Andy Byford, who was dubbed “Train Daddy” when he ran the New York subway, lauds Sydney’s metro rail projects but urges governments to keep investing.
The man who ran the New York subway and oversaw the opening of London’s most significant railway in a generation says a $63 billion metro train network being built in Sydney will spark an economic renaissance but warns the government must keep investing in the entire rail system.metro lines
Andy Byford, then-Transport for London commissioner, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward mark the completion of London’s Crossrail project at Paddington station in May 2022.“These schemes lead the way to an economic renaissance, and I’m very confident that will happen in Sydney. There are myriad benefits,” he said.
While lauding Sydney’s metro projects as city-shaping, Byford urged governments to keep investing in the rail system to avoid the network later sliding into unreliability. “You’ve got to keep investing. It will be all too easy to think, ‘oh good, the job’s done’, when the metro opens,” he said in an interview.
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