Waterloo, Central, Gadigal, Barangaroo, Victoria Cross, Crows Nest and Chatswood Dive Site Update

[@pomder]

Thanks for the thorough update Paul! How lucky we are to have you making these videos about all the progress on these Sydney projects for us to enjoy without leaving the comfort of our couch!

[@TransportVlog]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yes I'm aware that these videos benefit many people that can't easily visit the stations themselves, including quite a few that live overseas.

[@yesand5536]

I'm excited to use the bike path, now that I know it's up and running. Great update Paul!

[@TransportVlog]

Yes do go and check it out! Glad you enjoyed this update.

[@aussiejohn5835]

Hi Paul 👋 I really enjoyed this update presentation, and I appreciate the effort you take to bring these to us. I am keen to see all these stations when they are in operation. Thanks again Paul for another amazing presentation. 👏

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks John, Glad you enjoyed it, and appreciate the effort involved. Yes, let's meet again when the line is open, and I can take you on a tour!

[@aussiejohn5835]

@@TransportVlog you're very welcome 👍 and I will hold you to that Paul 😊

[@exploringsydneysrailways]

Just a note about the Martin Place open day webpage - it may say that it's sold out, but this is just referring to the first time option of 9:00. If you click the "More options" button, you can select another time of the day, where there are still tickets available.

[@TransportVlog]

Yes that's right! Thanks for sharing. Not sure if we've met yet, so do come and say Hi if you're at the Martin Place open day.

[@wowjef]

Thanks Paul. What I find fascinating, as with all recent station developments over the last few years, is the opportunity for attractive station design or re-devlopment. I imagine they have spread the work between different architects.

[@TransportVlog]

Yes that's right. There are a number of different architects involved including Fosters & Partners, Bates Smart and John McAslan and partners. It's great to see that each station is unique.

[@AheadMatthewawsome]

Great video as always, Paul!

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Matthew, glad you enjoyed it, and great to see you on Patreon.

[@JustJessEdits]

Amazing video! I am so excited for this to open soon. There’s so much of Sydney I want to explore that I haven’t been able to on the normal train line! So excited!

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it Jess! Yes there is lots to explore in Sydney!

[@LooneyMooneyfuntimes]

Great to see another Sydney Vlogger on KZbin !! Sending greetings and a sub your way ❤❤

[@TransportVlog]

Glad you found me, and thanks for subscribing! Do checkout my other videos, especially the Sydney Metro open days ones.

[@lukebohun8843]

Paul: You've been a busy man. Thanks for this excellent edition and addition to your already great productions. Particularly the editing. Great surprise to see the train exiting towards Chatswood. All this progress has whetted my appetite to go on a train journey to inspect the progress.

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Luke!, Yes I've been pretty busy recently. I was very lucky to get that metro train clip, as most of the testing happens at night.

[@MatthewSkellett]

Great Video Paul , usual high quality info. :-)

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Matthew 👍

[@markjovi5572]

Your content is worth saving in Sydney’s history archives for the next generations to see.

[@murraykitson1436]

If these videos were archived, viewing them in the future would be akin to watching the documentary about the Eastern Suburbs Railway today , which I find both fascinating and very nostalgic !

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Mark, hopefully it will always be on KZbin!

[@antstransportandchallengeschan]

I'm going to the community opening for Martin Place. It was really nice meeting you 2 weeks ago

[@TransportVlog]

Awesome, Great to meet you too, and look forward to seeing you there!

[@anniemon]

Thanks Paul for the heads up ‘Short’ video yesterday re Martin Pl open day. We’ve got tickets. Missed the others by being away on Open Days. Great update video today as always.

[@TransportVlog]

Great to hear that you'e got tickets for Martin Place open day! Look forward to seeing you there! Glad you enjoyed this video.

[@Norry218]

Awesome update Paul, It's almost finished, Can't wait to be on one of the first metros from the south.

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Norry. Glad you enjoyed it. Not long now!

[@roxxybabee]

Hi Paul! Thanks for another amazing update video. Love seeing how the Metro is coming along. Something I think might help viewers of the videos in future is if you were to put a Date stamp in the top corner while you're showing footage of sites and stations, that way you don't constantly have to say when you took the footage (and the audience doesn't have to try and remember which images were from which days). Cheers!

