NSW Premier avoids setting date for completion of airport metro

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The New South Wales Premier has avoided setting a date for the completion of a metro line to the Western Sydney Airport. The new line was supposed to open late next year but Chris Minns says that might not happen until after the next state election.

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00:00Well, we've been given our first glimpse inside the airport terminal station, which

00:06is about half built. Eventually, passengers will be able to get on and off a metro train

00:11about 250 metres from the terminal. From here, it'll take about 15 minutes to get to St.

00:16Mary's, where travellers can change onto a regular train into the city, which will take

00:20about an hour. Construction of the airport is well underway, with the terminal complete

00:24and the runway finished. The metro line was supposed to open at the same time as flights

00:28were expected to begin late next year. But a dispute between the consortium building

00:33the line and the state government is threatening to delay the opening of the metro. The Premier

00:37is unable to say when it'll open. There's a chance it won't happen before the next state

00:41election. As you can see, the team here are working

00:44incredibly hard and they deserve a lot of credit for embarking on an incredibly complicated

00:51engineering solution out here in Western Sydney. Well, planning work is underway on possible

00:56future extensions. Campbelltown Council is arguing that the line should be extended to MacArthur.

01:01The Mayor says it's 20 minutes quicker by public transport to get from Campbelltown to Sydney-Kingsford-Smith

01:06than it is to get to Western Sydney Airport, even though the latter is much closer. Business cases

01:12on possible additions to the network are expected next year.

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