The second line of the train faces the two -month closure
About 11,000 passengers use trains on the T6 line in an average weekday.
While the Yagona, Birrong and Bankstown stations will be closed to the trains, commuters in the Berala and Regents Park stations will be able to use the services on the T3 Liverpool line to travel to and from the CBD and the internal West during the two -month arrest of the T6 line.
The commuters also face interruptions from complete or partial closures of the Popular Metro Line M1 During several weekends to allow the work and tests necessary for the conversion of Sydenham-Bankstown. A section of the M1 line between Central Station and Sydenham was closed last weekend.
Sydney Metro said that the tests of the new extension from Sydenham to Bankstown had to start shortly, adding that the energy of the line was complete.
“Sydney’s subway is working closely with the interested parties to block a date for the subway trains to make their first trip on the new line,” he said in a note.
The agency warns that passengers on the M1 line will experience “significant disorders” while the test program advances due to complete or partial closures in several weekends, together with the services that end some nights at 22:00.
The platforms of the Bankstown station will be extended during the two -month arrest.Credit: Louise Kennerley
“We apologize for the inconvenience that this can cause, but the interruption is necessary to complete the rigorous tests to prepare for the first passenger services,” he said.
“When the subway was extended by Chaatswood to the Lower North Shore, CBD and Sydenham, the north-western section of the line was closed for 73 days in 12 months to allow the safe extension.”
The 13 kilometer section of the railway line between Sydenham and Bankstown was originally due to reopen as the final part of the Metro line m1 At the end of this year but was delayed until next year.
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The government has said that a date next year for the opening will depend on the metro train tests on the line in the coming months.
Has engaged up 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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