Sydney Metro Chatswood to Sydenham: Australia’s First World-Class Driverless Train Line

[@hayleyemma7953]

I am fortunate to have worked on the Sydney Metro City and continue to work on Southwest. Seeing it come to live stage by stage has been fantastic and its amazing we get to enjoy it as of today!

[@SS-yw7vo]

You all have done an awesome job

[@PurpleEyeBags]

THANK YOU!!!!!🙏

[@pj1043]

Well done Sydney. Well ahead of Melbourne public transport.

[@nicolepickering7056]

Loving the new metro service! Do you know if there has been any talk on the inside about the Metro possibly extending to the eastern suburbs and northern beaches in the distant future? It’s an excellent system, it would be great to see it service all areas of Sydney in the future, like the Subway and the Tube do for NYC and London.

[@mjcats2011]

@@pj1043 Well ahead is an understatement.

[@0999milky]

Thankyou Rory for taking the time to show us the new Metro.As a girl who grew up in Chatswood and hates the uglification of the suburb I can see that the new line will make travelling around Sydney easier for commuters and hopefully ease traffic congestion.After seeing this will make a effort to try soon .

[@marcio78]

I'm glad Sydney inaugurates its first metro line. When I visited Australia I travelled on the suburban trains only. So now, Sydney is the third city in southern hemisphere with automated driverless metro after São Paulo, Brazil (line 4) and Santiago, Chile (lines 3 and 6). Greetings from Chile.

[@marcnut1996]

The metro line already opened 5 years ago, today's opening is an extension into the Sydney CBD.

[@kawangkwok5262]

I visited Sydney in February and enjoyed the public transport network during 11 days stay. This makes me want to visit Sydney again!

[@scottrutkowski493]

Rory I really want to thank you for creating this video of the new Sydney Metro line. I live in Sydney and I now have a better understanding of the Sydney Metro line and you always describe your videos so well for those of us such as myself who have no vision. thank you for such an awesome description and a fantastic video.

[@Mr4dspecs]

Well done to get this out so quickly, especially showing all the stations, Rory! Very interesting and informative video.

[@cind_h_er5717]

I watched them making it for so many years in Chatswood, but then moved to the beaches, so I wouldn't have got to see this without you. Thanks so much, Rory!

[@mmwalks]

World class indeed! Can’t wait to ride it later this week. Thanks for getting a video up so quickly!

[@Aprilsraven629]

Wow thanks Rory, I'd wondered how this service worked when I was in Sydney a month ago, Central is absolutely huge now and takes some navigating allow extra time, the other stations look amazing so different from previous ones, dark, smelly and dingy and I really like the safer new platforms...can't wait to be the one peering through the front & back windows and rocketing under the harbour...

[@MitchellBPYao]

I do know I be going on it alot

[@dja69]

A very well produced vlog as I enjoyed watching this. Thank you very much Rory.

[@johannbrandstatter7419]

Magnificent presentation - thank you Rory !

[@Agent44996]

8:10 Ohhh so that was you on the left hand side of the screen on 9news haha.

[@RoryDing]

😂

[@margarethennessey2583]

The metro is the greatest thing to be built. My husband and my kids use it. Just like Englands tubes. Fabulous

[@rasferrastfarian739]

Well done Rory! I hadn't heard of this wonder! Wasn't on the news here in SA.

[@scottietheshark]

As a Sydneysider I find this VERY interesting! Can hardly wait to ride! I love that you actually took the time to get off at each station! So weird seeing platform screen doors in front of those old buildings at Sydenham though.

[@MitchellBPYao]

Gadigai wasfirsty

[@rishih5121]

Very informative & detailed review. I haven’t travelled on the new line yet, but having watched your video, I feel like I have. Thank you 😊👍

[@lisarestaino1569]

Gosh, what a blast from the past! I worked in Chatswood many years ago! Use to get the train from Sydney central to Chatswood! Great video 😊

[@catherineduff4302]

Gosh, now I want to fly to Sydney just to travel on this new train. The new stations look fabulous. Thanks, Rory for another great video. ❤

[@Object712]

0:01 MY GOD HOW HIGH IS THAT APARTMENT!?! Also it’s cool that central used platforms 26 and 27 for the metro despite it was abandoned for almost 80 years I think

[@GhostlineExpress]

There was the ghost platforms near platforms 25&27 and there is platforms 26&27 in the concourse in between 16&12

[@mark123655]

Cool view from the place in Chatswood (assume Meriton Suites?) Note that Central 26/27 is an entirely new platform. The prior 26/27 built in the 60/70s which sit above the T4 24/25 are now abandoned and used as part of HVAC and back of house systems.

