday i saw a honking metro so why is that happening?

I really enjoyed this informative video. The explanations are very easy to understand, especially with the diagrams. Great video, well done 👏 👍

I genuinely think they have underestimated how much demand there is going to be on the Chatswood-Central portion of the new Route, they are only ready to run 15 trains per hour with 6 car trains and not enough spares to ramp up frequency in case demand does hit that capacity. I worked on the project (Chatswood Dive and Central Station works) and remember thinking this the entire time; demand only has to exceed capacity in one portion of the line, say Central to Martin Place, for it to cause significant issues. I believe they have designed the initial operations to be able to run >20tph to recover from delays and catch up the schedule but they cant do this reliably for extended periods. Another criticism I have after working on the project is that, as great as it is having a Cross-Platform Transfer between T1/T9 and M1, the overall result is I think worse than if you Hhd designed the line system properly and independently from the beginning and the M1 had remained underground, the overall journey time could have been 3-4 minutes faster, less energy used, another entrance to Chatswood Station underground, and you could have had more options for new stations including serving North Ryde better, Willoughby and possibly Lane Cove. Now a future Beaches Metro and possibly a local light rail are going to have to come in and mop up, same as at Zetland+Alexandria though that was probably a given.

@Holospejsn

Ай бұрын

Just responding to the second half, the Epping - Chatswood rail link was initially built and operated as part of the already existing heavy rail network, would have been a huge cost to rebuild/reroute.

@kyletopfer7818

Ай бұрын

@@Holospejsn Yeah obviously the ECRL was the crux of the issue - as I said I worked on the extension (and I actually lived on the T9 Northern line so my morning commute used to go via Macquarie Park in to the City). The broader point is that the planning failures in Sydney over recent decades are clear and are detrimental to the transit system in a big way, from the ESR getting cut short to Bondi Junction, then the Olympic Park shuttle, to thedisaster that is the Airport line, and onto SWRL and ECRL, now arguably Metro between Central-Sydenham. It is going to take billions more to untangle and heal all of these and the final product will still be inferior to what could have been done.

@jessicabudden5695

29 күн бұрын

Agreed. Eg, why wasn’t the metro extended a couple of extra kms to the Richmond line? Why wasn’t a metro built decades ago? Eastern suburbs line terminating at BJ etc etc etc. (Bob Carr I’m looking at you… amongst others). But, I think we also need to realise that we can’t let the perfect get in the way of the good. At least we’re getting something now. Let’s just make sure we do it right in future 🤦‍♀️

@xr6lad

27 күн бұрын

@@jessicabudden5695 yup. Let’s focus on past decisions that can’t be changed.

I remember back a week ago, after school at like 7-8pm, I saw bunches of metro staff members standing at the side of the metro door, and once the metro departs, it horns for like 10 times, feels like it was celebrating, and accelerates straight into the tunnel, and I filmed it down.

Test test test. Let's light this candle

Great video. Can I ask roughly when it was filmed?

Loved the video, but how the heck did you get the footage of the inside of the metro before chatswood (when it was emerging from the tunnel) @TsetsTransport

When Sydney Metro had the open day before the initial line first opened to stress test at max loads, the whole system collapsed and there were massive delays. This time they are not taking any chances.

I have heard testing will continue until mid August

One year testing. 100 years ago. Build something and open and run the trains. We have progressed.

has anyone tried to sneak onboard? like with a plausible strategy... maybe dress in black and under the seats + a platform distraction?

@tsetstransport

Ай бұрын

The amount of staff that scan every part of the train is mental. Zero chance. Not to mention it’s illegal.

@AheadMatthewawsome

Ай бұрын

There’s is so much security there, it’s pretty much impossible for them to not detect you. Even if you were to avoid them until the train starts moving, they’ve set up Crows Nest where they’ll remove you from the train, interrogate you, then put you on the next train back to Chatswood.

