First Rotoli train along Sydenham-Bankstown Stage

The start of the tests on the south-western section of the M1 comes a day after the passengers aboard a driver-free metropolitan train were left to grab the handrails during the top hours between Chatswood and Crows Nest when a The door was left open While traveling at high speed.

The CEO of the Sydney Metro Peter Regan said that the first indications were that two staff members manually passed the system in an attempt to close the door, but the procedure to do so was not completely followed, which meant that it was blocked in an open position while the train came out of the Chatswood station.

“It is a serious accident. We are determined to ensure that the systems and procedures are reviewed,” he said.

Regan refused to say if the final section of the M1 will open at the beginning or end of next year, saying that the first train marked a “long and complex” very long and complex “test process that had extra complexity due to the older stations and curved platforms.

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The government provides that the opening of the section between Bankstown and Sydenham adds another 17,000 people to the railway network every hour during the top periods.

Since the section of the city between Chatswood and Sydenham of the M1 line was opened last August, the commuters got used to the station announcements that some trains related to the city are reaching the capacity during the morning peak on the most crowded weekdays.

The Sydney subway has also warned that passengers on the existing M1 line will experience “significant disorders” while the test program advances due to complete or partial closures in different weekends, together with the services that end some evenings.

The government has committed to a Extra $ 1.1 billion at the end of 2023 Finally, the troubled conversion, pushing the price for the entire metro line between Chatswood and Bankstown via the $ 21.6 billion CBD. This has increased from an original $ 12 billion prediction when the project was announced last decade.

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