Australia’s $64BN Mega Railway

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Sydney is building one of the world's biggest suburban rail projects.
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@SpottoBotto 2 ай бұрын

Now all we need is high speed rail between Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong (NSW) 🚄

@whophd 2 ай бұрын

Yep it’s a logical step.

@affenket 2 ай бұрын

People have been talking about it for the better part of 50 years - will never happen though sadly, especially not a network that small. It will never make back the money spent

@VanillaMacaron551 2 ай бұрын

Tough geography.

@inbox_au 2 ай бұрын

I think Canberra is a better bet.

@whophd 2 ай бұрын

@@inbox_au For sure, Canberra - Sydney - Newcastle is my favourite. As long as we're not wasting time trying to get an all-or-nothing line between Sydney and Melbourne. Just upgrade the slow parts! Replacing slow sections makes so much more difference than upgrading fast lines - it's counterintuitive. And you can run the same trains on HST lines as on older lines.

@heroryan321 2 ай бұрын

As someone who lives in Sydney, our traffic situation is absolutely abysmal. So when this is complete it will be a massive relief

@KanyeKetchup 2 ай бұрын

Go on the M8 - no dramas

@hakohito 2 ай бұрын

My aunt lives in Auckuland - NZ and she says its waaaay worse than Sydney

@monketok141 2 ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup Look at mr millionaire over here

@mikespearwood3914 2 ай бұрын

@@hakohito Thanks for letting us know.

@krixxset2214 2 ай бұрын

Because they flooded this country with immigrants without ever asking us if we wanted them and now they expect us to just deal with it... The immigrants are completely ungrateful and rude also.. They even seem to hold some strange animosity towards us... Politicians have completely destroyed this country, its culture and its future and if anyone says anything critical about this situation the media will assault them with accusations of "racism" etc... I dont even care anymore.. Call me a racist i could give a damn.

@CARambolagen 2 ай бұрын

... " in the world" 😂 - the favourite phrase in all the B1M videos 😂

@owenbutcher Ай бұрын

Only took a few seconds into the video for the first one 😂

@vezliUKkas Ай бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson would be proud.

@benedicz Ай бұрын

You have forgotten the largest and the biggest 😂😂😂😂

@DCHutchins Ай бұрын

There is a Movie voice guy who does coming attractions that does "In a world" classic funny stuff.

@TenOrbital Ай бұрын

Every new project has some unique aspect

@elvisjones1270 2 ай бұрын

Love watching my City change. Its amazing to watch

@soyHapns 2 ай бұрын

I used to live on the northern beaches, wasn't going to the cbd often but often when I went back something new was being built or finished

@vintageradio3404 Ай бұрын

@@soyHapns The days of a Labor government. Sadly we are back to that but Sydney Metro was devised when they were out of office - too late for them to try and stop it.

@BoblbzmwVomca Ай бұрын

Melbourne's better

@colejones6312 Ай бұрын

@@BoblbzmwVomca Both are shitholes.

@vintageradio3404 Ай бұрын

@@BoblbzmwVomca At what?

@sajidulahad 2 ай бұрын

I've been with this channel since it’s birth. Amazing how it has been growing! All the best.

@uncle-pete Ай бұрын

I feel like B1M targets almost everything I watch from them at 13-year-olds just getting interested in infrastructure, which is fine but frustrating for me when I want expert analysis, detail and discussion.

@parnamsaini4751 28 күн бұрын

Most welcome. Keep watching

@samdekker90 2 ай бұрын

On holiday in Sydney right now from Perth. The construction of massive motorway tunnels and the density of the infrastructure here makes my home look like a small town!

@leonchn7500 2 ай бұрын

Perth will get there in the coming decade 💪

@KanyeKetchup 2 ай бұрын

@@leonchn7500😂

@KanyeKetchup 2 ай бұрын

Have you been in the M8?

@samdekker90 2 ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup yep. That tunnel never seems to end!

@stevenbalekic5683 2 ай бұрын

@@leonchn7500 Errm, I lived in Perth when the first Jurassic Park was released in cinemas and the "pencil" shaped building had R & I on it, the city looks almost the same as it did then...the only visible difference is Elizabeth Quay and the kinda oversized and ugly BHPBilliton building...otherwise the city centre is quite small.

@reneschneiderAustralia 2 ай бұрын

The Chatswood to CBD and Sydenham should be open mid this year :)

@harrygroundwater2590 2 ай бұрын

I can’t wait

@rohanmartin1698 2 ай бұрын

Same. Very much looking forward to it 🎉🎉🎉

@yianniathanasopoulos 2 ай бұрын

Also, Rouse Hill is not the last station. It’s Tullawong

@reneschneiderAustralia 2 ай бұрын

@@yianniathanasopoulos it is Tallawong

@JayJayGamerOfficial Ай бұрын

@@yianniathanasopouloshe was referring to the suburb in which it ended in not the actual station

@shoopusdawhoopus 2 ай бұрын

It's neat seeing all those workers hold up their phones to witness the tunnel bore break through, as if The Who was on stage. I'd be proud to be part of historic expansion too.

@greddy2JZ Ай бұрын

Those arent really workers you see how clean their shirts are?