[@TransportVlog]

Glad you enjoyed it! Good idea, I'll think about date stamps for future videos.

[@SYDTrainsFilms]

I really love your updates on Sydney Metro, please don't stop doing them!

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy them!

[@TaniTaniwha]

Great job Paul. You put so much into these videos, so informative and so interesting, I felt obligated to join your patreon account. Well worth it. Thank you.

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Mike, Glad you appreciate the work involved. And thanks for supporting me on Patreon! That really helps!

[@paulmiller591]

Getting close now need to work out a business trip that might coincide with the opening time. Thanks, Paul. Everything is looking great. Everything seems to be built based on a high specification.

[@TransportVlog]

Hi Paul, Yes it is certainly getting close now. I believe the opening date will be announced about 6 weeks before, so that might help you time a business trip to Sydney for opening time.

[@geoffreymoore9725]

Hi Paul, saw the other guy's help, thanks. Perhaps you are right. I have to try and catch as much as I can, as I can't do it on my own. See what happens. Be great to meet you and perhaps the other Paul or Phil. Cheers.

[@TransportVlog]

No worries Geoff, Look forward to meeting you then.

[@lukemoore5367]

I'm so excited to board on the Sydney Metro rail line between Chatswood to Sydenham & Bankstown I can't wait to explore all the stations between Chatswood to Sydenham & Bankstown.

[@TransportVlog]

Yes me too!

[@RGC198]

Hi Paul, thanks for the interesting video. I think I like the Randle Lane Central Station entrance the best. The gate there looks almost like a royal entrance. Having a railway station in Crows Nest should bring the area back to how it was when the trams used to go there. It becomes more centralised with the Metro, as it would have been when the trams went here. I think the place was almost forgotten about when it was only served by buses. Anyway, take care. Rob in Melbourne Australia.

[@TransportVlog]

Glad you enjoyed it Rob. Yes the metro will make it much easier to get to Crows Nest.

[@ForTheBirbs]

Awesome as usual Paul! So much good I fo packed in. Thanks for the bonus treat at the end. That must have been a relief to finally get! Cheers

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Jim, I actually got that clip a few weeks ago, and it was on a very windy day. I was hoping to get a better clip, but that will do for now!

[@paulburgess-qr9rx]

Hey Paul another great video, I managed to get a hold of tickets might see you there

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Paul - Glad you got tickets.

[@ronakbhagat2719]

Hi Paul, I met you at the Parramatta Metro open day on Sunday.

[@TransportVlog]

Cool! I'm working on that video at the moment!

[@TheHalo14aus]

Love these videos. Thank you.

[@TransportVlog]

You're very welcome

[@louisemusiclover]

Thank you for a very informative video most enjoyable

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Louise, glad you enjoyed it! Lovely singing by the way 😀

[@therealGLAD]

Randle Ln has been earmarked by CoS as a future activated laneway (similar to Angel Pl or Abercrombie Ln) so I assume it'll become some kind of shared zone.

[@TransportVlog]

That's good to know, and makes sense.

[@connorcore7008]

They are all looking good, Paul. Although i'm not sure about the apricot render on the tower at Gadigal, but anyway.

[@TransportVlog]

Yes, a few people have mentioned that! I think it's to blend in with the Edinburgh Castle Hotel.

[@geoffreymoore1510]

Thanks for all this Paul, How far is the new Crows Nest Station from the main Northern train line or buses? Also as I told you in other places I will be at the Open Day at Martin Place Metro on Sunday 5th May and hope we meet, finally. Might see what else I can find as far as other Metro Stations in town. This was all wonderful and I can't wait to see it all up and running, too.

[@fittipaldi7326]

The Crows Nest Metro Station is about 500 metres or so from St Leonard’s Station if you walked along the Pacific Highway. Bus stops will be at both stations. Crows Nest station is designed to be seperate whereas Chatswood would be a better station to transfer from old rail to Metro.

[@TransportVlog]

Hi Geoff, Glad you enjoyed this video. See @fittipaldi7326 answer below for your Crows Nest question. Don't try and do too much on 5th May. You could easily spend a couple of hours at Martin Place station, and it will be wonderful social occasion, with lots of opportunities to chat with Sydney Metro staff and like minded people.

