Was Sydney Metro Worth It?

A year after opening under Sydney Harbour, the metro helped strip a quarter of the passengers off the North Shore line. The NSW government called it a success This video goes through Sydney Metro's first year of operation: 66.8 million journeys, 99.4% on-time running. Then the part nobody put on the announcement poster, which is a project that went from roughly $12 billion to $23 billion while it was being built. Sources: Infrastructure Australia project evaluation, Sydney Metro patronage releases, Transport for NSW, NSW Government budget review (Dec 2025), NSW Planning TOD precinct documents. 0:00 Sydney Metro's impact 1:10 The infrastructure problem 2:58 Performance and growth 4:44 Analyzing network growth 7:52 Traffic relief impact 8:38 Costs and future outlook