@user-uy4eo6fi4k Ай бұрын

They had nothing to do with it, there just the office gronks that try take the glory as they helped

@DrTubeman Ай бұрын

Oh, you think this lot of snobs actually got their hands dirty tunneling... how cute.

@aperinich Ай бұрын

As if no one else was recording the exact same thing, including the guy behind recording all of them recording. Clownworld!

@2pingu937 Ай бұрын

@@DrTubeman They pay your wages meatbag. If you wont do it some cheap import will.

@JamieCullen 2 ай бұрын

I work on this project from the UK and it’s wild to see a video about it!

@whophd 2 ай бұрын

Wow, what do you do?

@JamieCullen 2 ай бұрын

@@whophd I work for one of the engineering firms used on this project. Specifically the line for the new airport.

@whophd 2 ай бұрын

@@JamieCullen Nice nice! I guess I can't ask you about the very-subtly-different loading gauge and voltage on that line hmmm 🙂

@baalbektrilithon 2 ай бұрын

@@whophd Loading gauge is the same across all rail systems in Sydney. The voltage is different and the airport line carriages a little wider to accomodate the extra lugguage for airport travellers

@ilovelifan Ай бұрын

so UK underground company helps sydney build its metro networks???

@richardporter6648 Ай бұрын

I live in Melbourne, and am in awe out how Sydney/NSW is able to build massive infrastructure projects without putting the State into generational debt and without the ridiculous cost blow-outs. They can build an airport 35 klms from the city centre, but already have invested in public transport links to connect. Melbourne is still pontificating over an airport rail link 50 years after Tullamarine was devised. All we hear about in Victoria is about our ‘big build’ - which is all essentially PR, whilst other States go quietly, efficiently and economically prudently building their own infrastructure…..grrrrrr

@zhixuanchen6914 Ай бұрын

Melbourne can certainly do better.

@Skybar23 2 ай бұрын

As someone who has lived in Sydney my whole life,I have never seen so much infrastructure project built in the past 7-8 years. The last major project was in 1999 with the m5 airport tunnel. Now we have the M4, M8, West connex,North Connex tunnels and soom m6 tunnel, 2nd Harbour tunnel, New Airport, Barangaroo, new Darling harbour and Fish Market development. This on top of this metro AND light rail project. However all this will only make Sydney even more unafforable

@KanyeKetchup 2 ай бұрын

At least it has all that stuff you mentioned

@RYRY1002 2 ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup It's great until you have to move out of the city because you can't afford anything.

@whophd 2 ай бұрын

I was with you until the last statement. Transport helps affordability, and it’s what you have to build (along with schools and hospitals, and the funding to run them) when your city grows. What is the alternative - only the people within walking distance can work there. Take a look at how the first tram networks changed cities, and allowed people living in the farmland to get jobs in the city. Before that, the only people who worked there were living in expensive homes or slums within walking distance.

@MrCites1 2 ай бұрын

Have to move all the Indians around somehow

@carisi2k11 2 ай бұрын

@@whophd Not in Sydney it doesn't.

@lachd2261 Ай бұрын

Keep in mind - this is being built *in addition* to our existing Sydney Trains suburban rail network, which already has 170 stations on 369kms of track, including several lines that already run through the city. When the Metro lines are all built as well, Sydney will be one of the world's greatest railway cities

@rhys0564 Ай бұрын

The suburban network is overworked and not to mention it's curfew continues to hurt sydney's already very damaged nightlife. So i think the metro will be a welcome addition.

@mehere8038 Ай бұрын

metro really should be double decker though shouldn't it! It's not going to stand the test of time as it is - and even short term it's largely a failure, due to the lack of seating & people travelling long distances not being willing to stand that entire trip everyday & so choosing the car instead

@user-mb3dx3nn5c Ай бұрын

@@mehere8038 No, the metro should be single deck, like every other in the world. This allows more doors, which speeds up boarding and disembarking, especially during peak times when trains are crowded.

@applausenu Ай бұрын

@@mehere8038 No - thats not how metro systems function. You need more frequency, low dwell time at stations. The idea is most people also wouldn't be travelling long distances, but thats not something the metro can solve.

@thebuilder2018 Ай бұрын

no it wont wake up the current metro is fkn trash

@IndySidhu88 2 ай бұрын

@4:35 Sandstone-eating worms.... or SANDWORMS *DUNE THEME PLAYS* LISAN AL GAIB!

@IsMaski 2 ай бұрын

Exactly what came to my mind as well. Dune Part II was bloody awesome

@chevy5755 Ай бұрын

As written

@shanekeenaNYC Ай бұрын

The guys at B1M were not subtle!

@Figure_8_Brawl Ай бұрын

AS WRITTEN!

@aperinich Ай бұрын

Screamers!

@elizabethbrooks6296 Ай бұрын

What a fantastic project! Bravo Sydney, the most scenic city👍🥰

@MrGoesBoom 2 ай бұрын

Love stuff regarding tunnels ( old and new ) with the why and how of building them and the hurdles along the way. Just a damned fascinating topic. Thanks for uploading!

@GLJosh 2 ай бұрын

I find the progress of tunnelling boring.

