Metropolitan Transport Plan: Connecting The City of Cities, 2010
In February 2010, the NSW premier Kristina Keneally announced the Metropolitan Transport Plan: Connecting the City of Cities. Plans for metro lines were cancelled, with the focus altered to expansion of the present heavy rail system. The rail related portions consisted of:
- a Western Express CityRail Service consisting of a new tunnel between Redfern and Wynyard with new platforms at Redfern, Central, Town hall and Wynyard,
- the North West rail link from Epping to Rouse Hill with six stations at Franklin Road, Castle Hill, Hills Centre, Norwest, Burns Road and Rouse Hill, to commence construction in 2017
- an expansion of the current light rail system to Dulwich Hill, Circular Quay and Barangaroo.
Read more about this topic: Proposed Railways In Sydney
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