[@GhostlineExpress]

@@mark123655 true

[@mark123655]

Great to see one of my favourite travel bloggers cover this opening before many of the transport.vloggers.

[@RoryDing]

Thank you 😊

[@greenmagicdragon]

Great video. Thanks for the detailed rundown on all the new stations. Very informative. 👍

[@Beeblebrox6868]

Great video Rory! This is very well put together, one of the best I've seen, and even more impressive when you filmed it and published all on the same day.

[@RoryDing]

Thank you 😊

[@patriciafuchs5970]

Cool video! What a good idea to give this exposure!

[@thomasbryan8134]

hey love the video, great descriptions for me as a blind folower. Many thanks

[@andersonomo597]

I know we all have our gripes about Sydney but bloody hell we have a terrific public transport system. It's clean, efficient, updated, modern and user friendly. This new addition to the network is fabulous - thanks for the update!

[@jilly5950]

Great video, thanks, Rory. Well done, Sydney, for improving public transport. Looks amazing.

[@Airakaz90]

Great video Rory, thanks for posting!

[@jumbokevin]

Very informative video Rory! Thanks for filming all the stations

[@shaungordon9737]

Sydney metro is absolutey beautiful

[@zagika]

Very informative video Rory and I appreciate the effort you put in. I really like how accessible the Metro trains are for people in wheelchairs/scooters etc.

[@adamc8753]

Amazing video. So quick to get it out.

[@anferneec]

Love the level of detail you shared with this video Rory. Can't wait to give the new driverless train a go. This is definitely a massive project for Sydney.

[@gailstevens6831]

Congratulations on a great video! Really succinct, easy to follow and held my interest the entire video. I have watched a few different videos about the Metro and I learned more from your vlog than the others.

[@RGC198]

Hi Rory, thanks for sharing his excellent video. It is truly amazing how much Sydney has changed, since I was living there prior to mid 1981. My family and did spend a short time in Sydney in early 2000, though back then, the only light rail running was Central to Wentworth Park and the Metro had not even been thought of. Prior to moving to Melbourne in 1981, I used to live at Marrickville on the Bankstown line, which will now soon be also converted to Metro. Anyway, take care. Rob in Melbourne Australia.

[@andrewl3655]

Great video Rory

[@johannbrummer6764]

Excellent video Rory, keep up the good work mate!

[@cj-gunn]

Top class as always... so much information yet delightfully presented and it all makes sense - that is a skill!!

[@RoryDing]

Thank you 😊

[@scoop9977]

Great work Rory .. very informative and interesting.

[@robertfletcher3421]

I lived in Sydney in the 1980/90s, and it was nothing like this, it was if I was living in the dark ages. Well done Sydney.

[@andrewdipper4028]

Great video Rory, very well shot, written and edited!

[@KatelynsAdventures707]

This is cool thanks for sharing Rory. I’ll be having a ride next time I’m in Sydney.

[@brulai]

I was waiting to see who would cover the M1 metro first. Well done, Rory. I am planning my trip on the Metro on the weekend.

[@benfits]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@pm110978]

Thanks for the video mate 👍

[@Ecka63]

I travelled on the MRT in Taiwan in 2019 and was very impressed after years of travelling on the Sydney and Brisbane rail networks. The new metro line seems be identical to the MRT so this is a massive step forward for Sydney!

[@17H-W]

It opened the day before my birthday 🎉

[@Thatonestrangefella]

Lovely birthday present 😊

[@RoryDing]

Happy belated birthday! 🎂

[@Emily-zo4mo]

Thanks Rory. Fantastic video.

[@jasonfoster7403]

Brilliant vid Rory. Thank you

[@waverleyc.412]

Awesome video! Very informative! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

The stations are gorgeous!

[@TMOC1977]

Excellent video Rory!!!

[@johnblood3367]

Great video

[@potterj09]

Nice to see them using a full length bumper along to platform to cator for those without the aptitude to safely use public transport.

[@timkelly2901]

Great report Rory

[@alexmcwhirter6611]

Informative video Rory. I hear that famous UK architect Sir Norman Foster designed three of the new stations. Pity this wasn't noted.

[@tivet4]

not in sydney railway station!, norton design london new railway station 3 or 4 local

[@alexmcwhirter6611]

@@tivet4 Make an online search and you will discover that I am correct.

