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More Metro delays feared, but final pieces of track laid in major milestone
All tracks for the Airport Metro between St Marys and Bradfield are down, but fears remain about ongoing delays to the wider project.
Transport Minister John Graham and Deputy Premier Prue Car this week marked the laying of the final length of running rail on the 23-kilometre Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line.
Trains will begin dynamic testing at low speed between Bradfield and St Marys next month, ramping up to full 100km/h running by Christmas. But internal documents seen by this masthead suggest the line is now unlikely to open for paying passengers before mid-2027, six months behind the most recent public schedule.
Transport for NSW would not comment on the leaked timetable but confirmed final commissioning is "a complex programme of testing" and that any decision to delay opening would be announced "at the appropriate time."
The line will connect six new stations — St Marys, Orchard Hills, Luddenham, Airport Business Park, Airport Terminal and Bradfield — and is forecast to carry 7,400 passengers an hour at peak.
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