Major works on new Sydney Olympic Park metro station begins

The development of the game-changing Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station has now kicked-off with large-scale excavation works commencing. 

The works will include removing about 468,000 tonnes of rock and soil – which could fill about 78 Olympic swimming pools – to prepare for the construction of the state-of-the-art metro station. 

The Sydney Olympic Park Station is one of nine underground railway stations being delivered as part of the future 24-kilometre Sydney Metro West line. 

“Our Government is transforming the way that people move around Sydney, investing more than $76 billion in transport infrastructure across the state, including more than $16 billion in Western Sydney alone. 

“The centerpiece of this investment is Sydney Metro, the biggest public transport project in Australia. 

“This new transport link will further reinforce Sydney Olympic Park’s status as a premier events, sporting, and entertainment precinct, supporting the transit of more than 10 million people who visit or stay each year,” Premier Dominic Perrottet said. 

This new station is being built south of the existing Olympic Park Station to provide an easy interchange with the planned Parramatta Light Rail as well as the T7 Olympic Park Line and buses. 

In addition to works getting underway at the Sydney Olympic Park Station site, two mega tunnel boring machines have also been delivered on site at They Bays, which will be used to carve out the 11-kilometre twin metro rail tunnels on the Sydney Metro West line. 

“Two mega tunnel boring machines located at The Bays have the important job of carving our 11-kilometre twin tunnels from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park, bringing Sydney’s booming west one step closer to a world-class rapid metro system in their own backyard. 

“When passenger services start in 2030, Sydney Metro will open the door for more people to explore this dynamic destination, providing a major boost for the area. 

“Enjoying a day out at this sporting and entertainment precinct will be more accessible than ever – a metro train will take you from Parramatta to Sydney Olympic Park in just five minutes, and from the Sydney CBD it will take just 15 minutes,” Minister for Transport, Veterans and Western Sydney David Elliott said. 

Once works have been completed, the Sydney Olympic Park Station box will be used as the extraction site for four of the six tunnel boring machines to be used to build the Sydney Metro West twin tunnels. 

The first tunnel boring machine is due to arrive at the Sydney Olympic Park site in late 2024, following its 11-kilometre journey from The Bays. 

“When this fully accessible station is completed, it will provide increased capacity for customers during major events, including two dedicated event-mode entrances,” Sydney Metro Chief Executive Peter Regan said. 

The Sydney Olympic Park Station box is going to be 200 metres long, 37 metres wide and 27 metres deep and it is expected to take up to 13 months to complete construction. Works will also include the installation of 114 active anchors and 467 passive bolts as well as 2,151 rock bolts to support the station box structure as excavation works progress. 

Sydney Metro West is fully funded by the New South Wales Government and it has invested approximately $12.4 billion over the next four years, including $3.2 billion in 2022-23 to support major construction of this massive transport infrastructure. 

Sydney Metro West will Feature: 

• Faster, more frequent access to major employment and education centres like Parramatta and Sydney Olympic Park 
• A new metro station in the heart of the Sydney CBD commercial centre, connecting directly to Sydney’s established and growing employment precincts 
• A new metro station at Westmead – one of Australia’s largest health and education precincts 
• Delivering new rail services for the first time at Burwood North, Five Dock, The Bays and Pyrmont 
• A new metro station at Sydney Olympic Park – Sydney’s sporting and entertainment super precinct 
• A new metro station at Pyrmont – delivering major benefits to the Pyrmont community and supporting plans to transform this harbourside suburb 
• Intergrated with the rest of Sydney’s public transport system 
• Fully accessible with lifts and level access between trains and platforms 
• Next generation fully air-conditioned metro trains 
• All Sydney Metro infrastructure like the stations, trains and railway tracks are owned by the NSW Government 
• Sydney Metro uses Opal ticketing and fares are set by the NSW Government 

Source: NSW Government – Media Releases; Sydney Metro (1, 2); Roads & Infrastructure Australia; Inside Construction