@terri6854 Ай бұрын

I kinda dig it.

@TOPDadAlpha 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining how the cutter rubble is dealt with. I often wondered

@jasonvandervelden9383 Ай бұрын

Im from Melbourne and I see Sydney really has a huge head start on better public transport infrastructure than us. We are currently way behind and bogged down with the unfortunate but necessary level crossing removal projects across the metropolitan area. Well done Sydney.

@timtam53191 Ай бұрын

You guys are getting the metro tunnel next year.

@lundi44 Ай бұрын

That sounds sensible though.

@muzzthegreat Ай бұрын

I think one of the reasons for so-many level-crossing removals in Melbourne is just terrain; Sydney is more lumpy so the line was often higher or lower; which lead-itself to overpasses etc - Brisbane is similar : there are many height differences that even a very long time ago naturally lead-to overpass/underpass situations, but several [expensive] problems remain - like Coopers Plains, yep a plain, and barely above the creek.

@joanneburford6364 Ай бұрын

The level crossings are necessary in Melbourne, makes a huge difference to flow of traffic and safety. The Metro is also world class and will be finished later this year. Don't forget how much Sydney siders pay in tolls, the most in the world.

@jamesa1995 Ай бұрын

you could always come live in hobart - our councils debate using an already established rail line being too expensive to operate light rail on, despite having the worst public transport system in australia

@_helmi Ай бұрын

I was 14yo when I visited Sydney in 2005 from Kuala Lumpur. Already at the time, Sydney's transit system is very huge and it goes everywhere. The city itself is very nice to walk in. Also, a freaking new airport??? I don't think we heard many Australian megaprojects previously and I'm very sure Sydneysiders are pretty facking excited for these. Congratulations!

@rjl110919581 2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

@Thebibs 2 ай бұрын

Ive been working on the Airport, and Western Metros over the last few years (Civil Engineering). Great project and a lot of fun.

@zyeborm 2 ай бұрын

I just wish they had built it north of newcastle aimed out to sea with a high speed rail link rather than aiming the runways at where 4 million people sleep for a 24 hour airport.

@tylerdavidson2400 Ай бұрын

@zhye: Do you realize lot of cities in North America and Europe has even bigger airports with heavier traffic? You are NOT special🤦‍♂️

@zyeborm Ай бұрын

@@tylerdavidson2400 did you see in this very video where he said Sydney was one of the worst for both? Also, someone else having it worse doesn't make it better somehow. What kind of fool uses that as a basis for trying to make a point? We could put the airport here where it won't bother anyone, or we could aim it at where 4 million people sleep. Hey I found a worse airport somewhere let's do the second one so we can say we are only the second worst that's totally fine! You sir are very very special.🤦‍♂️

@Kisyfurr Ай бұрын

@@tylerdavidson2400weird flex

@fittipaldi7326 2 ай бұрын

I attended the community open day at the Victoria Cross station and it is truly a modern marvel of engineering. It features the first lift only station access at its Northern end. This is due to the topography of North Sydney and the station needing to be deep so the metro tunnel can go under the harbour to Barangaroo on the south side of Sydney Harbour and also the narrow corner block this entry is located at. At the southern end of Victoria Cross station it has 3 long escalators to get to the surface. All the stations are impressive on the new Sydney Metro Station but this one is next level.

@yesand5536 2 ай бұрын

I was there too. Very exciting!

@iris4547 Ай бұрын

wish i knew about that. i work in north sydney not far from the new station so itll be the station i use once it opens. would have loved to have had a peak inside.

@uncle-pete Ай бұрын

and in a power outage nobody can get out of the station

@mehere8038 Ай бұрын

as a wheelchair user, this is cool :) Most stations have a single lift & if it's broken, you're simply told you cannot use that station. When they repair/upgrade the lifts, they take them out of action for 3 months or more at a time before replacing with a single lift. During the entire Wynyard upgrade period, there was no wheelchair access to the station, or reasonable ramp angle access to the bus stops above it either. I used to go into the city a lot, but stopped as a result of that

@fittipaldi7326 Ай бұрын

@@mehere8038 Great feedback. The lifts at the southern end are pretty quick. You do have to use 2 lifts to exit at the southern entrance of Victoria Cross but if you time it with the lifts ready when you exit the train you can reach Miller street in around 2 minutes from door opening to exiting the station at street level.

@JaneNewAuthor Ай бұрын

With both Melbourne and Sydney upgrading their public transport all we need now is a good intercity rail link. The Melbourne/Sydney air link is one of the busiest in the world. Europeans are building train routes that effectively compete with air. The train that runs now is a relic from 1980s.

@user-mb3dx3nn5c Ай бұрын

And the line it runs on is a relic from the 1890s....🫤

@JaneNewAuthor Ай бұрын

@@user-mb3dx3nn5cso true.

@Nathan-ry3yu Ай бұрын

It be very expensive to do. They will have to upgrade the track for a fast rail. It is a long way from Sydney to Melbourne. It be lot further than Europe has to only build. It be more like trying to upgrade rail tracks from distance from Rome to Moscow

@JaneNewAuthor Ай бұрын

@@Nathan-ry3yuMelbourne to Sydney is a direct line of 953km. Rome to Moscow is not a direct line, goes through several countries and many different terrains, and is 2,375km.

