This is a very enjoyable and informative video with a great voice-over that is clear and easily understood. I certainly am looking forward to your "mystery " video and can't imagine what it could be about. This is an excellent presentation, well done 👏 👍
Great vid as always explaining whats happening on the Bankstown Line! Keep up the good work and hopefully the metro city to Sydnenham would open on August 4th, hope to see your vid for the opening. I do think that it would be hard for commuters travelling on the Bankstown line having to take the Southwest link replacement bus. It is also annoying that the metro would only go up to bankstown and commuters would have to change to the T6 shuttle, the government could've extended the line to Regents park or Sefton to meet up with the T3 line. I have felt like that the extension of the metro to Bankstown could've opened at the same time as the extension to Sydenham rather than 2025.
It couldn't because of the unions (RBTU, ETU) which did strikes to block progress on the metro because it's driverless. No drivers means less union members that's why they're doing it. And again now for the current one the firies union they're trying to delay 4th August. So if you wonder why your line is a year late you know who to blame
@@electro_sykes if they wanted people to take the metro they would have sent the trains from Liverpool directly to Bankstown but they're sending it via regent's park
Great vid. Crazy it's still a 12mth shutdown when they've done so much of the work already including new lifts, fences and the gap fillers. As I understand it the plaza at Bankstown will be public access so you'll have to exit the gates, then cross the plaza, then tap back in.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. I found this video of extra interest, as I used to live at Marrickville prior to moving here to Melbourne in mid 1981.
If I was the government, Sydney metro sputhwest would be going all the way out to Aerotropolis via Liverpool (exsisting T3/Leppington Line alignment) and then a short extension to an interchange with the Western Sydney airport metro at aerotropolis. Also I would be merging the Western Sydney airport metro with metro west with a new section of track between st Mary’s and Westmead bringing the two lines into one, by using the metro to run alongside the M4. And also extending the northwest metro from Tallawong one stop west to Scholfields. That would be my plan for Sydney metro.
@@electro_sykes this was the original plan but the government scrapped it in favour of extending the Parramatta light rail and completing the airport metro from St Marys, it'll come but there's a lot of time and money before that happens
Anyone complaining about the Metro going to Bankstown doesn't understand how much we need it. Why should good things be restricted to the North Shore & Inner City?
Forget that there is no state of the art transport connection to St Ives (I don’t think many people heard about this suburb unless if they live in the north shore)
@@Gary-vv5gt or maybe at least a tram line. There are literally schools in St Ives and kids which have to take various buses which are not nessecarily frequent due to traffic
Do you realise that the Bankstown line will lose 10,000 seats over the peak period. Also there is no saving in time from Bankstown to Central from what we have now to the Metro service.
@@waynegodfrey6468Do you also realise that the all stops metro service will actually be faster than the current fastest express service? The metro will take 28 minutes compared to the absolute fastest at the moment of about 34 minutes. That only happens every 30 minutes too since it’s the Liverpool train. Plus, if you’re trying to get to one of the stops skipped by express trains, the express patterns are so confusing to understand - i.e. you want to go from Bankstown to Punchbowl or Campsie or Dulwich Hill.
The fence installation I believe goes through the entire line it's to separate the metro and the train lines similar to Chatswood etc. No gap fillers at Wiley park as it's dead straight Bankstown station shortening I believe is a shortening on the eastern end and extension towards the western end. Where does it say it won't be 8 car trains?
With the new platforms at Bankstown, I wonder how they’ll be able to extend the line to Liverpool because the space seems constrained and the plaza may block the line from being extended if it’ll ever happen.
It's temporary I believe so when the line gets extended it'll go. That's why the build quality doesn't look too great compared to the rest of the new platforms.
@@electro_sykes don't hold your breath, Minns has mentioned a few times he's not too keen on it. Liverpool is a safe seat and they'll vote for him without him needing to do anything so I can understand where he's coming from, it's better for him to spend the money on some marginal seats in the hope of winning a few more.
At Bankstown the metro has two side platforms, but I have noticed that the distance between the two tracks gets wider. I wonder if thats for when they eventually extend the metro to Liverpool, that a tunnel portal is built there that lead to further new underground platforms at Bankstown.
My (12) yr old trainspotting son has found you.... And cause I'm a mother who enables my son in his passions... Should set up a date between Phil (hear you may know each other) and Joseph 🤦 things mums do😂
Interesting about the bike path. I hadn’t heard about that. Do you have any more information on this as I haven’t been able to find anything anywhere else.
