By rosebell
Following that the second and final TBM broke through into the future Westmead Station was done, tunneling process on the western end of the Sydney Metro West line has reached full completion.
While TBM Betty crossed the finish line into Westmead, after two months, TBM Dorothy has completed the job after a two-year journey through around 800,000 tonnes of earth.
Also, TBMs Jessie and Ruby are boring underneath Darling Harbour at the other end of the line to finish at Hunter Street in coming months.
With the aim of marking the end of the line, Westmead Public School students have lent their hands providing a splash of colour for posterity to the final concrete segment on the western end of the 24km line.
Thirty Year 5 and Year 6 students visited Sydney Metro’s Rosehill site to paint the final tunnel segment before it was put in place by Dorothy.
The quantity of concrete segments that is due to be installed on the Metro West line by full completion is over than 150,000.
According to Minister for transport John Graham: “It was a big moment to see the light at the end of both tunnels on the western end of the project.The Westmead hospital and health precinct will become super-connected to the rest of Sydney through turn up and go metro services. I want to thank the students at Westmead Public School who lent us a hand to make the very last concrete segment that much more special. Metro is known for its public art, but this work is unique and will serve as a time capsule in the tunnel long after the line opens.”
The community would welcome this huge milestone of an end to all tunnelling into the future Westmead Station. This project has so much local involvement from Western Sydney-manufactured concrete segments to a workforce that is majority locally-based,” said Member for Parramatta Donna Davis.
Once Metro West inaugurates in 2032, Westmead will be linked to Parramatta in a two-minute trip and the Sydney CBD in 22 minutes.
