Metro North West

State of the art stations. Driverless trains. Turn up and go service. The future of transport is here now on Metro North West – Australia’s first fully automated, fully-accessible rail system. The new rail line in the city’s northwest is part of the largest public transport project the country has ever seen. In 2024, Sydney will have 31 stations and a 66-kilometre standalone metro line. For this crucial first stage of Metro North West we designed eight new stations and precincts and upgraded five existing ones. They’re places that make travel easier, safer and smarter – hallmarks of a world-class system. But they also add colour and life to their communities, with fresh spaces like plazas, parks and paths set around the striking new stations, drawing people into their orbit. Station design Whether they’re elevated stations, cut and cover or open cut, the new stations and precincts along the Metro North West line can all be defined by their recognisable station canopies. This way the rail line is connected by an easily distinguished characteristic. Each type of station has a corresponding canopy design that’s scalable and adaptable, generous, safe, efficient, sustainable – and beautiful. Metro North West is also recognisable by the brightly coloured ​‘Light Line Social Square’ metropolitan-scale public art, which passengers can find in the architecture, landscape and engineering of the new stations. ​‘Light Line Social Square’ is a collaboration between Hassell, artist Turpin Crawford Studio and McGregor Westlake Architecture. IMAGERY Mark Syke, Brett Boardman, Ian Hobbs, Rusty Goat Media