Sydney Metro Testing - How Does It Work?

Forgot to mention that I'm also working on a video giving a full explanation of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest extension. That will be out just after they eventually announce the open day for the metro extension. :)

I use the metro everyday from Tallawong to chatswood and I see the metro testing happening everyday! By the way yesterday i saw a honking metro so why is that happening?

I really enjoyed this informative video. The explanations are very easy to understand, especially with the diagrams. Great video, well done 👏 👍

I genuinely think they have underestimated how much demand there is going to be on the Chatswood-Central portion of the new Route, they are only ready to run 15 trains per hour with 6 car trains and not enough spares to ramp up frequency in case demand does hit that capacity. I worked on the project (Chatswood Dive and Central Station works) and remember thinking this the entire time; demand only has to exceed capacity in one portion of the line, say Central to Martin Place, for it to cause significant issues. I believe they have designed the initial operations to be able to run >20tph to recover from delays and catch up the schedule but they cant do this reliably for extended periods. Another criticism I have after working on the project is that, as great as it is having a Cross-Platform Transfer between T1/T9 and M1, the overall result is I think worse than if you Hhd designed the line system properly and independently from the beginning and the M1 had remained underground, the overall journey time could have been 3-4 minutes faster, less energy used, another entrance to Chatswood Station underground, and you could have had more options for new stations including serving North Ryde better, Willoughby and possibly Lane Cove. Now a future Beaches Metro and possibly a local light rail are going to have to come in and mop up, same as at Zetland+Alexandria though that was probably a given.

I remember back a week ago, after school at like 7-8pm, I saw bunches of metro staff members standing at the side of the metro door, and once the metro departs, it horns for like 10 times, feels like it was celebrating, and accelerates straight into the tunnel, and I filmed it down.

Test test test. Let's light this candle

When Sydney Metro had the open day before the initial line first opened to stress test at max loads, the whole system collapsed and there were massive delays. This time they are not taking any chances.

I have heard testing will continue until mid August

Loved the video, but how the heck did you get the footage of the inside of the metro before chatswood (when it was emerging from the tunnel) @TsetsTransport

Great video. Can I ask roughly when it was filmed?

One year testing. 100 years ago. Build something and open and run the trains. We have progressed.

Where is the place at the very beginning of the video? The train yard for all the metro cars?

What’s the wait time at Chatswood now with the trains going through to Sydenham when they used to terminate I think it was about a 5 minute wait for the train to go back to Tallawong

Release Date?

So we have Chatswood, Epping, Martin Place, and Central as interchanges with heavy rail, and later Parramatta and St. Mary’s. I’m interested to consider new Metro routes and future interchanges. Any ideas?

has anyone tried to sneak onboard? like with a plausible strategy... maybe dress in black and under the seats + a platform distraction?

Nice vid! Small correction: what you’ve called the ‘junction’ at Chatswood is formally referred to as a ‘crossover’.

Challenge: record a metro train honking 📢

Do sydney metro trains have horns?

When the guys signal the train is ok to go to Sydenham, who are they signaling to? Someone in the control centre who presses the “go” button