@Nathan-ry3yu Ай бұрын

@@JaneNewAuthor There's always someone who has to look it up. Lol. You Fruitloop. I was stating that as like a metaphor. A figure of speach

@TobyStewart-dy4qq 2 ай бұрын

I live in Sydney, and it’s great to see that politicians understand how to make a good city, but I think our bike infrastructure is sort of being ignored

@scarletmoon777 2 ай бұрын

I'm guessing your a houseowner?

@weppwebb2885 2 ай бұрын

looks so cool what you are building. my city is currently planning a tram line to relive the bus network a bit, but planning won't finish before 2030

@outofthetrash5925 2 ай бұрын

What percentage of the population use or wish to use a bike to traverse the City? Billion dollar infrastructure projects for those people is simply not worth it. I live in the UK and have seen multiple Citys spend fortunes adding lanes to roads and extensions to paths for bike users, only for them to hardly be used. It's made worse by the fact that it's paid for by road tax which is paid by car users. Bike riders do not contribute towards the infrastructure they demand.

@yerlocalpeanutdealer795 2 ай бұрын

As a Sydneysider i can confirm that

@LordManhattan 2 ай бұрын

Which is kinda weird since Sydney has the perfect cycling climate.

@cystarkman 2 ай бұрын

Sydney’s underground road network that is being built out is something incredible as well

@nickpanayiotou684 Ай бұрын

Proud to be working on the pitt st station :)

@aperinich Ай бұрын

Is that the one they've stupidly decided to name Gadigal Metro? Stupid because Gadigal isn't a specific place within the CBD and doesn't tell patrons anything about the destination, a hallmark of political correctness and pointless handwaving virtue signalling superseding common sense and basic urban transport naming conventions!

@kevindavies189 Ай бұрын

As someone who lives in the hills and works in Chatswood, the stage 1 metro has been life-changing. Every.single.trip to the office, I’m in awe at the frequency, speed, and how many cars I imagine the metro has displaced. My annual driving has dropped by 15,000 kilometres. I hope that after the disruptions, people in the new areas can experience the same top-tier service, carrying Sydney into the future. (These price tags are massive, but maybe in 30 years, we’ll have a great metro system and be like “$60 billion, lol, lucky we built it then, it'd cost $700 billion if we did it now”)

@OmmerSyssel Ай бұрын

Nice to hear about the positive impact of such massive investments... Most people seem to be busy searching hair in the soup. All the best ✌🏻

@Wagoo 2 ай бұрын

I hear Leeds is getting a metro in 2163

@TheB1M 2 ай бұрын

Sorry mate, gotta spend more money on London

@BLACKSTA361 Ай бұрын

The State of Railways in the UK is in a terrible state. For the Country that started it all not a good look Australia is just a proper Inter City Railway away from completely overtaking the UK beyond reach Comparing Cities like Manchster, Leeds or Birmingham to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney😂😂. At least we've got London I guess

@lundi44 Ай бұрын

😂

@FizzleDrizzle-th8ru Ай бұрын

@@BLACKSTA361 to be fair the population of those UK cities you've mentioned are much smaller than the Australian ones. Sydney has literally 10x the population of Manchester

@BLACKSTA361 Ай бұрын

@@FizzleDrizzle-th8ru Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Australian Cities are counted by the Metro Area compared to only the CBD or City limits how others would call it. Sydney and Melbourne is still far ahead tho even when comparing Metro Area vs Metro Area compared to Greater Manchester or the West Midlands in Size, Population or Transportation tho

@MM-mq5uj Ай бұрын

I love watching your videos, keep going!

@goneskis 2 ай бұрын

It is still hugely disappointing that the new second airport in Sydney doesn't have a rail or metro connection to the T8 train line to connect easily to the existing Sydney airport. Not to mention the fast growing Sydney greater south west that has rapid suburban growth without rail infastruture missing out.

@KanyeKetchup 2 ай бұрын

Well it's not the greatest of areas

@ytlurker220 2 ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup ?? are you not going to use the airport?

@daveg2104 2 ай бұрын

It is planned to connect (somewhere there). I suppose they have a reason - cost or planning priorities, or something.

@harrygroundwater2590 2 ай бұрын

@@KanyeKetchup😂

@whophd 2 ай бұрын

True. It’s incredible that it’s getting any train at all on Day 1. I love to point out: Sydney and Melbourne are two cities with two airport railways 😜😜

@fiatmultiplaa 2 ай бұрын

My friends told me Sydney is one of the best cities they ever saw and they traveled a lot I need to come visit

@JosieCote Ай бұрын

It’s amazing and breathtaking 😍🙌🏼

@tylerdavidson2400 Ай бұрын

It’s beautiful but bit boring and has no nightlife.

@misterky8269 Ай бұрын

@@tylerdavidson2400hopefully with the lockout law lifted and the rich boring boomers cark it, it will pickup again, back like it used to be in the 80s and 90s!

