page_title: Sydney Metro West
section_title: Project history
hierarchical_section_title: Sydney Metro West / Project history
caption_attribution_description: English: Sydney Metro West geotechnical survey locations made between 2018-03-23 and 2018-05-22
context_page_description: Sydney Metro West is a proposed metro line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, linking the Sydney City Centre with Westmead. The metro line will run parallel to the existing Main Suburban and Main Western railway lines, with the main aims of doubling rail capacity between the City Centre and Greater Western Sydney, and relieving overcrowding on the Western Line. The line will form part of the Sydney Metro network.
context_section_description: The line was first mentioned in a discussion paper released in September 2016 that investigated new rail projects to service Western Sydney and the proposed Western Sydney Airport. Media reports indicated the project had found favour with Transport for NSW and the New South Wales Government.
  The line was announced by the Baird  government as an official project on 14 November 2016. Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, the Bays Precinct and the Sydney CBD were announced as initial station locations, with up to 12 stations being considered. The preferred alignment was scheduled to be announced in late 2018, while the line is expected to open in the second half of the 2020s. The government will use a value capture scheme to help pay for the project. The contributions from value capture are expected to amount to between 10 and 15 percent of the capital cost. Construction was originally planned to begin by 2022.
  During the state election campaign in March 2019, the Liberal/National coalition government announced a funding of $6.4 billion to the project and commitment to start construction earlier in 2020, if re-elected. The Labor opposition also announced its commitment to fund the project if it won the election, at the expense of cancelling other announced transport and road projects such as the Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link. The coalition government was subsequently re-elected in the election that month. In June 2019, the 2019-2020 New South Wales state budget reaffirmed the government's commitment and funding of $6.4 billion over four years to the project, with construction to be fast-tracked to start in 2020.
  On 21 October 2019, the locations of seven stations were announced and confirmed. Initial work is expected to start in 2020, with tunnelling to begin in 2022. The line is expected to open to the public by 2030.
caption: Sydney Metro West geotechnical survey locations[3] up to May 2018
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