The first major transport interchange in southwest Sydney is beginning to take shape as the conversion of Bankstown Station has reached 80% completion.
Converted as part of the Sydney Metro project, the work has seen more than 100 people on-site each day delivering upgrades to bring the century-old station up to modern standards, with the most recent upgrades including the finalisation of building work on the new Sydney Metro station entrance building at the station’s eastern end.
Work is currently ongoing to complete tiling and glazed balustrades along the station’s 170-metre-long metro platforms, as well as interior fit-out works for both ceilings and back of house rooms within the station itself.
The new Sydney Trains entrance building, which is located directly opposite the new metro entrance, is nearing completion with its ceiling currently being installed.
The next phase of work at the site will see teams moving to the delivery of a new 90-metre-long pedestrian plaza, with earthworks set to take place to level out the area for the planting of a large number of trees.
The plaza will feature dining and retail options and function as a connecting point between the north and south of Bankstown for pedestrians.
Site works across all 10 southwest stations are steadily progressing, with train testing also continuing across the lines. Specifically, the lines are undergoing the ‘kinematic envelope test’, which confirms trains have sufficient clearance from surrounding infrastructure to operate.
Thus far, over 700 kilometres of testing has taken place across a number of sections of the Southwest line at speeds between 5km/h and 25km/h, with the next phase of testing, focused on the network’s advanced signalling system, set to begin in the coming weeks.
The final section of the M1 line is set to open in 2026.