@ccctube5721 Ай бұрын

It’s the BEST. Check out “Coogie” beach and the area around it called “Randwick” when you go there

@nichobee Ай бұрын

@@misterky8269 I'm in my 20s and go out in Sydney a lot, it's definitely getting it's mojo back. Probably not 90s and 2000s levels yet but much improved from the 2010s

@dr94279 2 ай бұрын

Great video, i live right next to one of the new metro stations opening this year. Will be a game changer

@josephocallaghan9790 2 ай бұрын

“… in the world.” managed to do your jeremy clarkson impression about 4 times this video 😂

@kevindavies189 Ай бұрын

Yep. Every time I see that combination of words, I read it in a Jeremy Clarkson voice.

@GazMoby 2 ай бұрын

As always very enjoyable 👍

@TheB1M 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@banjopiggottwright1802 2 ай бұрын

As a proud Sydney Sider myself, I'm so hyped for the opening of the Sydney Metro North Shore/City Line later this year which will connect to the Northwest line at Chatswood to Sydenham via. The CBD, as it will significantly reduce my commute time into the City.

@SydneySewerat Ай бұрын

But it's the extension to Bankstown the Chatswood residents are really looking fwd to!?!

@hv7507 2 ай бұрын

Love your doccos. And this one very close to the heart. My home town.

@halkesracing Ай бұрын

Refreshing to see a city use it’s brain and build the infrastructure it needs in a timely manner

@jetpark3743 Ай бұрын

Nope we are 10 years behind

@anneloving8405 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@mgp1203 Ай бұрын

to be fair this should've been done 10-20 yrs ago as planned, but politics is always holding us behind.

@LegendLength 29 күн бұрын

Electric vehicles are making trains obsolete, especially with self driving

@diannemuhling7555 3 күн бұрын

@@LegendLength 🤣🤣🤣keep dreaming

@ayindestevens6152 2 ай бұрын

The B1M on a Monday? I ain’t mad.

@colindeer4908 Ай бұрын

Thank you. That was brilliant.

@Dobuan75 Ай бұрын

Just visited the Victoria Cross Station tunnel on open day. It is beautifully constructed. It also is the only station in Australia that has an exit point with no escalators or stairs but a lift only.

@mark123655 2 ай бұрын

You guys really need an Australian editor. Victoria Cross had an open day a few weeks ago and there is heaps of better video content of the near complete station. No-one would refer to Metro West as Stage 2. Stage 2 is Chatswood - Sydenham, Stage 3 would be Sydenham - Bankstown, and that's just M1. The Airport West will be next to open so Stage 4 if you say. And finally if you do this video you should be mentioning the Western Harbour Tunnel as well.

@VanillaMacaron551 2 ай бұрын

They didn't say the location of this Victoria Cross station, but I gather from the comments it's at North Sydney, maybe replacing the train station there?

@AlphaBravo817 2 ай бұрын

@@VanillaMacaron551 Victoria Cross station is in North Sydney but is not replacing the current station. North Sydney will now have two stations. On the south side of Nth Sydney's CBD is North Sydney station which provides access to T1 and T9 Sydney Trains lines. On the north side of Nth Sydney's CBD will be Victoria Cross station which will provide access the M1 Sydney Metro line.

@benough Ай бұрын

@mark123655 They have already done a separate video on the WHT

@james3032 Ай бұрын

Don’t think it really matters mate.

@jhuny 2 ай бұрын

Sydney is leveling up! Though i don't know why i need to go to Chatswood from the Inner West lol but it's nice to have options 🤣

@68404 2 ай бұрын

The Chinese need to travel between Chatswoo and Burwoo.

@user-mb3dx3nn5c Ай бұрын

@@68404 And Eastwoo (or are they Korean?)

@jamesfrench7299 Ай бұрын

Still a missing link between E Ping and Chingford. I miss the 80s when we had real diversity of facial features and hair.

@michaelandrew4812 Ай бұрын

Awesome videos as always

@JTrickZ 2 ай бұрын

God I love your videos FRED!

@icarus8964 2 ай бұрын

The Airbus A380 weighs about 280,000kg with a take-off weight of 560,000kg. And it is 78m long, so that machine is closer to double length and weight of an A380- I wouldnt call it "about the length and weight of an A380."

@matthewkozak7369 Ай бұрын

thank you. 1,000 ton aircraft? not really

@icarus8964 Ай бұрын

@@matthewkozak7369 Hahaha yeah, 2 of them at full weight is *actually* about 1100T. Its so sad as I like this channel, and I'm not sure what other facts I've remembered from their vids, that may not be correct

@RedesCat Ай бұрын

🤓

@icarus8964 Ай бұрын

@@RedesCat Did you know the Burj Khalifa is 1700m tall?

@Burgo30 Ай бұрын

New to the channel. I really enjoyed this thanks.

@NLiTNd1 Ай бұрын

Never ceases to amaze me how much I find out about what construction is going on in my home city from your channel ! Keep up the good work as usual 🤓 Gold star for u ⭐️

@primelegionaries1413 2 ай бұрын

04:50 you say abought the length and weight of an A380, which is partially true, while the A380 is 73 meters but its weight is 'only' 560 tons so HALF the weight so not particularly close

@RAM_845 2 ай бұрын

Correction, Metro west is from Hunter Street to Westmead.

