The Opal gates are installed and train testing is underway as Waterloo Station prepares to open its doors to passengers next year.
Waterloo is one of eight stations that make up the transformative Sydney Metro City & Southwest line that spans from Chatswood in the north, before heading under the harbour, through Sydney’s CBD and onto Sydenham.
Work at Waterloo, one of the six brand new stations is 95% complete.
The station’s four lifts and seven escalators are commissioned and ready to move passengers between street level and the platforms which sit 25m below ground. The last of the station signs are being fitted to ensure easy navigation for commuters at the brand-new, fully accessible station.
The focus for the 100 workers on site each day will now turn to completing the main station entrance on the corner of Cope and Raglan Streets.
6,000 people an hour are expected to pass through Waterloo Station during morning peak when it opens to the public. It will take pressure off Redfern and Green Square stations and provide fast, safe and reliable journeys to Central in 2 minutes, Barangaroo in 8 minutes and to North Sydney in 11 minutes.
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Jo Haylen, NSW Transport Minister said:
“World-class metro services will start at Waterloo Station next year making this growing pocket of Sydney more connected than ever before.”
“A metro service every four minutes at Waterloo Station will significantly reduce traffic on our inner-city roads and alleviate pressure at nearby Redfern and Green Square stations.”
“Progress at Waterloo Station is well-advanced, and it is exciting to see what journeys will look like for passengers when transformative metro services start through the city.”
