00:04It may look dramatic, but it's just a dress rehearsal.
00:12Please move away!
00:14Emergency crews prepared for anything on Sydney's newest stretch of rail.
00:19They might be based around a fire, they might be based around a hazardous material incident.
00:23We might also have a medical episode and we might even have something that's related to a police scenario.
00:28At the same time, driverless trains are now running as frequently as every four minutes,
00:34ahead of the South West Metro's much anticipated opening.
00:389,500 people in the AM peak on weekdays will be using this line.
00:44Welcome relief for those who've spent almost two years taking its replacement.
00:51But elsewhere, locals across Penrith, Blacktown and The Hills rallied this morning,
00:56calling for the existing metro to join up with the soon to be built Western Sydney Airport line.
01:02The extension from Tallawong through the St Mary's is the missing link and it must be done and it must
01:10be done today.
01:11The state government not ruling that out further down the track.
01:15Well we're building three metro lines at the moment and we can't build everything all at once.
01:20That's simply not possible.
01:21Once the National Rail Regulator gives its tick of approval,
01:25passengers can finally catch the metro from Bankstown to Sydenham and beyond.
01:29That grand opening is widely tipped to happen sometime in October.
01:34We can't confirm that date at the moment but I can say it's going well.
01:39A more than decade long project almost at the end of the line.
01:44That's the question.
01:48This is some final decision with the saying.
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