@YoyoZee 2 ай бұрын

He wasn't naming stations, he was naming localities. Same reason he said rouse Hill not tallawong.

@RAM_845 2 ай бұрын

@@YoyoZee ahh gotcha

@speculationsperceived Ай бұрын

@@YoyoZee In that case, Westmead Station isn't in the locality of Parramatta; same goes for Tallawong (not part of Rouse Hill).

@YoyoZee Ай бұрын

@@speculationsperceived it's nearby, man was just giving a macro view, a lot more people know about Parra than Westmead

@markhylton157 2 ай бұрын

Wow what an amazing programme well done to bring this Two Us What excited railway system in australia at the moment in sydney. I can't wait to go to australia specialist sydney and ride those trains And thanks again. Please bring more videos like this of building projects. Thank you.

@wassim9763 Ай бұрын

A 2 week holiday will set you back $30,000 AUD

@MaxS-hn8we Ай бұрын

The stations alone deserve their own program - absolutely massive and some effectively sitting below the harbour line. Was hoping BM1 would also include the extensive road tunnel system recently opened which includes the world’s biggest underground interchange.

@papamurrth1 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see your take on the Snowy2 project and the failure to have a slurry tunneling machine, and the subsequent delays

@68404 2 ай бұрын

Is it still stuck down there?

@papamurrth1 Ай бұрын

@@68404 yeah it is a complete nightmare. It has recently started going again, but with the previous delays and mismanagement and coverups, it will likely be down there for a few years yet

@brucemirbella2215 Ай бұрын

@@68404No, it’s moving again.

@anneloving8405 Ай бұрын

Who would have thought?another white elephant project

@anneloving8405 Ай бұрын

Who would have thought?another white elephant project

@noronhawarren Ай бұрын

Im still waiting for the B1M special of the Rozelle Underground Spaghetti Interchange. Fascinating enough to be one of the world's largest interchanges, but then to have the whole thing underground in an engineering marvel.

@anneloving8405 Ай бұрын

Isn't it a ñightmare for residents?

@noronhawarren Ай бұрын

@@anneloving8405 navigating it yes. Exit lanes can be on both sides. Wrong move and you end up somewhere completely different. GPS systems not much help

@Aarav_Vispute Ай бұрын

As someone who uses the Metro every day and knows the traffic in Sydney this will be AMAZING!

@robjohnston8025 Ай бұрын

The photos from the community day at Victoria Cross a few weeks ago looked fantastic

@timbarton1625 2 ай бұрын

Why don't you mention the diameter of the TBM in your videos. All TBMs seem to have the same weight and length. Diameter is what sets them apart

@WARZONEMOBILEPLAYER1 2 ай бұрын

Cheers from hungary 🎉🎉🎉

@AlanKhoury Ай бұрын

It’s so cool to hear you talk about suburbs that us as Sydney Siders know and love but on your channel. So cool to be on the world map! 🎉

@Alftura 2 ай бұрын

Another great video on Aussie!

@lacanm1554 Ай бұрын

As a person who recently moved to Sydney from the states, this metro is something i wish cities like DC or Philadelphia could do

@user-mb3dx3nn5c Ай бұрын

Both those cities have metros.

@lacanm1554 Ай бұрын

both are far worse than sydney's, i lived in DC for 5 years before moving here@@user-mb3dx3nn5c

@lonelystarX Ай бұрын

It might rival what you have when its done, but for now… no.

@aoilpe 2 ай бұрын

“One of the biggest rail projects in the world …” Behind the “Grand Paris Express “ , with the double in length and numbers of stations and half of the costs…

@davidphelps5857 2 ай бұрын

That's why they said "one of the biggest" and not "the biggest".

@jasonfischer8946 2 ай бұрын

$64 billion Australian is $42 billion American. The Paris project is up to $39 American. The length of the Paris project is 200 km, which is about 80% longer than the Sydney project. This project also goes under a harbor.

@capitalinventor4823 2 ай бұрын

One of means that something belongs to the group of things mentioned, not that it is the lead or first amongst them. Australia is one of the countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney is one of the cities that have hosted the Olympics. The statement “One of the biggest rail projects in the world,” tells us that if one were to compile a list of big rail projects currently happening on the planet then this project would be on it. It doesn’t say it would be the biggest, it would just make the list, or anything else.

@jonevansauthor 2 ай бұрын

Why would you seek to compare them? "2.2 million people live in Paris for a size of 105 km2 whilst 4.8 million people live in Sydney, but it's 155 times bigger (12,144 km2). The population density is 21,369 people/km2 for Paris vs 395 people/km2 for Sydney." These cities are not comparable.

@VanillaMacaron551 2 ай бұрын

@@jonevansauthor 11 million in Greater Paris.

@ben_cav 2 ай бұрын

I live walking distance from one of the currently operating metro stations. We have some nice infrastructure here. Always cool to see my city in the spotlight

@DiscoverHudsonValley 2 ай бұрын

Oh Damn, this is the 1st that I have heard of this; what a project!

@cabletieperformance Ай бұрын

The eshay expressway

@chaoscope 2 ай бұрын

...the tallest steel arch bridge *Jeremy Clarkson's voice" in the world.

