Inside the new Western Sydney Airport metro station

While the new Western Sydney Airport is taking shape 44km west of the Sydney CBD, a dedicated airport metro station is being constructed some 25 metres below.

The station is more than 50% complete, although it won’t be ready in time to carry passengers on the first flights into and out of what travellers will come to know as WSI.

And although those flights are slated for late 2026, the 23km metro line connecting the airport terminal to St Marys in the north and the new city-suburb of Bradfield to the south is not due to open until December 2027.

However, the trains and the WSI station have been designed to be friendly for luggage-toting travellers.

The Airport Terminal Station will feature a 10-metre wide platform – the widest platforms on the entire Sydney Metro network, and twice the width of those at Sydney’s Gadigal Station – so there’ll be room for passengers and their wheelie-bags.

And a lot of passengers are expected on the new line, which is expected to carry over 7,000 passengers an hour.

12 driverless trains will shuttle back and forth along the airport metro line, each with wider aisles to accommodate luggage, as well as other features like digital displays of flight information.

“No stone has been left unturned to ensure passengers enjoy a world-class experience when they step off a plane in Western Sydney and onto a fast and reliable metro,” says NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Western Sydney, Prue Car.

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