[@Chadtransportvlogs]

Great video Paul

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Chad 👍

[@waltercoslovi6404]

Hi Paul is there any update on the Metro line from Sydenham to Bankstown and when if it will be open from Sydenham.

[@daveg2104]

It will be over a year away. The line between Sydenham and Bankstown is expected to be shut down for conversion to Metro for a year, and that should start some time between July and October 2024.

[@ec7152]

Additional lollipops have started to appear at central - so far at the devonshire st entrance and eddy ave

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks for that. I'll check those out when I'm next there. Lots of trackwork is now happening for the new platforms 13 and 14, so I'm keen to check that out too.

[@MiltBrady]

good job Paul

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks!

[@jasonlee244]

Great update. Poor Henry Lawson! Had the name of his reserve butchered 🥹🤣

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Jason! It doesn't look too bad to me!

[@josephlownang6992]

Good video mate

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks 👍

[@dr94279]

Cheers Paul, any sense of opening dates?

[@TransportVlog]

Still the middle of this year, with an exact date to be announced about 6 weeks before.

[@dr94279]

@@TransportVlog looking forward to it

[@AustNRail]

The ramp in the end of the video, I have driven a concrete agitator truck down many times during the tunnel’s construction.

[@TransportVlog]

That must have been cool! Good that they're retained it, as I'm sure it will be handy for maintenance vehicles.

[@paulburgess-qr9rx]

Hi Paul any chance of sharing the link to the open day for Martin place would be much appreciated

[@daveg2104]

It's in the comment under the video. Or you can check the Community section of his KZbin page.

[@paulburgess-qr9rx]

@@daveg2104thanks for the heads up managed to get a ticket

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks @daveg2104. Glad you got a ticket Paul.

[@jumbokevin]

What's the new ETA for the extended metro line this year?

[@TransportVlog]

It's still "the middle of this year" with an exact date likely to be announced about 6 weeks before.

[@rsg5850]

Is there a date when this extension of metro service will be accessible to commuters?

[@TransportVlog]

Still the middle of this year, with an exact date to be announced about 6 weeks before.

[@harrygroundwater2590]

Apparently the Chatswood dive site might become a new school

[@TransportVlog]

Yes I'd heard that too! Whatever is built there will be low density, so no tower blocks!

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

None of your stated links appear on the "top right."

[@TransportVlog]

They don't appear when watching on TVs and certain other devices, but they are always listed in the description. Scroll to the bottom and you'll see them under the Chapters heading.

[@Jaysnakey]

What trains will go to platforms 13 and 14?

[@TransportVlog]

Probably the South Coast trains to Wollongong and Kiama. These are going to be increased to every 30 mins, and are likely to terminate at Central, rather than go through to Bondi Junction.

[@Jaysnakey]

@@TransportVlog Great for me coming from wollongong. Thanks Paul!

[@dulcinealee3933]

Another great video! Is it my eyes or is the new Crows Nest Metro Station the ugliest brown brick building out of all the other new metro stations? I love the canopies, the glass panels when lit up but the building itself looks really ugly! Was it designed to be made from recycled materials or to blend in more to any surrounding buildings in Crows Nest? I need to go for a visit for a closer look one day as it's not far from where I live. Thanks for the next community day link . I missed the last one at Victoria Cross as I didn't know about it.

[@TransportVlog]

I believe it was designed to blend in with the surrounding buildings, but it isn't to everyone's taste. Definitely worth taking a look. Go on a Sunday if you want to peer through the hoardings to see how it looks inside, as there's often no construction activity on Sundays. Look forward to seeing you at the Martin Place open day.

[@dulcinealee3933]

@@TransportVlog thanks!

[@fittipaldi7326]

A lot of the shop front at Cross Nest have a similar brown brick design. The Crows Nest Metro Station frontage and connecting developments is quite significant. I can see it really becoming an Eat Street style of place with the 2 train stations and high residential density nearby. The artwork at the entrance of the Metro station is quite colourful and it provide a kind of juxtaposition to the exterior brickwork. I reckon it will look great.

[@scruffy1234]

When is it opening?

[@TransportVlog]

The middle of this year, with an exact date to be announced about 6 weeks before.

[@ethans-dk4bk]

Waterloo is a Subrub in Sydney.

