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The New South Wales government has recast its north-west rail link as an extension of the “river metro” and shelved the Malabar line plan, as part of yet another Sydney transport strategy.
‘Metro Link’, as it’s being called, will slash waiting times between completely new public transport strategies.
Passengers at Metro Link stations will be able to catch new artist impressions, project timelines and community consultation forms every three minutes in peak and every nine minutes the rest of the day.
The new line will cut journey times between Gladesville and the bit of Gladesville estate agents call Henley from two minutes on the bus to one minute on the train. Overcrowded Denistone station will be supplemented by a new Denistone East metro station.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Transport Minister John Watkins was caught off-guard at the launch by the revelation that project brochure listed journey times that didn’t take account of a train’s need to stop and pick up passengers.
Mr Watkins hit back saying that by the time the line was actually built, new technology may allow humans to safely board a train moving at high speed.
Government sources have told The Daily Grind that the mistakes will be corrected six minutes from now in the new Northern Beaches metro plan, which will link to the Bondi Beach line via a third harbour crossing and the Marrickville freight tunnel.
