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Metro North West Line
The Metro North West & Bankstown Line (numbered M1) is a rapid transit rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first and currently only line on the Sydney Metro network, it commenced operation on 26 May 2019, originally running between and , before the line was extended on 19 August 2024 to . The line will be extended to in 2026. History Services commenced in May 2019 between and via as the Metro North West Line, over tracks either newly built or converted from Sydney Trains usage as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. In August 2024, the service was renamed as the Metro North West & Bankstown Line and was extended from Chatswood to via using new tunnels built as part of the Sydney Metro City and Southwest project. In 2026, the service is expected to be further extended to following completion of the Bankstown railway line conversion. Service Services on the line are operated by Metro Trains Sydney, a joint venture between the MTR Corporation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Metro Metropolis Stock
The Sydney Metro ''Metropolis'' Stock is a class of electric multiple units that operate on the Sydney Metro network. Built by Alstom as part of their Alstom Metropolis, Metropolis family, the trains are the first Unattended train operation, fully automated passenger rolling stock in Australia as well as the first single-deck electric trainsets to operate in Sydney since their withdrawal from the Sydney Trains, suburban rail network in the 1990s. They first entered service in May 2019 with the opening of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, Metro North West Line, with additional trainsets ordered for the Sydney Metro City & Southwest, City & Southwest extension, which partially opened in 2024, with the remaining Sydenham to Bankstown section expected to open in 2026. A total of 270 carriages, making up 45 6-car sets have been built. History Procurement In June 2012, the Sydney Metro Northwest, North West Rail Link project (later Sydney Metro North West) announced that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTR Corporation
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Exchange and is a component of the Hang Seng Index. The MTR additionally invests in railways across different parts of the world, including franchised contracts to operate rapid transit systems in Elizabeth line, London, Stockholm Metro, Stockholm, Beijing Subway, Beijing, Hangzhou Metro, Hangzhou, Macau Light Rapid Transit, Macao, Shenzhen Metro, Shenzhen, Sydney Metro, Sydney, and a suburban rail system in Metro Trains Melbourne, Melbourne. History The Mass Transit Railway Corporation () was established on 22 September 1972 as a government-owned statutory corporation to build and operate a mass transit railway system to meet Hong Kong's public transport needs. On 30 June 2000, the MTRC was succeeded by the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epping, New South Wales
Epping is a suburb of Sydney, in the Australian States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, north-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Parramatta. Epping is in the Northern Sydney region. The suburb is the most north-eastern area of the City of Parramatta. North Epping is a separate suburb to the north and under a different council, Hornsby Shire. History The Wallumettagal Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal tribe lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and Parramatta River. In 1792, Arthur Phillip, Governor Arthur Phillip began the granting of parcels of lands to royal Marines, marines, and the area was referred to on Phillip's maps as the Field of Mars Reserve, Field of Mars, Mars being the Roman god of war. It contained the area of what is now Epping, along with the surrounding suburbs of Ryde, New South Wales, Ryde and Marsfield, New South Wales, Marsfield. Epping railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherrybrook, New South Wales
Cherrybrook is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 29 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Cherrybrook is often referred to as being located in the Hills District of Sydney. History European settlement Joseph Harrison, who had married Mary Ann Thompson, settled on a block in the area in 1839, planted orchards and built a small timber cottage they called "Cherrybrook Cottage". The name "Cherrybrook" is believed to have come from the fact they grew cherry trees near the creek, which passed through their land. Their block, which became known as "Cherrybrook Farm", had been granted originally to Mary Russell during the 1820s. The orchards here produced peaches, apricots, pears, plums, and citrus fruit. Many years later the property was bought by Eric Vaux, who established a dairy and kept the name Cherrybrook. In February 1959, the land was subdivided to become the first pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Hill, New South Wales
Castle Hill is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located 34 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 9.5 kilometres north of Parramatta. It is within the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District region, split between the Local government in Australia, local government areas of The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire. History Indigenous history The land that is now called Castle Hill was originally home to the Bidjigal people, who are believed to be a clan of the Darug people, who occupied all the land to the immediate west of Sydney. The best-known Australian Aborigines, Aboriginal person from that time is Pemulwuy, a Bidjigal leader who led the resistance movement against settlers during the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars, including sacking farms in Castle Hill, before his eventual capture and killing by bounty hunter Henry Hacking. The Bidjigal people are today commemorated by Bidjigal Reserve which straddles the suburbs of Castle Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwest, New South Wales
