In this video, you'll see the parts of Sydenham Station that will open to passengers when Sydney Metro services start next year.

This includes the new Railway Parade entrance, the metro platforms, and the remainder of the Aerial Concourse.

On 10 December 2023, Sydney Metro held a community open day, so myself and other members of the public could come and view all the new bits!

I start with the Railway Parade entrance plaza, which includes a large secure bicycle storage facility, and some plaza artwork called "Notes on Sydenham" which is by local artist Agatha Gothe-Snape.

It's then through the Opal gates for a good look at platform 1, which is one of the 2 new Sydney Metro platforms. You'll also see the Shunt Neck track which runs alongside the Northern Services Building.

I then head over to the Sydney Metro part of the Aerial Concourse that has not yet opened to the public. From here, you get amazing views of both metro platforms, as well as other parts of Sydenham Station.

Throughout this video, you'll hear from Hugh Lawson, the Project Director for Sydney Metro City & Southwest, as he explains how this station will work as the interim terminus. And he also talks about the artwork, platform screen doors, segregation fencing and much more!

And at the end, Hugh and I reveal the journey times between each station from Sydenham to Chatswood.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:16 Railway Parade Entrance
4:46 Platform 1
10:18 Aerial Concourse
12:27 Plaza Redevelopment and Segregation Fencing
14:09 Sydney Metro Journey Times

* Mentioned in this video (in order of appearance) *
Opening of Burrows Avenue entrance -    • Sydenham Station, Marrickville Dive S...  
Partial Opening of Aerial Concourse -    • Sydney Metro - Sydenham Station, Marr...  
Agatha Goethe-Snape (Notes on Sydenham artist) - https://thecommercialgallery.com/arti...
Sydenham Station in 2014 video from @sydneytrainsvlogs -    • Sydney Trains Vlog 26: Sydenham  
Mechanical Gap Fillers on Seoul Metro from @thchweh    • 2020 Railway Platform Mechanical Gap ...  
Trains Facility South Track Layout -    • Sydney Metro Trains Facility South, M...  

* Credits and Attribution *
Everything mention above plus:
Open Streetmap - Open Streetmap - Map Data © OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Sydney Metro Map by Milkyway metro maps (with amendments)
Image link - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
License link - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Custom House Station Elizabeth Line Platform by Sunil060902
Page Link- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Licence Link -https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Exhibition Station Artist Impression Image - from Cross River Rail Website - https://crossriverrail.qld.gov.au/

Abbey Wood Station Elizabeth Line Platforms by Marathon
Page Link - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/718...
License Link - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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