The government has released plans to shift up to 60,000 people a day by buses during the T3 rail line’s planned 12-month closure from July.
Thousands of commuters will have their daily journey times more than double to almost an hour on a one-way trip along a 13-kilometre rail corridor in Sydney’s south when buses replace trains for 12 months.
For much of the rest of the day, a mix of all-stops and limited-stop services will run at least every 10 minutes and at least every 15 minutes late at night. Under Transport for NSW’s latest forecasts, an all-stops bus service between Sydenham and Bankstown will take 58 minutes in the evening peak, compared with 24 minutes by train. An all-stops bus in the morning peak will take 54 minutes, and a limited-stop trip up to 42 minutes.The agency had previously forecast a 49-minute trip in the evening peak for an all-stops bus service from Sydenham to Bankstown and 43 minutes in the opposite direction in the morning peak.
“We’ve spent months planning Southwest Link, so passengers can get a head start on planning their journey to decide which mode, route and service works best for them,” she said.
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