@cloverhighfive Ай бұрын

ah! loved the animation explaining the detail of how the borrowing machine (you said the name 20 times per video and yet I am drawing a blank) how it gets rid of the crushed rock! as usual, stellar production! Oh oh also if you ever come about a project that specifically addresses the problem of the movement of tectonic plates (oh no the bridge is too short now) or the sea eating up the shore and solutions in construction, that'd be interesting too!

@RYRY1002 2 ай бұрын

I live in Sydney and can confirm: the Metro will be a massive upgrade, when it's done... eventually... To get anywhere in the city by car you more or less have to go on a tolled highway, add the cost of those tolls to the cost of our housing, groceries and a bunch of other stuff and yeah... it gets very unaffordable very quickly.

@applausenu 2 ай бұрын

You most definitely don't need to take a toll - you are making that choice. There is always a alternative.

@ssusggus 2 ай бұрын

Just catch public transport, or ride a bike? What is affordability anyway? Sydney siders complaining about the cost of living but making zero choices to help them? Oh I stopped buying chocolate or chips though 👏👏 just remember you have so much more than people can dream of here in Sydney and yet you still complain, you still want more, it’s never enough. I have no money but still appreciate the life we have in this beautiful place. Too many people take it for granted.

@zyeborm 2 ай бұрын

@@ssusggus lol ride a bike to visit my grandmother, no worries mate, it's only 50km each way. Oh hey I'll take public transport. 2.5 hours each way. It's so simple!

@zyeborm 2 ай бұрын

@@applausenu yes, the alternative of spending 2 hours in traffic instead of 1.

@darrensanders653 Ай бұрын

It will be use less to a lot of getting to jobs

@trudy__taylorandjorjamummy 2 ай бұрын

Last time I was this early, Fred was just a teenager!❤

@benmanning6649 2 ай бұрын

*me watching on the Sydney metro right now* 😮

@carine4318 Ай бұрын

The engineering is amazing

@Tuings 2 ай бұрын

And the Uk cant build a single railway from london to Birmingham for less than this HS2 costing £66Bn

@RyanJacobs496 Ай бұрын

That’s twice the cost of this.

@ARW.7 Ай бұрын

You can blame our politicians for that! Useless.

@alfstewart22 Ай бұрын

Spoiler alert, the Sydney rail project will cost triple than what they are advertising.

@warriorson7979 2 ай бұрын

0:18 Seems like Sydney only has a West side...on all sides.😂

@daveg2104 2 ай бұрын

The East side is pretty small. There are some very expensive harbourside suburbs though. There is a plan to extend the Metro West into the Eastern Suburbs (no idea if or when that will happen). They currently have the T4 Eastern Suburbs (heavy rail ) line, the L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford light rail lines, a limited ferry service, and lots of buses.

@keltonjian2759 Ай бұрын

Thank you for informing us

@niftytwo Ай бұрын

I, M in Perth and I Love Sydney. We toured NSW for several years, and we climbed THE BRIDGE of course. God Bless. Nifty J.

@reverend_wintondupree Ай бұрын

And recommendations for a Sydneysider to visit when traveling to Perth?

@Lifeskillsish Ай бұрын

I appreciate the extra discussion on the TBMs. I would be interested in a video just about these machines, how many are in ise around the world today, their capabilities and costs.

@untitled-te2qs Ай бұрын

please build some fucking houses so i dont have to pay $400 a week for a windowless studio

@robrider838 2 ай бұрын

Vancouver is similarly divided by the ocean inlet into North and South. The infrastructure between the two is abysmal. That city badly needs what Sydney is doing.

@TXnine7nine Ай бұрын

0:20 Meanwhile in Washington DC it took 8 years to complete 11 miles of track and 6 new stations for the Silver line extension.

@TheMelbournelad Ай бұрын

I swear, Sydney only did this to one up the new city loop project in Melbourne

@RyanJacobs496 Ай бұрын

This is a bit outdated. Victoria Cross Station is completely finished. I walked all through it 3 weeks ago.

@syd_jzx100 Ай бұрын

Yeah Victoria Cross is done, with CPB's Gadigal (Pitt St) soon to follow.

@stevenzepeda5930 Ай бұрын

Theres a guy called Transport Vlog who does tours and updates of all the stations if anyones interested I used to work on the Pitt Street station and i find he's got some of the best coverage on the builds

@silvestergachinga5604 2 ай бұрын

I hope I get to see the completion of this marvelous piece of engineering in time

@mymindmakesnoises 2 ай бұрын

It's one of biggest rail projects ...IN THE WORLD.

@ntatenarin 2 ай бұрын

I'm making a bold prediction... it's likely the biggest rail project in the entire solar system! Take that, Martians!

@devarmont87 2 ай бұрын

Wtf... Have you been to new York or London? That's a bold claim.

@MICHALMALACHOVSKY 2 ай бұрын

MAGNIFIQUE MAGNIFIQUE MAGNIFIQUE !!!

@currawongee1 Ай бұрын

Thanks for that will you be doing one on Melbourne's rail expansion?

