Sydney metro line withstanding important stress tests

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The numbers are in for Sydney's new metro line, they show tens of thousands of travellers are taking to the new trains. Authorities say the system is withstanding important stress tests and that commuters are happy.

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00:00Sydney's new metro line is put to the test.

00:07Tuesday is the big test because of those travelling patterns.

00:10We do see more people travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

00:14The people we spoke to were impressed.

00:16Oh, so much easier.

00:17It took about five or six minutes off my commute.

00:20It was fantastic.

00:21It was amazing.

00:22I'm actually so excited.

00:24It's like a combination of Disneyland, the Tokyo bullet train and lashed with silicon

00:29valley technology.

00:30It's fantastic.

00:31Around 190,000 passengers travelled on 425 metro services yesterday.

00:3840,000 trips were made during the morning peak.

00:42That grew dramatically this morning with 55,000 people jumping on board the new trains.

00:48These initial passenger numbers are very encouraging.

00:51We are monitoring this service minute by minute and we hope that more people will try this

00:57brand new service.

00:59Communities between Sydenham and Bankstown will soon see their line shut down for a year

01:04to be converted to the metro system.

01:07The minister says the success of the new line should serve as a light at the end of the

01:11tunnel for those travellers.

01:13We will begin that conversion period soon and we want to make sure that we are delivering

01:18on the promise for those communities.

01:20Authorities say the biggest stress test for the new line is today's evening peak.

01:26Central station is the busiest of the nine stops, but things here are running smoothly.

01:32New businesses in stations like Victoria Cross are also beginning to reap the rewards.

01:38It's been crazy, yeah.

01:39I think we were expecting it to be crazy with all the excitement and anticipation builds

01:44around the metro.

01:45A smooth ride so far for Sydney's newest piece of infrastructure.

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