00:02Metro!
00:04As most of Sydney slept, Metrophiles might have thought they were dreaming.
00:08I'm travelling all the way, all 66 kilometres.
00:11Most of us here are like public transport enthusiasts.
00:14They packed the 431 service from Bankstown to Talawang.
00:18It's the official birthday gift for me. Thank you for Sydney Metro.
00:22It's first passengers dressed for the occasion.
00:25I decided to wear this because I'm obsessed with the Metro.
00:28I've got my Metro colours on, including these fantastic badges and my nails.
00:33From socks to earrings, Metrobilia was a plenty.
00:37Very happy riding the rails, sharing our love for Metro.
00:39Campsy's culinary delights are now just 16 minutes from Central.
00:43It will bring more customers from the other suburbs.
00:47If you're effectively bringing businesses closer together when you get these new transport routes,
00:52then that is also going to improve productivity and that leads to higher incomes.
00:57Train doors opening.
00:58But not everyone's on board.
01:00The Metro is much louder than the previous train.
01:04So it's a mental health disaster for locals.
01:07Every global city has one. I think that noise is very sweet.
01:11City shaping projects like this demand vision beyond the next term or even the next few terms of government.
01:17Work towards the Metro began more than a decade ago.
01:20The question now is how long will the metrification of Sydney continue?
01:24The next leg is the Western Sydney airport line, delayed potentially until 2028, while Metro West is due in 2032.
01:32Business cases for more extensions are underway.
01:35Well look, I'd love to build more metros, but they're very expensive and they take a lot of time
01:40and we will build metros when we can afford them.
01:43The South West line cost $23 billion.
01:46The Coalition has pledged another extension, but is yet to say how it would be funded.
01:50I don't think anyone believes in Sydney that infrastructure should stop in 2032.
01:55Not least those enjoying the metromania.
