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a very metro welcome

hi! welcome to sydney metro oddities! this is where I'll be mostly posting media showing off the lesser-known parts of the sydney metro (and occasionally other transport for nsw stuff).

this is my first blog like this, so forgive me if I fuck anything up. I'll post here whenever I feel like posting here, so if this blog dies an untimely death, it's because I don't wanna run it anymore.

also! though I'm very into the metro, I don't claim to know everything sydney metro. if I get anything wrong, let me know and I'll fix it!

ok that's it. enjoy! this post will be edited when needed.

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old vs. new sydney metro west renders

HUNTER STREET (2024 vs. 2026)

THE BAYS (2019 vs. 2026)

FIVE DOCK (2022 vs. 2026)

BURWOOD NORTH (2020 vs. 2026)

NORTH STRATHFIELD (2020 vs. 2026)

WESTMEAD (2021 vs. 2026)

credit: sydney metro

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #artist's impression #metro station #train station #hunter street station #the bays station #five dock station #burwood north station #north strathfield station #westmead station

new photo of the orange prototype train from 2016!!

credit: sydney metro

I did not know they actually built it, but it looks awesome.

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #train

I just found this design document from when they were redesigning transport for nsw's wayfinding system.

credit: kyrpos1992 (wordpress)

it uses pictograms instead of the roundels we know today, circular icons for transit lines instead of round square ones, and black station signs with colour highlights rather than the full colour ones we got. the only things that don't seem to have changed are the colours and font!

if anyone has more info on this, please tell me. it's really interesting.

#not metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #wayfinding #signage

I've recreated the sydney trains-style metro logo from this 2015 render!

credit: transport for nsw, me!!

the final metro stock used the nsw government, transport for nsw, and MTR logos in its place, but interestingly not the current sydney metro logo.

credit: sydney metro

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #train #metro #logos

LOOK AT THIS TRAIN RENDER FOR SYDNEY METRO WEST

credit: sydney metro

it comes as a bunch of contract signings for the line have been announced. very snazzy.

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #train

hunter street station's construction site has a little preview window!

credit: me!!

they have six years to put something in that hole.

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #metro station #hunter street station

some photos I took recently at the westmead and bankstown station construction sites:

credit: me!!

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #metro station #train station #bankstown station #westmead station

it's not often I'm jealous of melbourne. today is an exception.

#“ooh we have a brand new metro tunnel!” SHUT UP #at least we don't have to pay for a five minute walk between stations

bit late to this news, but one of the new western sydney metro sets was spotted in germany en route to sydney!!

credit: u/MapGlittering9227 (reddit)

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation

NOOOOO

The date for the opening hinges on high-speed train testing, which is due to start within weeks, and final regulatory approval for passenger

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport NSW #public transport #public transit #public transportation

I've done some digging and found some "sydney metro" concept renders from 2012

image credit: transport nsw (from sydney's rail future)

they weren't even calling it metro yet!

#I find these really really cool #sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #train #metro station #train station #concept art

it appears bankstown station (and presumably the whole converted T3 line) will bring back station names on their platform screen doors!

image credit: john graham (instagram)

these were a feature of the original tallawong to chatswood line, but not featured at stations on the extension to sydenham.

#sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #metro station #train station #bankstown station #platform screen doors

in the fall guy (2024), a fight scene on a rubbish truck between colt seavers (ryan gosling) and the security team for tom ryder (aaron taylor-johnson) passes the construction site for martin place metro station. in one shot, construction workers can be seen watching the chaos unfold.

this may mark the first appearance of the sydney metro in a major motion picture.

#image credit: universal pictures #sydney metro #sydney trains #sydney #transport nsw #public transport #public transit #public transportation #metro station #train station #martin place station #filming location #the fall guy #ryan gosling #aaron taylor johnson #david leitch

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sydney metro safety signage (september 2024)

fontseeker

Public Sans (2018) is an open-source font developed by the US government, and also apparently adopted by New South Wales. It started as a fork of Libre Franklin (2015), which is based on Franklin Gothic (1904).

#holy shit I love fonts

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these sydney metro line promo renders go hard

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found another one:

#image credit: siemens mobility

sydney metro safety signage (september 2024)

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