New Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station precinct unveiled, delivering hundreds of new homes
Sydney Olympic Park will undergo its biggest transformation since the 2000 Olympic Games with a tick of approval given to a new world class precinct at the new Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station.
This comes as tunnelling surges ahead on the Metro West line with two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) breaking through at Sydney Olympic Park Metro Station.
It marks the end of an 18-month journey for TBMs Beatrice and Daphne to carve out two 11-kilometre tunnels from The Bays to Sydney Olympic Park.
This new precinct approved by the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure will be made up of three buildings between 21 and 45 storeys, including more than 300 new homes, and a mix of commercial and retail uses.
Following the approval of these buildings, Sydney Metro will also now seek to change the development plans to provide 190 more residential dwellings in line with the NSW Government’s priority to increase housing supply, resulting in a total of 490 homes on the site.
This precinct will also be connected to additional public transport links including the Sydney Olympic Park train and light rail stops while enhancing the destination’s reputation as a premier location for cultural, entertainment, recreational and sporting events.
The precinct will be further supported by the NSW Government’s Homebush Transport Oriented Development proposal that is set to provide capacity for up to 16,100 additional homes.
To provide increased capacity during events, Sydney Olympic Park metro station will also feature platforms on both sides of the train, allowing large crowds to disembark and board simultaneously.
The two TBMs tunnelling from The Bays to this new metro station have excavated a total of 2,052,119 tonnes of material, enough to fill about 316 Olympic swimming pools, while installing 72,456 tunnelling segments to line the new tunnel walls.
Work inside the 200-metre-long, 37-metre-wide, and 27-metre-deep station box at Sydney Olympic Park will now shift to dismantling the TBMs and getting the box ready for station construction.
Work to build the integrated station development is expected to start from 2027, following a review prepared by the future development partner.
Further development opportunities are being considered along the line at Westmead, Burwood North and The Bays, while plans for integrated station developments at Parramatta and Pyrmont are under review.
Sydney Metro has also commenced the process to select a developer for over station developments at Hunter Street in the Sydney CBD.
The city-shaping Sydney Metro West project will double rail capacity between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD while supporting government’s plan to build more housing in the right places, where people want to live.
Housing is the single largest cost of living pressure faced by families in NSW and is committed to building homes near public transport, improving affordability, reducing building and infrastructure costs and create thriving communities.
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Premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns said:
“The Sydney Metro West project will reshape the face of Sydney getting more people from across Western Sydney where they go faster and delivering more well-located homes across Sydney.
“Today marks another important step forward in building Australia’s biggest public transport project that we are harnessing to deliver thousands of more homes.
“Western Sydney deserves world class public transport and I want to thank the thousands of workers who are working around the clock to get deliver this city shaping piece of infrastructure.”
Minister for Transport, Jo Haylen said:
“Sydney Olympic Park is the home of big wins, and delivering 300 homes above a brand new Metro station is yet another golden opportunity for our city.
“Sydney Olympic Park metro station will have sports and entertainment fans cheering when it provides unrivalled access to our biggest venues, with fast and easy 15-minute metro trips from the city and a five-minute hop to Parramatta.
“Our new Metro station will include wide platforms on both sides of the train that will allow us to load and unload passengers quickly. With bus, train, ferry and light rail connections also close by, it’ll make it even easier for us to handle large crowds when the world’s biggest stars come to town.”
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Paul Scully said:
“The NSW Government is getting on with the job of actively planning and delivering more homes for the next generation.
“This approval cements our plan to support the delivery of well-located homes close to transport, jobs and amenities.
"The precinct will include more than 300 homes along with nearly 35,000 square metres of retail and commercial space which will support hundreds of jobs.”
Member for Parramatta, Donna Davis said:
“TBMs Beatrice and Daphne have crossed their tunnelling finish line, here at Sydney Olympic Park.
“Our work here at the future metro station shows that not only is our Government committed to building more homes, but we’re delivering key infrastructure, like public transport, to match.”