North West Metro was a proposal for a rail link from the north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia to the Sydney CBD. It would have connected Rouse Hill with Epping and the Sydney CBD. The line was cancelled on 31 October 2008 by then NSW Premier Nathan Rees due to budgetary constraints.
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