The first look inside Airport Terminal Station reveals the widest platforms on the entire Sydney Metro network – twice the width of the platforms at Gadigal Station in the Sydney CBD.
At 10 metres wide, the large platforms are among design features to facilitate the high-volume movement of travelers with luggage in and out of the city’s newest airport.
Airport Terminal Station will also have larger lifts and wider ticket gates to smooth the connection.
The new 23-kilometre Metro line, jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments, will move up to 7,740 passengers every hour in each direction.
The six-stop line will connect Western Sydney International Airport to St Marys in just 15 minutes where passengers can join services on the T1 Western Line that run direct to stations including Blacktown, Parramatta, Strathfield and Central Station.
A 60-tonne crane is being used to lower precast concrete segments 25 metres below ground to the station floor, with segments then pieced together side-by-side and secured in place with bolts and concrete to create the platform.
The high-precision work will take about 25 days to complete, with work starting next at Airport Business Park and Orchard Hills stations. Bradfield Station is the first station box where the platform installation work is complete.
Construction progress on Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport comes amid a rush of milestones in recent weeks across the Sydenham to Bankstown metro conversion and Sydney Metro West mega-projects. These include:
• 80 per cent completion at Bankstown, with platforms and screens in place.
• The breakthrough of two tunnel boring machines into Pyrmont on their way to Hunter Street.
• Breakthroughs at Parramatta as those TBMs head to Westmead.
• 90 per cent completion of all tunnelling on Sydney Metro West.
The $10.5B Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport is jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments, each contributing $5.25B.
