Western Sydney Airport line


Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, also known as Western Sydney Airport line and previously as Sydney Metro Greater West and North South Rail Link, is a planned 23 km line of the Sydney Metro. Stage 1 of the Sydney Metro Greater West will operate between St Marys, where the line will connect to the Main Western railway line, and Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis via Western Sydney Airport. It is intended to provide public transport for the upcoming Western Sydney Airport. Stage 1 of the line is expected to start construction in late 2020 and to be completed in 2026 in time for the opening of the airport.
More distant plans would see the line extended north to Schofields to connect to the Richmond railway line, and south to the Main Southern railway line at Macarthur.

Alignment

The line is proposed to run in tunnel from St Marys to south of the M4 Motorway and from Oran Park to Macarthur.

Stations

Prior to June 2020, stations were proposed at St Marys, Western Sydney Airport and Aerotropolis.
In June 2020, six stations were confirmed for Stage 1:
In March 2018, the federal and state governments signed the Western Sydney City Deal and announced the development of stage 1 of the North South Rail Link as part of the deal.
Between 2019 and May 2020, the North-South Link is referred to as "Sydney Metro Greater West" by the Sydney Metro agency. The project update on 1 June 2020 confirmed the name of the line to be "Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport".

Funding

In the 2019-2020 federal budget in April 2019, the federal government announced a contribution of $3.5 billion to deliver stage 1 of the rail link. This funding also includes $50 million towards the business case process for the North-South Rail Link and $61 million for the Elizabeth Drive overpass.
In the 2019–2020 New South Wales state budget in June 2019, the state government announced an investment of $2.0 billion to commence the construction of stage 1 for the next 4 years.
In June 2020, the federal and state governments announced a further $3.5 billion contribution to push the construction date earlier to late 2020. Designs were modified to include an additional six kilometres of tunnelling. As of June 2020, the project has a price tag of 11 billion.

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