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One of the nation’s oldest suburban railways has carried its final service before being absorbed by Australia’s biggest public transport project. The first line on the Sydney Metro to the city’s northwest opened in 2019, followed by its driverless trains running under the city’s iconic harbour to Sydenham in the city’s southwest since August.
Sydney T3 line closes from Monday. But further expansion southwest to Bankstown will come at the cost of a busy heavy-rail line that has been carrying passengers since 1895, when trips terminated a few stations earlier at Belmore. The last train on the T3 Bankstown made its final journey after midnight Monday, with the line now shut between Sydenham and Bankstown for 12 months as the track is converted for the City and Southwest Metro.
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