Sydney's NEW Driverless Train: A Review of the Sydney Metro (opening day)

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They Sydney Metro opened for the public on the 26 May 2019. I was pretty excited because this is Australia's first fully automated rail system AND i've never been on a completely new metro before so i was keen to go see what it's all about.

On it's opening day, everyone gets to ride the sydney metro for free (otherwise $2.70 given it's a Sunday), and boy, there were so many people. Like literally swarms of people crowded at Chatswood station. I essentially did 4 trips: Epping to Chatswood (return) and Epping to Castle Hill (return).

I'd boarded the train at Epping station at around 1:08PM to get to Chatswood, with the intention of doing the full metro route to Tallawong. The train got delayed at Macquarie Uni & Macquarie Park stations, before arriving at Chatswood at 1:53PM. When i'd gotten to chatswood the crowd was way too huge. I wasn't able to get to the platform from within the station (it was all fenced off), so i decided to wait a bit before trying on the Chatswood to Tallawong train again.

Hope you enjoy my review of the Sydney Metro - interesting to see how they'd do during peak hour though.

EDIT (27 May 2019):
While there were technical glitches, the sydney metro passed it's first weekday peak pressure test and the sentiment was overall positive.


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Sydney Metro offers a new generation of fast, safe and reliable train services. Metro services are high-frequency, driverless trains, which can quickly take you between Tallawong Station and Chatswood Station. With frequent services you can just turn up and go. The metro stops at 13 stations along the Metro North West Line, including 8 new metro stations and 5 upgraded stations.

Sydney's NEW Driverless Train: A Review of the Sydney Metro (opening day)