@staryoshi06

Ай бұрын

@@AheadMatthewawsome This sounds like it's said from experience :P

@jessicabudden5695

27 күн бұрын

I’d love to see someone sneak a little camera on board to record the view out the front…

Release Date?

What’s the wait time at Chatswood now with the trains going through to Sydenham when they used to terminate I think it was about a 5 minute wait for the train to go back to Tallawong

@tsetstransport

Ай бұрын

Same times as before - 10 minutes off-peak, 4 minutes on-peak. It's primarily since they have roughly around 45 metro trains now allowing frequencies to stay the same despite the extension.

So we have Chatswood, Epping, Martin Place, and Central as interchanges with heavy rail, and later Parramatta and St. Mary’s. I’m interested to consider new Metro routes and future interchanges. Any ideas?

@matthird330

Ай бұрын

If Parramatta Light Rail is not extended to Epping then it would be great to see a Metro Branch Line between Epping and Parramatta.

@DeannoPlaysMC

Ай бұрын

North Strathfield, Westmead too

@breadish69

Ай бұрын

I just wanna have more stations where I live in walking distance all I have is a light rail which is a kilometre plus away

@Gary-vv5gt

Ай бұрын

I think wynard, Martin place and new hunter st station should be renamed as Sydney central north with platforms being renumbered. Platform 1-2: T4 3-4: T1 and northern line 5-6: T2/T8 7-8: M1 9-10: west metro And current central renamed as central south

Nice vid! Small correction: what you’ve called the ‘junction’ at Chatswood is formally referred to as a ‘crossover’.

@tsetstransport

Ай бұрын

Yeah did notice that little error when going over the video after it was uploaded. :) Glad you enjoyed!

Challenge: record a metro train honking 📢

@Aarav_Vispute

Ай бұрын

Saw that happen yesterday not sure why

@Aarav_Vispute

Ай бұрын

I saw that yesterday not sure why

Where is the place at the very beginning of the video? The train yard for all the metro cars?

@NigelDraycott

Ай бұрын

Tullawong

When the guys signal the train is ok to go to Sydenham, who are they signaling to? Someone in the control centre who presses the “go” button

@darren4852

Ай бұрын

I don't think it's a 'ok to go' but more 'noone in the train '. At 3:35 a driver walks into the train and the platform staff stay on the platform so they are signalling a driver to press the 'go' button but it would be driveable from the control room to a limited degree

@ralphbyles142

Ай бұрын

@@darren4852 if the system is being tested to operational conditions, the train should be running driverless from Chatswood , to Sydenham, and return AND. On to Tallawong.

@wattoman28

27 күн бұрын

They're signalling to the person at the front of the train with the radio that the sweep has been completed with no one on board and the train can depart

Why do the doors reopen again Elliot I am confused but why do they do that can’t they just not reopen and go

@tsetstransport

Ай бұрын

Watch the video to the end, and you will see why.

they really sound like the jubilee line trains.

@williamdom3814

Ай бұрын

Nothing like it.

Do sydney metro trains have horns?

@tsetstransport

Ай бұрын

Yes, but they are rarely used.

saw a guy i knw walking on the platform, weird

im so confused on how it works

4:04 Why does the Train announcer sound AI generated lol

There spending millions on S/W line and there's already a good train line there! WTH BUILD A LINE WHERE THEY NEED ONE!!! WASTE OF $$$🤔

Sysneyrails at the other side and metro say pft your not better than me

have they got an opening day settled yet?

@spinoraptorspinosaurus6969

Ай бұрын

no they just said somewhere in may i think but prob got delayed. Most say it's opening by august or september.

@spinoraptorspinosaurus6969

Ай бұрын

@@quarkcypher just a couple days ago, i saw the construction of one of the stations (barangaroo i think) but anyways, it looked kinda far from completion so yea i lost a bit of hope but then the rest seems to be good. Metro testing is fine and has been going on for a while so yea i think the metro will enter service by september.