‘Weekends are a lot busier’: Sydney’s first metro line bucks COVID trend

between the state government and rail unions last year which dogged the rest of the rail network.

Tallawong station climbed in the rankings to 59th last year, from 108th in 2019, while Rouse Hill rose to 77th from 121st and Castle Hill to 48th from 65th.Credit:Blends and Brothers barber Virushan Pradheepan agreed the metro line was encouraging more people to travel to Castle Hill. “It is a good thing – travelling around is so much quicker,” he said.

Developer lobby group Urban Taskforce said some developments had emerged in areas near the metro stations, but more apartment buildings were needed in parts of the north-west dominated by detached homes. Transport Minister David Elliott, who is the MP for Baulkham Hills in Sydney’s north-west, said greater density along the rail corridor was “always going to be a consequence” of the metro line.“As much as I want to make sure it’s limited so the character of the suburbs in north-western Sydney is not jeopardised, we do have to accept there will be some density around these stations,” he said.

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