A look back at Sydney’s Metro
10 ImagesFrom Sydney’s south to north and all stations in between, Herald photographers have documented the evolution of the city’s mega metro rail line over the last decade.
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An underground pedestrian link in the new Martin Place metro station in April 2024.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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NSW Premier Chris Minns and Transport Minister Jo Haylen travel on the new city-section of the metro rail line on June 24. Credit:Nikki Short
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A four-metre steel sculpture dangles from the ceiling of the northern entrance.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Escalators in the main atrium of the new underground metro station at Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD.Credit:Nick Moir
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Underground stations are one of the biggest costs of the second stage of Sydney’s new metro network.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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The space-age like Victoria Cross station beneath North Sydney is the deepest on the new rail line.Credit:Nick Moir
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Testing of metro trains on the new rail line under Sydney Harbour ramps up in November 2023. Credit:Nick Moir
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Transport Minister Jo Haylen tours Victoria Cross station in North Sydney in November 2023.Credit:Nick Moir
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A tunnelling machine breaks through into a giant cavern for the Victoria Cross station at North Sydney in August 2019.Credit:Ben Rushton
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In May 2019, the then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and then transport minister Andrew Constance at the opening of Metro Northwest, the first stage of the new metro network. Credit:Edwina Pickles
