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Focus on: North West Rail Link
The North West Rail Link will make high
frequency public transport available
for the first time to people living in one
of Sydney’s fastest growing areas.
Eight new railway stations are planned for the
North West Rail Link: Cherrybrook, Castle Hill,
Showground, Norwest (all underground), Bella
Vista, Kellyville, Rouse Hill and Cudgegong Road.
Car parking will be provided for 4000 commuters.
The 36 kilometre line, from Cudgegong
Road at Rouse Hill, will include the existing 13
kilometres from Epping to Chatswood. New
single deck trains will be used on the line.
Trains will operate on a 4km elevated skytrain
line between Bella Vista and Rouse Hill.
Major tunnelling is to begin in 2014.
When operational, customers will be able to
catch a train every five minutes in peak times.
The new line will support more than 16,200
jobs during construction and add about
$25 billion to the NSW economy.
The North West Rail Link is the first of new
Sydney rapid transit services to be constructed
under the Sydney’s Rail Future blueprint.
The customer-focused transport strategy
will modernise and improve the rail system
across Sydney over the next 20 years.
Introduction of rapid transit will deliver more
trains and more choice for customers.
Developed as a core component of the
NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan, it
will create the largest Sydney rail network
capacity increase for 80 years.
Until a second harbour crossing is built, the
North West Rail Line will operate as a high
frequency service between Rouse Hill and
Chatswood. When the crossing is completed,
the new rapid transit system will be extended
to the city and eventually linked to southern
lines, including Bankstown and Illawarra.
The NSW Government is also moving to
ensure the future availability of public
transport in Sydney’s north-west by
securing an additional land corridor.
It is expected that more than 200,000
people will move into the North West Growth
Centre over the next 25 to 30 years – or
some 70,000 new houses in the Riverstone,
Schofields and Marsden Park areas.
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Transport for NSW Annual Report 2011–12