[@daveg2104]

Certainly not the municipality in Belgium. Unless Paul got seriously lost. It did take its name from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 though.

[@harrygroundwater2590]

Yes

[@vitaminprotein6814]

A "Subrub"? ... Whatever floats your boat.

[@harrygroundwater2590]

@@vitaminprotein6814 ghetto 😂

[@ranger8237]

5:10 Randle Lane Entrance has been open on and off. Had a recent video with it been opened (Filmed on Sunday 11th February) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJi1i4Bulq-Md6Msi=IKhgZCWX09um4oGl

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Chris, It's always been closed whenever I've been there, although Phil at STV filmed it open as well, but that was back in November.

[@noelleng126]

I wonder why metro did not start from South West, the furthest suburb with potential growth and expansion. These metro areas take 30min while South Western Sydney has to suffer 1h30 each way and forever on the bottom of the list for development.

[@fittipaldi7326]

Ultimately they will come .. but the The Hills District had no heavy rail until the North West Metro was opened in 2019. Before the M2 opened in the late 90s it also took 90 minutes to get the city from areas like Baulkham Hills and Castle Hills as you had to get a bus into Parramatta then a train to the city. If you can get Sydenham from the south west you will be able to save time on the Metro.

[@fittipaldi7326]

Also the North West is a Liberal stronghold and the conservative governments were keen for the driverless non unionised trains.

[@ethans-dk4bk]

"The Problem is that they are going to shortened the 288 and it will terminate at Macquarie Shops and it won't be good for my School which is Epping Boys High School. This is not great for My School, I'm a Local Resident of Epping and we sometimes take the 288 to Sydney CBD But now we have to take Metro. The Reason why i love Buses is Because my Dad is a Bus Driver."

[@TransportVlog]

Hi Ethan, whenever you make changes to public transport, they'll be some people that will be inconvenienced, but many more will benefit. Great to hear that your Dad is a bus driver!

[@whatwhat678]

when is this metro going to officially open ffs

[@TransportVlog]

It's still "the middle of this year" with an exact date likely to be announced about 6 weeks before.

[@taupopoki]

Ha! Elliot @ 0:40 😂

[@TransportVlog]

Yep that's him!

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

These are not canopies. They are known as AWNINGS. God bless you....

[@TransportVlog]

I tend to call them Awnings on the old heritage buildings and Canopies on the new ones. Sydney Metro also call them Canopies.

[@TransportVlog]

I usually call them Awnings on the older heritage buildings and Canopies on the new ones. Also Sydney Metro refer to them as Canopies in their documentation.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

@@TransportVlog Ok, thanks for reply. Gpd bless

[@ethans-dk4bk]

Sydenham to Bankstown is still open not for a few months. The Buses with more Bus Drivers are Helpful. SW1 All Stops from Sydenham to Bankstown. SW2, Express between Sydenham and Belmore and All Stops Between Belmore and Bankstown. My Mums Friend will love it. And SW3, Express Sydenham to Campsie and Canterbury. That is Great. We need more Bus Drivers. We need to Tap on and Tap off to get more Bus Drivers. The Lines will Change. The T3 will run from the City to Liverpool Via Regents Park. I don't want T2 via Regents Park Because it is the Most Complicated Line regards to Express Services. Between Bankstown and Lidcombe will be the Return of the T6. The T6 will be the Bankstown Line and the T3 will be the Inner West and Regents Park Line. We will make Sydney Better. More Devolopments. TOD. And we will Block NIMBYS And we will Join Sydney YIMBY. I'm So Excited for the T6 To Return in 4 Years.

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks for explaining all this Ethan.

[@stevej02]

And by ‘Gadigal’, you actually mean Pitt Street Station.

[@vitaminprotein6814]

Didn't you know the 'Gadigal' people contributed enormously to railway construction in Sydney? 😂

[@fittipaldi7326]

And the North Parra light rail station to Benaud … after Richie the great man.

[@fittipaldi7326]

@RAM_845 so is Parramatta woke? All cities have history and Cadigal is perfect for the centre of the city. Pitt street is a long road so it had to be something different.

[@fittipaldi7326]

@RAM_845 well good good for you. Gadigal station is perfect. Pitt street is a long street and if you are offering directions to someone it is a long road. Going by your theory Wynyard and Town Hall should be George St stations.