[@glynnismacpherson504]

Thankyou Rory 🌿

[@alimfuzzy]

I'm hoping it's less crowded from tomorrow. I took it home tonight from Martin Place, and it was the busiest I've ever seen the metro.

[@sergio1994super]

Sydney now has a Metro line that resembles London Metro station from 15 years ago, great progress guys.

[@HeathWP]

you must be fun at parties

[@mjcats2011]

Come to Melbourne and see what we have, especially in the West. Flipping 35% of the network in the West isn't even electrified.

[@jamallhayden2512]

Thank You!

[@firdyk]

Thank you Rory

[@njz1]

Was on the very first northbound service. Entire train was PACKED. Great experience though, can’t wait for Bankstown 2025!

[@thebigsdog]

victoria is doing a similar update but out system already seem outdated now. not to mention one of our stations was built 2m short to accommodate future trains haha

[@GhostlineExpress]

I was on the 3:04/3:18 metro service to Sydenham

[@Lavendare1023]

Cool 🎉

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Bom dia rosy Boa viagem de trem ai 0:59 Sydney

[@charsydney6552]

very informative.....great report! Thanks @rorydingtravels !

[@RoryDing]

Thank you 😊

[@laqmnguyen2010]

Sydney Metro Stage 2 Grand Opening that carried Swifties, Rail Enthusiasts, School Students, Government MPs, News Crews and Vloggers. Eventually extended to Bankstown.

[@pj1043]

Well done Sydney. Well ahead of Melbourne.

[@Grant7619]

Hi mate, love your content and the provided information you supply. Hope all is well and that you have fully recovered from the --------- that asulted you the stupid,-------- best wishes for a you mate and keep up the good work 😊😊

[@DorkBoy77]

Melbourne commuters be in tears right now. It's offical, Sydney has a better public transport system.

[@harrygoldun5779]

Why in tears, when our Metro tunnel.opens we will have the best of both worlds, turn up and go with real trains, not these hideous little toy trains.

[@DorkBoy77]

Syd Metro is in a class of its own regarding the tunnel. I can’t see Melbourne being completed for a long time yet. But I’m sure it will be fantastic once the airport is connected. I would rate Brisbane ahead of Melbourne. 😊

[@frankiekmichi20002]

Sydney has had better public transport for a long time Love melbourne but the trams and trains aren’t great

[@mjcats2011]

@@harrygoldun5779 Harry, is that all you've got? The Metro trains are practically the same flaming size. Best of both worlds, what the hell are you talking about? The Melbourne Metro isn't even on the same scope as the Sydney Metro. May I remind you that as NSW are build kms and kms of Metro we in Victoria are canning, descoping and postponing projects. Sydney is miles ahead. Melbourne don't even rate.

[@mjcats2011]

@@DorkBoy77 It aint going to happen in Melbourne unless they do it on the very cheap.

[@lutfiprayogi2]

It's quite unusual that now between Central and Sydenham, the suburban train services have more stations than the metro.

[@erinfree5136]

I hope your on the news

[@hamiltonwilliamdossantos9305]

I wonder why in some countries public transport is taking cared of so smoothly that in a short period of time society benefits from its improvement, while in continental Brazil states can't even agree the country needs high-speed trains criscrossing the whole country if it wants to become minimally competitive...

[@kathleenharsha6504]

Fast turnaround on the new train service. Well done.

[@ameykulkarni6460]

Made in India trains! The Alstom made trains are like sister trains to Mumbai metro line 3 which are very similar to these with top speed of 100 kmph. They have 8 car diverless trains and 15 km Phase 1 will be operational by Sept 2024 and Phase 2 18 km by Dec 2024. It will be the first fully underground 32 km metro in India. (Others are partial underground and partial overhead)

[@flamingfrancis]

Indeed and it's so sad that we Aussies failed to continue the excellent locomotives and rolling stock we manufactured here in bygone times..Some of it is still servicing the suburban and Intercity networks.

[@mjcats2011]

@@flamingfrancis True but Francis Australia has never built metro stock.

[@HanJiang28]

I been here today.

[@ronvorbach1464]

Lets have a look at it at least one year from now. See how it stands up to wear and tare ,not forgetting maintenance cut backs for what ever reason our government thinks of.