Interesting, it'll be interesting to see how they will extend the Sydney Trains platforms with the turnback siding. (unless they remove that, which is a possibility)
Great video Elliot! I was wondering if you knew what the current estimated/rumoured time for the Bankstown closure was, as I am hoping to ride it when I came down for the opening on Aug 4th?
Great video! I am not sure about this but if I remember correctly for a few weeks the CityRail bench at Hurlstone park was missing and there also used to be two up until a few months ago. Also I think I can guess what the secret video is.
Just interested is it correct that the Metro station at Bankstown is only long enough for 6 car Metro trains. Is it also the fact the the stabling yards for the Metro at Sydenham only takes 6 car Metro trains.
what an absolutely fucking joke. Why remove a perfectly good line and make it this stupid metro. Also whats funny, Barrangaroo says FERRY interchange when the FERRY wharf is like a good 500m away
@@utareangara5529 it's more so to take the T3 trains out of the city circle in order to allow more trains to operate on the T2 and T8 lines. It is impossible to increase frequency currently due to the track going through most of the city circle only being a single 2 way connection sharing 3 lines. the 3 lines at max capacity can only have a frequency of 7 or so minutes which is due to the gap between trains being as short as 1-2 minutes going through the city circle. Removing T3 trains from the city circle allows T2 and T8 frequencies to be improved to as low as 4-5 minutes. I know T3 will still be operating in the city circle but the new alignment is essentially a T2 duplication to Liverpool that strays off at Lidcombe to Cabramatta.
Trying out a new microphone for this video - let me know what you think! :)
Hey nice video. The sound is really quiet - especially compared to other videos. Hopefully you can turn up the volume when recording.
I think you did great with the new microphone. Not having much audio in the background means we can hear you better.
This is a very enjoyable and informative video with a great voice-over that is clear and easily understood. I certainly am looking forward to your "mystery " video and can't imagine what it could be about. This is an excellent presentation, well done 👏 👍
TSET IS BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER! 🎉🎉🎉
Great vid as always explaining whats happening on the Bankstown Line! Keep up the good work and hopefully the metro city to Sydnenham would open on August 4th, hope to see your vid for the opening. I do think that it would be hard for commuters travelling on the Bankstown line having to take the Southwest link replacement bus. It is also annoying that the metro would only go up to bankstown and commuters would have to change to the T6 shuttle, the government could've extended the line to Regents park or Sefton to meet up with the T3 line. I have felt like that the extension of the metro to Bankstown could've opened at the same time as the extension to Sydenham rather than 2025.
It couldn't because of the unions (RBTU, ETU) which did strikes to block progress on the metro because it's driverless.
No drivers means less union members that's why they're doing it. And again now for the current one the firies union they're trying to delay 4th August.
So if you wonder why your line is a year late you know who to blame
I think the T6 is only a shuttle because they need some people to still take the flashy new metro
@@electro_sykes if they wanted people to take the metro they would have sent the trains from Liverpool directly to Bankstown but they're sending it via regent's park
Great video ever!
Great vid. Crazy it's still a 12mth shutdown when they've done so much of the work already including new lifts, fences and the gap fillers.
As I understand it the plaza at Bankstown will be public access so you'll have to exit the gates, then cross the plaza, then tap back in.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. I found this video of extra interest, as I used to live at Marrickville prior to moving here to Melbourne in mid 1981.
If I was the government, Sydney metro sputhwest would be going all the way out to Aerotropolis via Liverpool (exsisting T3/Leppington Line alignment) and then a short extension to an interchange with the Western Sydney airport metro at aerotropolis. Also I would be merging the Western Sydney airport metro with metro west with a new section of track between st Mary’s and Westmead bringing the two lines into one, by using the metro to run alongside the M4. And also extending the northwest metro from Tallawong one stop west to Scholfields. That would be my plan for Sydney metro.
@@electro_sykes this was the original plan but the government scrapped it in favour of extending the Parramatta light rail and completing the airport metro from St Marys, it'll come but there's a lot of time and money before that happens
Anyone complaining about the Metro going to Bankstown doesn't understand how much we need it. Why should good things be restricted to the North Shore & Inner City?
Forget that there is no state of the art transport connection to St Ives (I don’t think many people heard about this suburb unless if they live in the north shore)
@@r-labs9357the locals don’t want it, as with the northern beaches people…. But both places will need a train line regardless
@@Gary-vv5gt or maybe at least a tram line. There are literally schools in St Ives and kids which have to take various buses which are not nessecarily frequent due to traffic
Do you realise that the Bankstown line will lose 10,000 seats over the peak period. Also there is no saving in time from Bankstown to Central from what we have now to the Metro service.