Norwest is a suburb of the Hills District within Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located 35 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district. The Norwest Business Park is located within Norwest and the adjacent suburb of Bella Vista and Baulkham Hills. The council chambers for The Hills Shire Council are also located within this suburb. History Norwest was officially proclaimed a suburb on 29 June 2018. Previously, it had been part of the older suburbs of Baulkham Hills and Kellyville. The Geographical Names Board, in June 2018, amended the suburb boundaries of Kellyville, Baulkham Hills, Bella Vista and Rouse Hill resulting in the creation of two new suburbs named North Kellyville and Norwest. From 2018 to 2019, in preparation for the Norwest metro station which opened in May 2019, Norwest underwent an urban transformation, building up apartments and commercial retail stores around Norwest Lake, while also transforming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Vista, New South Wales
Bella Vista is located 33 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of The Hills Shire. It is a suburb in the Hills District of Greater Western Sydney and is in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bella Vista's Norwest Business Park is home to several Fortune 500 companies, a number of shopping centres, high-rise buildings, and industrial and recreational spaces. History In 1799 Joseph Foveaux was granted which, in addition to other purchases, he sold to John Macarthur in 1801. John Macarthur enlarged this through additional purchases until it comprised around . John and Elizabeth Macarthur farmed sheep on this property in addition to their properties at Camden and Parramatta. For much of the time that the Marm The to Elizabeth to manage the various Macarthur properties and flocks. During this time reference is made by her to "my Seven Hills Farm". Although claims are made by some that the Seven Hills Farm was used exclusively by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kellyville, New South Wales
Kellyville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 36 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of The Hills Shire. It is part of the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District region. History Kellyville is believed to be named after Hugh Kelly, who owned land comprising the Kellyville Estate. Kelly owned a hotel on the corner of Wrights and Windsor Roads called the ''Bird-In-Hand''. Kellyville's origins as a landmark date to at least 1810 with the grant of land and the 1820s construction of the White Hart Inn. The foundations for the Inn remain. The Inn was a popular stable and accommodation on the main road to Windsor. The White Hart Inn existed long prior to its competitor The Bird In Hand. Ironically, the original owner of the land grant on which the White Hart Hotel was built was Hugh Kelly. The NW Rail Line has conducted extensive archaeological research on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouse Hill, New South Wales
Rouse Hill () is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located in the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District, 43 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 19 kilometres north-west of the Parramatta, Parramatta central business district. It is in the Local government in Australia, local government areas of The Hills Shire and City of Blacktown. Rouse Hill Town Centre is at the heart of the suburb, which contains a busy Town square, Town Square. History Rouse Hill encompasses what was originally known as the Village of Aberdour along with the area that became known as 'Vinegar Hill' following the convict rebellion of 1804. Rouse Hill is noteworthy in Australian history as the site of the main battle during an Irish people, Irish convict rebellion, known as the Castle Hill convict rebellion, Castle Hill rebellion or the 'Second Battle of Vinegar Hill'. On 4 March 1804, Irish convicts including political pris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallawong Railway Station
Tallawong railway station is a Sydney Metro station near the intersection of Cudgegong and Schofield Roads in Tallawong, New South Wales, Tallawong, New South Wales, Australia. The station is the terminus of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line on the Sydney Metro network. Beyond the station to the west lies the Tallawong depot, where metro rolling stock is stabled. History Though various forms of a rail line to Rouse Hill were proposed by the NSW Government between 1998 and 2010, these generally terminated at Rouse Hill Town Centre. A 2001 plan had the line continue north-west rather than west from Rouse Hill, with the next stop at Box Hill, New South Wales, Box Hill. Tallawong only emerged as a station location in 2012, with the government favouring a future corridor heading west from Rouse Hill towards the existing Schofields railway station and the future growth area of Marsden Park. The station opened on 26 May 2019 and is operated by Metro Trains Sydney, who are also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buses In Sydney
Buses account for close to six per cent of trips each day in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, forming a key part of the city's public transport system. The network initially evolved from a privately operated system of feeder services to railway stations in the outer suburbs, and a publicly operated network of bus services introduced to replace trams in the inner suburbs. The bus network has undergone major reforms since the 2000s–2010s, with the New South Wales Government taking responsibility for route and fare-setting, opening contracts for most routes up to competitive tendering, and introducing more cross-suburban services. The New South Wales Government's transport authority, Transport for NSW, administers the various bus networks in Sydney. * Commuter bus services including Metrobus, B-Line and On Demand routes. * NightRide, a network of train replacement services that operates each night between midnight and 5am. *Bus only lanes and roadways associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsbus
Hillsbus was an Australian bus company that operated services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it was later part of ComfortDelGro Australia. In early 2023, the Hillsbus brand was replaced by ComfortDelGro's CDC NSW brand. History First use of the Hillsbus name In 1996, Westbus established a separate Hillsbus brand to run express services from the Hills District to the Sydney CBD and North Sydney, initially via the Anzac Bridge and from 1997 via the M2 Hills Motorway. However, the Hillsbus brand seemed to have disappeared by the 2000s as these services were classified as Westbus rather than Hillsbus in early versions of the Westbus website. These Westbus services, however, were still referred to by Westbus as "Hills City Express". 2002–2023 On 11 February 2002, Hillsbus was revived as a joint venture between Westbus and National Express' newly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
