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Sydney Metro's Northwest line opened 26 May 2019 as Australia's first fully automated, driverless metro service, with platform screen doors at every station and trains supervised from a control centre.
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The City & Southwest extension into the CBD opened 19 August 2024.
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Northwest line runs driverless services as frequently as every four minutes at peak, monitored around the clock from a central control centre rather than by on-board drivers.
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In the first year after the city section opened, Sydney Metro reported 99.4 per cent on-time running
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and 3,200 fewer southbound vehicles a day on the Harbour Bridge: 66,400 trips against 69,600 in the year before
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A new metro reshuffles public-transport riders faster than it takes cars off the road
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in the city section's first year, weekday trips at North Sydney station halved from 25,400 to 12,200
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while southbound Harbour Bridge traffic fell by 3,200 vehicles a day
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src-1700dee9c7a3c594Operator, November 2022: four of 23 new driverless trains for the City & Southwest line entered passenger service on the Metro North West line, joining the existing fleet of 22.
src-8b6200bfc02f9771Operator explainer: the Rouse Hill control centre is staffed around the clock; an on-board driver is not required, but qualified staff can operate a train if needed; calls the trains the first of their kind in the southern hemisphere.
src-2391d55e9757feedGovernment notice on the opening of the Metro North West line: 13 stations, 22 driverless trains, extension under the harbour planned for 2024.
src-74bc22d6a05ddd44Operator: all 288 platform screen doors installed across the eight City & Southwest city stations.
src-40a1792741964690Trade press: the North West metro opened on 26 May 2019 as Australia's first fully automated metro, with platform screen doors at all stops and trains every four minutes at peak.
src-01fc19bcea01fa0cTrade press on the cost overrun of the City & Southwest project.
src-fb574ac8ce64f678Government release on the opening of the city section from Chatswood under the harbour to Sydenham: 15.5 km, six new underground stations, a train every four minutes in the peak; calls it the $21.6 billion M1 railway.
src-07ed0413dd9753d2Operator, first year of city services: 66.8 million trips, 99.4% average on-time running, southbound Harbour Bridge vehicle trips down from 69,600 to 66,400 a day year on year, North Sydney station weekday trips down from 25,400 to 12,200.
src-b3a98c992db940c2Operator, February 2026: 100 million trips on the M1 line since August 2024; gives average on-time running as 99.64 per cent in the text and 99.51 per cent in its summary; Bankstown section due in the second half of 2026.