@@waynegodfrey6468Do you also realise that the all stops metro service will actually be faster than the current fastest express service? The metro will take 28 minutes compared to the absolute fastest at the moment of about 34 minutes. That only happens every 30 minutes too since it’s the Liverpool train. Plus, if you’re trying to get to one of the stops skipped by express trains, the express patterns are so confusing to understand - i.e. you want to go from Bankstown to Punchbowl or Campsie or Dulwich Hill.
The fence installation I believe goes through the entire line it's to separate the metro and the train lines similar to Chatswood etc.
No gap fillers at Wiley park as it's dead straight
Bankstown station shortening I believe is a shortening on the eastern end and extension towards the western end. Where does it say it won't be 8 car trains?
Nice video Elliot! Very informative
With the new platforms at Bankstown, I wonder how they’ll be able to extend the line to Liverpool because the space seems constrained and the plaza may block the line from being extended if it’ll ever happen.
They could build a tunnel underneath the station
It's temporary I believe so when the line gets extended it'll go. That's why the build quality doesn't look too great compared to the rest of the new platforms.
When the line gets extended to Liverpool, that’s when the T6 will be axed.
@@electro_sykes don't hold your breath, Minns has mentioned a few times he's not too keen on it. Liverpool is a safe seat and they'll vote for him without him needing to do anything so I can understand where he's coming from, it's better for him to spend the money on some marginal seats in the hope of winning a few more.
At Bankstown the metro has two side platforms, but I have noticed that the distance between the two tracks gets wider. I wonder if thats for when they eventually extend the metro to Liverpool, that a tunnel portal is built there that lead to further new underground platforms at Bankstown.
My (12) yr old trainspotting son has found you.... And cause I'm a mother who enables my son in his passions... Should set up a date between Phil (hear you may know each other) and Joseph 🤦 things mums do😂
I filmed all along the Bankstown Line yesterday in the process of uploading them
Interesting about the bike path. I hadn’t heard about that. Do you have any more information on this as I haven’t been able to find anything anywhere else.
Not sure about platform length at Bankstown, the EIS mentions extending the ST platforms presumably to accommodate 8 car trains.
Interesting, it'll be interesting to see how they will extend the Sydney Trains platforms with the turnback siding. (unless they remove that, which is a possibility)
Great video Elliot! I was wondering if you knew what the current estimated/rumoured time for the Bankstown closure was, as I am hoping to ride it when I came down for the opening on Aug 4th?
Great video! I am not sure about this but if I remember correctly for a few weeks the CityRail bench at Hurlstone park was missing and there also used to be two up until a few months ago. Also I think I can guess what the secret video is.
Great vid
Wouldn't the pedestrian plaza stop the metro from being extended to Liverpool?
Just interested is it correct that the Metro station at Bankstown is only long enough for 6 car Metro trains. Is it also the fact the the stabling yards for the Metro at Sydenham only takes 6 car Metro trains.
The Metro trains are all 6 carriages.
Make metro underground train. that be good for Sydney metro
Okay this is interesting, I like this video because the metro is good and driveless,
You only like this video because it’s good and driverless?
@@transportfanaussie actually I didn’t had time to write that so I actually did write good and driverless lol
not the t3 😢😢
sUCH A BUSY LINE CLOSED FOR 12 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if it is extended on the bankstown line, the metro trains will have rubbish everywhere
Nope 6:11 you won’t need to tap on and tap of again Like Chatswood station and Epping station
I think converting the t3 to metro is BS
why can’t they just add more platforms (2)
It will make it train and metro accessible
T3 RIP ????-2024
what an absolutely fucking joke. Why remove a perfectly good line and make it this stupid metro. Also whats funny, Barrangaroo says FERRY interchange when the FERRY wharf is like a good 500m away
@@utareangara5529 it's more so to take the T3 trains out of the city circle in order to allow more trains to operate on the T2 and T8 lines. It is impossible to increase frequency currently due to the track going through most of the city circle only being a single 2 way connection sharing 3 lines. the 3 lines at max capacity can only have a frequency of 7 or so minutes which is due to the gap between trains being as short as 1-2 minutes going through the city circle. Removing T3 trains from the city circle allows T2 and T8 frequencies to be improved to as low as 4-5 minutes. I know T3 will still be operating in the city circle but the new alignment is essentially a T2 duplication to Liverpool that strays off at Lidcombe to Cabramatta.
The Barangaroo station southern entrance/exit to Barangaroo Central hasn’t opened yet.
not the t3 😢😢