The Sydney Metro Southwest Problem (Sydenham to Bankstown)

The Sydney Metro Southwest is an upcoming expansion of the Sydney Metro network, which will extend the Sydney Metro City from Sydenham to Bankstown. To do so involves converting part of the T3 Bankstown Line, a train line well over 100 years old, into a rapid transit line. It has been delayed and is expected to open in 2025. Cost blowouts have plagued the project, as have logistical and construction issues, and the significant impacts of the 2022 rail industrial action strikes. It hasn’t been without criticism from the community, and there’s even been a parliamentary inquiry into the conversion. In this video, I’ll go over the benefits of the project - there definitely are going to be benefits! - as well as the many downfalls of the conversion. Informed by a Sydney Metro insider, I will expose a massive imminent change to the Sydney Metro Southwest project…the shocking fact that it may be cancelled after the state election altogether. So good job to those who actually read my descriptions! Now you know what my bombshell is without having to watch the entire video.

Links:
Paul from Transport Vlog’s video on the Bankstown Metro progress (thanks to him again!): Sydney Metro Bankstown Line Upgrade -...
A report by Sydney Metro detailing and justifying the Sydenham to Bankstown conversion: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P9Y_...
The plan for services west of Bankstown after the metro’s opening: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dTup...
The Bankstown master plan for development: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B8Ls...
The 2015 report by four rail executives criticising the project unanimously: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_NYY...