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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

‘Huge moment’: long-awaited extension to Sydney’s metro line to open next week

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns
The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, announced that the south-west metro extension would open on Friday 30 October. Photograph: Bianca De Marchi/AAP

A long-awaited extension to Sydney’s metro line will open next week, bringing an end to more than two years of replacement buses for residents in the city’s south-west.

In a video shared on Instagram on Thursday morning, the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, announced that the south-west metro extension would open on Friday 30 October. In a statement, the government said the first service would commence at 4.31am.

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