[@axan50transportproductions]

Reminding me of SEA and Indian metros

[@mark123655]

Similar trains.. but the Sydney stations are very impressive

[@axan50transportproductions]

@@mark123655 Yep the underground Sydney stations have really good infrastructure. But the rolling stock is Indian

[@HawkBird]

I wish we had daring railway projects here in Adelaide, instead all we had was an old spur line reopened, and still waiting on 2 major lines to be electrified

[@nswtrains3153]

Adelaide isn’t big enough to need this

[@flamingfrancis]

Adelaide was a leader in the O Bahn system that has operated for almost 40 years. It is difficult to justify expenditure of the amounts of the Metro in smaller populations.

[@mjcats2011]

@@nswtrains3153 No, but they can at least electrify and make improvements, like what is happening in Perth, a similar sized city. Instead of refurbishing old DMU's

[@nswtrains3153]

@@mjcats2011 Perth is lucky Adelaide probably think they are LA at the moment

[@jrdnhamm]

Hey Rory! How’s your eye doing so far? I hope it’s good as new!

[@RoryDing]

I believe I have fully recovered. Thank you for asking. 😊

[@jrdnhamm]

That’s great! Without your eye, you could have temporarily lost some vision. We’re lucky we have 2

[@vinrich_video]

Looks like you started at Meriton in Chatswood

[@MitchellBPYao]

Stayed

[@RoryDing]

I did yes 😊

[@williamHan-Waratahtransport]

I saw you at chatswood

[@williamHan-Waratahtransport]

I went on the first one

[@DariusPeczek]

Hey Rory, are you going to move the Sydney now :-) ?

[@HanJiang28]

And this is exactly what happened.

[@congregationGlobal]

🎉

[@glassy2937]

Why does our gov keep getting trains built overseas and not here!

[@theuglywolf2536]

Ask the Liberal party when they destroyed Australian manufacturing and then made the purchase of stock from India on the cheap. Sydney Liberals spent millions on this project to award contracts to their mates.

[@mjcats2011]

@@theuglywolf2536 Wow I would rather have what NW Sydney has then what we have in the new suburbs of Melbourne, which is lumbering ancient DMU's running to poor frequencies.

[@DJ99777]

Hi Rory, being from Newcastle I didn’t know Sydney was getting a new train. Very interesting video. The trains are very ugly. What a shame. Now that I have watched your video I am getting adds about it in some awful foreign language.

[@ScottyMaccas]

Thanks Rory. There's another great video showing off every station here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5uTfpxqe9-ohtU Shoutout to all the content creators doing the rounds at all the new stops!

[@tally1604]

Very fast reporting. Breaking, I would say.

[@richieflesfadar6893]

Hmmm... water in the tunnel already under the harbour 🤔🤔🤔😂

[@flamingfrancis]

The roadway tunnel has been open for 32 years and doing the same all that time so what's the problem?

[@keelieinwonderland]

I hear jack hahn

[@misterbig9025]

Why do they use Indian train cars?

[@vijgai3]

Ask the Liberals

[@maccomplex]

Alstom is a french company. They are not Indian trains, they are just built there according to spec because its cheaper. The factories there are churning trains out constantly so there is a solid industrial base.

[@chickennoodle6620]

Cheaper due to economies of scale. Alstom manufactures Metropolis sets for other metro systems in India as well.

[@tamworthtrainnut285]

They were built at the Alstom Factory in India and then shipped on boats from India to Sydney

[@yuschin1]

The new stations look fabulous but rail speed is not up to world standards.

[@calvinchung2036]

Snail speed 😁

[@AustraliaWorldwide]

i got a video of it as well and in 4K Folks Premieres today and done by a real railfan and aussie

[@RoryDing]

A real rail fan would’ve wasted no time and gotten the video uploaded the same day the line opened. 😉

[@Dacland.]

Me: "Babe, Rory just dropped a new video on the new train line" Her: "We have to watch it!" Me: "I already started.." Her: "I WANT A DIVORCE"

[@RoryDing]

😂😂

[@BaileyStephens_2002]

The posts happen on TikTok.

[@darkz1820]

now only if the metro didn't affect my station and the waste of money for the upgrade just convert it into shuttle bus........

[@brulai]

@darkz1820 only for twelve months, while the signals between Marrickville and Bankstown are converted to automated signalling, and the Metro barriers are installed. After that, the Metro trains will go all the way to Bankstown. It is NOT a waste of money,, only new roads that cause gridlock are the biggest waste of money.

[@PollyDollyBabe]

Have a look at Russia 🇷🇺 subway. In travelling with Russell. KZbin 💥💐 Out of this world. 🌹

[@RoryDing]

I was fortunate enough to get to travel to Moscow and St Petersburg in Jan. 2020. They have some of the most beautiful metro stations in the world!