[@fittipaldi7326]

@RAM_845 🦖

[@cyberprince8272]

Waterloo Station is not a very attractive looking station. The inside looks better than the outside.

[@TransportVlog]

The outside may not be to everyone's taste, but I agree, the best bits are inside!

[@BikeTrail]

Waterloo is a disgrace. Fabulous station and nothing in the area has changed one iota.

[@fittipaldi7326]

Plenty of development in Eveleigh at the business park.

[@TransportVlog]

Give it time. The Waterloo Metro Quarter Development will help revitalise this area, and the station hasn't opened yet.

[@BikeTrail]

@@fittipaldi7326 yes but that is Redfern. Waterloo is botany Rd, the housing commission area and the eastern end of Alexandria. So many tough decisions that need to be made

[@goodyearspokane]

Botany Rd would be ideal for a live music precinct

[@fittipaldi7326]

⁠@@goodyearspokaneTotally agree with you that the industrial areas around Botany Road should have more Live music. I remember seeing some good metal bands at the Iron Duke Hotel back in the 90s. I also saw a gig recently @thegreatclub in Marrickville.

[@jimdavid7710]

I hate how “they” named it ‘Gadigal’ station should be ‘Bathurst Street Station’, foisting irrelevance & inappropriate naming on us

[@mjcats2011]

They have told you why. I don't see your beef except you do not like recognising first peoples. Nice to know that you find any references to Indigenous population, irrelevant. Hell we in Melbourne renamed Spencer Street to Southern Cross.

[@suchdevelopments]

😄Hi Paul, Good day from Lismore, NSW. I will be in Sydney in February 2025 with two Cybertrucks and a team of six people. We will travel to the new station. Is there any beyond Chatwood? If there is, it will make the day of the new stations on the Hornby Line. We will travel around Australia on a CYBERTRUCK for six months starting at the end of September 2024. I will give myself until the end of April 2024 to assemble a team to travel with me. I will travel a total of 22,000k. We are looking for six team members to accompany me around Australia. We will take a camera and sound team to record all events. I am a PROJECT MANGERS and CIVIL ENGINEER who worked as an engineer in Singapore. From 1999 to 2005, we designed and built twelve-kilometre tunnels with two boring tunnel machines and five stations. I also managed 160 engineers and architects. 😄 Ian Cleland

[@TransportVlog]

Your forthcoming trip sounds very exciting! The new extension links up with the existing metro line at Chatswood, which has 8 new stations and 5 converted from Sydney Trains. This all opened in 2019.

[@harrygroundwater2590]

Very cool

[@markleon411]

It's a pity that they have disregarded grammar. The name should either be, Crow's Nest or Crows' Nest.

[@daveg2104]

From the Australian Government Style Manual - "Don’t use an apostrophe for Australian place names involving possessives".

[@TransportVlog]

Yes that's right. No apostrophe for Australian place names these days.

[@PC-hj4wg]

It's an inferior city to Melbourne

[@mjcats2011]

I am from and live in Melbourne. This is a blog about the Sydney Metro and you state this eff witted nonsense. Truly pathetic. Their new Western suburbs will have a modern efficient, frequent Metro system whilst ours have to rely on V/Line operated by some of the most old broken down trains in peak, and some suburbs do not even have a frequent bus service. They will have a frequent metro to their second airport whilst we are still farting around with our rail project and we cannot even provide a decent frequent PTV bus service from Sunshine. I will say it to you and I will say it to other Melburnians who have a chip on their shoulder. Their Rail network is FAR, FAR, FAR superior to ours. Our rail network sux.

[@geoffreymoore9725]

@fittipaldi7326 Thanks very much for the directions.

[@fittipaldi7326]

I go past St Leonard and Crows Nest station everyday on the 602x or 612x bus from the North West to North Sydney. It is a really quick service from North Rocks on the M2 but can be a nightmare if there is an accident like the recent mobile crane fire in the Lane Cove Tunnel. When the metro open it will take 27 minutes from Castle Hill to the new Victoria Cross station. Now I just need to work out whether I park at Showground or use the scooter 🛴 and go to Castle Hill.

[@TransportVlog]

Yes hopefully you'll be able to park at Showground. This is one of the quieter stations. It will probably depend on how early you go. The Metro will be much more reliable for sure!