@muzzthegreat Ай бұрын

The fact that the tunnels will total to longer than the Chunnel [ at 6:10 ] really puts it into perspective; and shows how-far tunneling has come in a few short decades.

@Koby3797 Ай бұрын

People from the Sutherland Shire 👁️👄👁️

@lloydritchey 2 ай бұрын

Where are those 60% of additional people coming from? Aussies aren't making them.

@daveg2104 2 ай бұрын

None of your business.

@tylerdavidson2400 Ай бұрын

We need people to take care you in aged care, boomer.🤦‍♂️

@MrJigarercivil Ай бұрын

I have been working on this prestigious project since last 5 years

@supermario200 Ай бұрын

All good and well that this is happening in Sydney and it will improve, the problem we still face is the spoke and hub transport situation. all trains, and all metro lines go into and come from the city, in a general east/west direction. What Sydney is missing on the rail and metro network is one if not two genuine north/ south running lines which cross over with the east/west running metro and rail lines. This will truly open up Sydney and the traffic issues faced currently.

@user-mb3dx3nn5c Ай бұрын

The Cumberland line doesn't run through the city centre. In the distant future there may be metro lines that go Hurstville-Olympic Park-Macquarie Park and Kogarah-Parramatta-Norwest.

@supermario200 Ай бұрын

@@user-mb3dx3nn5c I forgot about the Cumberland line. They certainly need something either through strathfield or Olympic Park

@alexd.1091 Ай бұрын

50 years too late, and it's costing $64BN, that's the same price as a freestanding house in Sydney.

@NervousValuable Ай бұрын

Which other country had underground tunnels to this extent 50 years ago?

@ytfrank4412 Ай бұрын

@@NervousValuable the viet cong bro. those guys could dig.

@anneloving8405 Ай бұрын

The house price is about right though🙄

@alexd.1091 Ай бұрын

@@NervousValuableThe London Tube (tunnelling started in 1863)? The GUP Moskovsky Metropoliten (Moscow Metro) (tunnelling started in 1935)? Antwerp Tram lines (tunnelling started in 1963)? Paris Metro (tunnelling started in 1898)? Sydney Metro opens in 2019.... 50 years too late, and that's not being harsh at all - making 50 years ago, the year 1975.

@NervousValuable Ай бұрын

@@alexd.1091 U just blew my mind

@roncaruso931 2 ай бұрын

How do they remove the TBM once it has completed the tunnel?

@ry_an. 2 ай бұрын

A TBM is assembled kind of like a large LEGO set. When the tunnelling has been completed they dismantle the TBM piece by piece and lift out all of the pieces.

@CrankyHermit 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes they don't. If site conditions make removal too costly or logistically difficult, they will bore a short spur or extension to the tunnel, and just leave the machine down there.

@KanyeKetchup 2 ай бұрын

Lubricant

@ry_an. 2 ай бұрын

@@CrankyHermit yes that’s also true. Good mention

@benough Ай бұрын

Just the cutter head and the shield though, as they are wider than the concrete tunnel rings they place behind them. The gantrys on the back all get wheeled out and sent away

@arthurwatts1680 Ай бұрын

I love your optimism. If Oz has one defining trait when it comes to infrastructure, it's that projects rarely come in on time and never on budget. It's great that they are making progress but I wouldn't bet the farm on this being ready by 2030.

@theslicefactor4590 Ай бұрын

Australia needs to seriously reduce immigration otherwise the congestion and lack of housing will just get worse and worse.

@joelmctaggart3187 Ай бұрын

Or put stricter regulations on outsourcing for major companies forcing them to actually invest into the Australian economy rather than their own pockets.

@user-sd3ik9rt6d 2 ай бұрын

How to build infrastructure; you plan, start building and continue building. Do not change your mind part way through and do half a job. Build the skils and culture, no stop start stop bs, don't copy the british.

@denisedoos4667 Ай бұрын

Can you please do a video of the amazing building of the Istanbul public transport system. It has gone from a few kilometers of Metro since the early 2000's. Nowaydays there are a few lines under the Bosphorus (car, train and metro) connecting the east with the west and more will be build in the coming years. I am not living in Istanbul but I have seen some increase in public transport at a massive scale in Instanbul while visiting the city in the past 20 or so years...

@Suburp212 Ай бұрын

Excellent project. Should be implemented.ented in all US cities of similar size, too.

@umichaa00 Ай бұрын

I'd love for the US to do this, but we are too busy spending on foreign wars that have no benefits to us.

@oscartolle3331 Ай бұрын

That’s not the reason, the reason is uneven government spending on things that actually matter, instead of extra military spending, transport needs to get more funding, think before you comment.

@sjdtmv Ай бұрын

Australia's $64BN?, NSW.s $64BN?, No it's Sydney's $64BN. somehow the rest of the country and state will do without again and again...

@RealNotOrrio 23 күн бұрын

omg NSW is spending their money on their own people, nooo thats not how it works we gotta spend money on some random town in Queensland even though queensland has their own government

@brendanfeldwick6493 Ай бұрын

Was quite impressed when I last visited Sydney about their rail system. I live in Melbourne and hardly use the rail system at all (it doesn't service my area) but we seem to behind what Sydney is doing...